AC Milan 0-2 Benfica Player Ratings: Trubin 8.8/10 as Benfica's Clinical Display Stuns San Siro in UEL Opener

Marco Silva's Benfica delivered the Europa League's most clinical and defensively complete opening-night performance at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza. Lukebakio's composed 16th-minute finish gave them the platform. Kaminski's clinical 54th-minute second ended the contest. Ruben Amorim-led AC Milan, unbeaten in Serie A and riding genuine domestic momentum, were comprehensively outclassed across 90 genuinely absorbing European minutes. Anatoliy Trubin was the outstanding individual at 8.8/10. His eight saves, including a stunning 38th-minute fingertip stop from Chukwueze's driven effort and a crucial late intervention from Cisse's close-range header, confirmed the Ukrainian goalkeeper as the most important and consequential individual contributor to Benfica's clean sheet. Without him, Milan's attacking quality would have ensured a very different scoreline.

Dodi Lukebakio's 16th-minute opener was the goal that defined Benfica's entire tactical approach: a devastating counter-attacking move of complete precision, the Belgian winger exploiting the exact space behind Theo Hernandez that Silva's pre-match preparation had specifically and methodically targeted. Kaminski's 54th-minute second, arriving from Aursnes' precise delivery, confirmed that Benfica's individual quality across every position makes them a genuinely dangerous UEL proposition. Milan's first European defeat of Amorim's tenure raises important questions about their defensive organisation against direct, physically committed, and tactically intelligent opponents, a pattern that their most demanding upcoming UEFA Europa League fixtures will immediately and consistently challenge. Check out the AC Milan vs Benfica player ratings.

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Man of the Match

Sportsdunia's Man of the Match goes to Anatoliy Trubin.