NewsThe GameThu 22 Oct 2026

Circati bosses Benfica’s Europa League rout as fringe Socceroo tees up equaliser, Kuol enjoys point at in-form EPL side

Socceroos defender Alessandro Circati played another full 90 minutes for Benfica as the Portuguese giants turned a 1-1 half-time score into a 4-1 win over Omonoia Nicosia in Cyprus in the Europa League. Circati completed 104 of 113 passes (92 per cent), 14 of them into the final third, with three shots and two clearances, and won three of his four duels.

— FTBL, publisher's words · Read the original ↗

8 outlets4 languages4 countriesUpdated Fri 23 Oct, 20:09 UTC

Who broke it

A Bola

Thu 22 Oct 2026, 09:17 UTC

PT · PT

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Corroborated (5)

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Judged on the 7 outlets in our latest edition; the timeline keeps all 8 we have seen.

Coverage timeline

8 outlets · first-seen order

+0 minThu 22 Oct 09:17
A BolaPT · PTBroke it
O português mais cipriota e que jogou sete épocas no Omonia fala do jogo com o Benfica
- +12 h 28 minPalhinha defende Prestianni em confusão no final do Omonia-Benfica
+11 h 6 minThu 22 Oct 20:23
zerozero.ptPT · PTOwn reporting
Há mais de 15 anos que o Benfica não chegava aos 50 golos tão rápido
+11 h 41 minThu 22 Oct 20:58
Foot MercatoFR · FROwn reporting
Ligue Europa : le classement après la 3e journée
+11 h 43 minThu 22 Oct 20:59
MaxifootFR · FRRepeats
C3 : le classement complet
+11 h 57 minThu 22 Oct 21:14
MaisfutebolPT · PTOwn reporting
Echeverri: «Continuar no Benfica seria algo lindo...»
- +13 h 58 min«Não estamos ao nível do Benfica, mas competimos»
- +1 d 1 hBenfica supera os 50 golos em 17 jogos: é mais do dobro do que na época passada
+12 h 15 minThu 22 Oct 21:32
Tribuna ExpressoPT · PTOwn reporting
Claudio Echeverri, a arma atirada ao Omonia por um Benfica com recursos infinitos
- +12 h 39 minO Benfica tem uma “densidade grande de jogos” e Marco Silva quer evitar o play-off da Liga Europa: "Ficar nos oito primeiros é um objetivo"
+14 h 17 minThu 22 Oct 23:33
Infobae DeportesES · AROwn reporting
Cabezazo del Diablito Echeverri, grito de Prestianni y zurdazo de Maher Carrizo: las perlitas de los argentinos en los torneos europeos
+14 h 59 minFri 23 Oct 00:16
FTBLEN · AUOwn reporting
Circati bosses Benfica’s Europa League rout as fringe Socceroo tees up equaliser, Kuol enjoys point at in-form EPL side

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