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It's almost inevitable in football - former players will always score against your club.

But for Benfica, letting one of their midfielders go out on loan to a Champions League rival has just cost them €1MILLION.

Brazilian playmaker Anderson Talisca joined Besiktas on a season-long deal in the summer - which cost the Turkish champions a €2million loan fee - but the Portuguese club failed to insert a clause in the contract preventing him playing against them.

So when he turned out against them for the Turkish side in their Group B game on Tuesday night you can guess the rest.

At 1-0 down in the 93rd minute Besiktas were awarded a free kick and up stepped Talisca to fire home a dramatic equaliser.

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And it wasn't only the dropped two points that will hurt his parent club - they also missed out on €1million.

Any win in the group stage is worth €1.5million in prize money and a draw €500,000, meaning Talisca's 30-yard left-footed equaliser did more than affect Benfica's group position.

Rui Vitoria's team had been cruising towards their first three points in Group B after Franco Cervi's goal in the 12th minute.

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Vitoria also had to watch from the stands at Estadio de Luz due to a touchline ban.

After the game he said of the 22-year-old's equaliser: "A late goal is hard to take in. Talisca's goal was an unfortunate moment for us. We were careful, controlling the match. It was unlucky.

"We faced the Turkish champions, they have excellent players. We couldn't get three points here, so we need to find them somewhere else."

The two clubs will next meet on November 23 when Benfica travel to Istanbul.

Talisca as an 'any time goalscorer', anyone?