Edited sentence: He later joined Benfica where the allure of the National Championship and the UEFA Champion's League caught the allure of the Uruguyan.Known to be fast and lethal with great Ball-control while running he spent most of him time on  Wings mostly on the left playing alongside Jérôme Rothen were both created stunning plays as fellow team-mate Pauleta became the top goalscoer in 2007 but after Medicore games in the league despite a good run in the UEFA Cup he opted out of his contract.Many speculate that Cristian was not a fan of new coach Paul Le Guen and in August 2007 he rekinded his contract