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– Ajax and Benfica played out a 2-2 draw at the Estadio da Luz on Wednesday in their Champions League round of 16 first leg tie.
– Sebastien Haller — who has scored has found the net in every Champions League game he has played this season — scored an own goal and a goal for his own side over five minutes.
– Dusan Tadic scored Ajax’s first within the first 20 minutes while Roman Yaremchuk levelled the scores on 72 minutes.
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– Ajax won the ball high up the pitch on 17 minutes with Noussair Mazraoui playing a one-two with Tadic before the Serbia international struck the ball into the net from 12 yards out.
– Benfica equalised on 25 minutes through Haller who, while trying to clear a ball, put it into the back of his own net.
– It took him just four minutes, however, to right his previous mistake. He beat Jan Vertonghen and after a save from Odisseas Vlachodimos, Haller tapped the rebound into the net from eight yards out.
– Ajax had a penalty appeal down one end of the pitch when Benfica were given the opportunity to counter-attack on 72 minutes. Remko Pasveer saved a shot from Goncalo Ramos but Yaremchuk was there to head it into the net.
– The referee went back to look at the earlier penalty decision but it was waved away by VAR.
