"There are no words to explain!"

STATEMENTS WITH BTV

Dream debut! Gonçalo Ramos, 19, gabbed his first minutes with Benfica's first team at the best style. Against CD Aves, on matchday 33 of the Liga NOS, he came on at 85’ and scored a brace.

" There are no words to explain! Just the fact that I made my debut and had the opportunity to share the moment of playing for Benfica, this great club – which is every player’s dream–, is amazing. Especially the way I managed to do it, with two goals, it's unbelievable. Not even in my wildest dreams ", started by saying Gonçalo Ramos to  BTV. 

The first goal

The second goal

The statistics show the impact of the youngster in the game. According to the platforms Wyscout and Sofascore, Gonçalo Ramos played nine minutes; made two attempts and had 100 percent efficacy; had six total actions in the match and was successful in four of them; he touched the ball five times.

According to playmakerstats, the attacker becomes one of the five players who scored a brace in their debut with the Club. In fact, it's been 22 years since someone had done it, the last was Mark Pembridge, in 1998. The Welsh player wore the sacred mantle for the first time against Beitar, in the 2nd qualifying round of the Champions League, and scored two of the six goals  with which the eagles beat the Israelis. Before that, Paulo Nunes (1997), Félix Guerreiro (1964) and Serafim (1963) managed to do the same. However, he is the first tow make his Benfica debut with two goals after coming off the bench.

Career at Benfica

Text: Marco Rebelo

Photos: David Martins  / SL Benfica