Thanks to the liveblog at Portugoal, I got to witness (sort of) Freddy Adu's debut for Benfica. Adu came on as a sub in the 36th minute after Luisao was injured (not totally unrelated to Copenhagen's goal, I gather). Fortunately for Benfica, Rui Costa dominated the game, scoring both of his team's goals in the 2-1 victory. Unfortunately for Adu, Rui Costa plays Adu's favorite position, central attacking midfielder. It's great that Adu is playing in Europe, and in a Champion's League qualifier, but I'm guessing he played as a wing forward today. Seems like he had one somewhat dangerous flick header, one overly ambitious bicycle kick, and little else of note. Quite the unconvincing team effort today, it seems
In other UCL qualifying/USA news, it was DaMarcus Beasley's sub that scored the late winner as Rangers edged Red Star Crvena Zvezda (should I have heard of them before?).
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