{"id":302266,"date":"2023-12-13T10:24:52","date_gmt":"2023-12-13T10:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=302266"},"modified":"2023-12-13T10:24:52","modified_gmt":"2023-12-13T10:24:52","slug":"angel-di-maria-nets-directly-from-a-corner-to-keep-benfica-in-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/angel-di-maria-nets-directly-from-a-corner-to-keep-benfica-in-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"Angel Di Maria nets directly from a CORNER to keep Benfica in Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Former Manchester United star Angel Di Maria nets directly from a CORNER in Champions League clash to keep Benfica in Europe&#8230; as fans slam the &#8216;horrendous goalkeeping&#8217; on social media<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Angel Di Maria netted directly\u00a0from a corner in Benfica&#8217;s win over RB Salzburg<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Result saw the Portuguese side leapfrog their opponents to remain in Europe<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>On a packed train, how DO you ask a celebrity to move from a seat you have reserved? It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Angel Di Maria netted directly from a corner as Benfica kept their European dreams alive in a crunch-match win over RB Salzburg on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>With his side needing a victory to leapfrog Salzburg into Group D&#8217;s\u00a0Europa League place, the Argentine forward whipped an inswinging corner towards Orkun Kokcu at the front post.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the Turkish midfielder failing to make contact with the cross, the ball continued past goalkeeper\u00a0Alexander Schlager to give\u00a0As Aguias the lead.<\/p>\n<p>A VAR check for a potential foul by Nicolas Otamendi offered Salzburg and Schlager a brief hope of a reprieve for the mistake but a subsequent review confirmed that the goal would stand.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Following the goal, fans took to social media to question whether the Austrian international could have done better in preventing the opener.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/13\/08\/78903345-12858407-image-a-1_1702457378858.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Angel Di Maria netted directly from a corner as Benfica defeated RB Salzburg in their final Champions League group stage match<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/13\/08\/78903379-12858407-image-a-2_1702457384603.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Result means Roger Schmidt&#8217;s side will transfer to the knockout stage of the Europa League<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>One fan wrote: &#8216;Horrendous keeping&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Another added: &#8216;A clever corner kick from Angel Di Maria! Goalkeeper could have done better.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>A further supporter chimed in: &#8216;This is so amateur. I&#8217;m just not sure men are ready to play professional football yet.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I think they need to train for a few more years until they&#8217;re ready like the women&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>To make matters worse for the LASK stopper, when the two sides had previously met back in September, Salzburg&#8217;s official social media account had posted a meme suggesting the goalkeeper was wise to Di Maria&#8217;s attempts to net directly from a corner.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/13\/08\/78903333-12858407-image-a-3_1702457394471.jpg\" height=\"142\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Fans took to social media following the former Man United star&#8217;s opener to question Alexander Schlager&#8217;s goalkeeping<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/13\/08\/78903329-12858407-image-a-4_1702457398679.jpg\" height=\"133\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/13\/08\/78903331-12858407-image-a-5_1702457400622.jpg\" height=\"202\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/13\/08\/78903327-12858407-image-a-6_1702457404006.jpg\" height=\"828\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Salzburg&#8217;s official social media had joked about Di Maria&#8217;s attempts to score from the set piece during the first meeting between the two sides<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football, launching with a preview show today and every week this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube , Apple Music and Spotify<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Benfica would go on to double their advantage on the brink of half-time, with Di Maria again in the thick of the action as he set up\u00a0Rafa Silva who duly converted to notch his eighth goal of the season in all competitions.<\/p>\n<p>Salzburg hit back through Luka Sucic after the interval but Arthur Cabral&#8217;s goal in stoppage time would end any hopes of a fightback and condemn last year&#8217;s Austrian Bundesliga champions to elimination from Europe.<\/p>\n<p>Di Maria and Benfica meanwhile will move into the\u00a0Preliminary knockout round of the Europa League, where they could face the likes of Brighton, Rangers, or Roma.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12858407\/Angel-Di-Maria-nets-directly-CORNER-Benfica-Europe.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Manchester United star Angel Di Maria nets directly from a CORNER in Champions League clash to keep Benfica in <span class=\"more-text\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":302265,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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