TWITTER REACTS: Sheffield Wednesday beat Benfica

We all know that we should never take the results of pre-season too seriously. They aren’t games that teams aim to win, though it is nice, they are games there to learn which system is best and to get players to full match fitness.

However even with that, you can’t really blame people raising an eyebrow when the full time whistle blew at Hillsborough and it was confirmed that Sheffield Wednesday had beaten Benfica. That’s because if the Owls are a ‘massive’ team, Benfica are humongous. They have won the European Cup on multiple occasions and are the current champions of Portugal after pipping their fierce rivals Sporting Lisbon to the title. And they were coming into this game having beaten Wednesday’s promotion rivals Derby County 4-0.

Yet in what was an entertaining match, Wednesday were able to edge the game thanks to a brilliant finish on the turn by their mini maestro Fernando Forestieri and the likes of Eduardo Salvio and Pizzi were unable to get an equaliser.

But how did Twitter react to this great friendly win?

https://twitter.com/steveburkern/status/756043391612354560

And, there’s always one…

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