This Sunday, Porto beat Benfica 5-0 in the 24th round of the First Football League, leaving them six points behind the Reds, who lost first place to Sporting.
The Dragons, who were prohibited from giving up points on pain of saying goodbye to title contention, took the lead in the 20th minute through Galeno, who scored twice in the 44th, and cruised to the finish line. rout with goals from Wendell (55), Pepe (75) and Danny Namaso (90) against an unresponsive Benfica, who after defeat lost first place to Sporting, who beat Farense (3-2).
With this victory, Porto remained isolated in third place, now with 52 points, six points behind second place occupied by Benfica, who with this defeat lost first place to Sporting, who have 59 points, plus one than their Lisbon rivals. and there is still one match to be played.
Namaso closed the scoring in the 90th minute.
Confirmed goal: Pepe scores in the 75th minute
Otamendi is ruled out. Fans booed former Porto
Wendell scores the third goal in the 55th minute
Galeno scores twice in the 44th minute
Galeno opens the scoring in the 20th minute
Here’s what Sergio Conceicao and Roger Schmidt chose for the classic:
FC PORTO ELEVEN: Diogo Costa; Joao Mario, Pepe, Otavio and Wendell; Varela, Nico, Francisco Conceição, Pepe and Galeno; Evanilson
Substitutes: Claudio Ramos, Fabio Cardoso, Estaquio, Marko Grujic, Jorge, Ivan Jaime, Namaso, Tony Martinez and Gonzalo Borges.
ELEVEN BENFICA: Trubin; Aursnes, Antonio Silva, Otamendi and Morato; Joao Neves, Joao Mario, Cocciu, Di Maria and Rafa; Tengstedt
Substitutes: Samuel Soares, Alvaro Carreras, Neres, Arthur Cabral, Rollheiser, Marcos Leonardo, Tomas Araujo, Thiago Gouveia and Florentino.
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Live game
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End of part 2
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End of the game
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90′TARGET! THIS IS FROM FC PORTO! Namaso makes it 5-0. The striker appeared unopposed in the penalty area behind Tomas Araujo and headed towards the goal after a cross from Jorge Sanchez. Another one for the overwhelming result in favor of the dragons.
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89′The opportunity was intercepted and Ivan Jaime (Porto) fired a right-footed shot from outside the area. Help Otavio.
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88′
Francisco Conceição
LeavesTony Martinez
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83′Joao Mario Neto Lopez
LeavesJ. Sanchez
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83′Evanilson
LeavesD. Namaso
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83′Nico Gonzalez
LeavesS. Eustaquio
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82′Galen
LeavesIvan Jaime
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79′Nico Gonzalez receives a yellow card. The midfielder cut in a free kick from Joao Neves, but ended up very close to the ball.
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78′The shot was deflected from the left side of the goal. Galeno (Porto) strikes with his right foot from the left edge of the penalty area. Help from Alan Varela.
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75′GOAL PORTO! Pepe makes it 4-0. With a real hole in Benfica’s midfield, Nico Gonzalez had space to move, think and act, and that’s how he picked out the Brazilian striker (Carreras gave his opponent plenty of space) who hit powerfully. Trubin looks bad in the photo.
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72′The corner for Porto was taken by Tomas Araujo, who managed to stop another Porto initiative.
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67′Pepe shoots with his right foot from outside the penalty area, but the ball is blocked. Benfica has difficulty breaking out of midfield.
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65′Francisco Conceição finds space to shoot, but the ball goes wide of the goal. At this point, a 4-0 score is more likely than a 3-1 score.
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Rafa
LeavesThomas Araujo
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63′The score was 4:0. Nico Gonzalez misses his header from Joao Mario’s superb cross. This only gives Porto.
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61′Otamendi goes outside. The centre-back received his second yellow card after fouling Pepe as Porto attacked. More bad news for Benfica today.
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58′Attention! Wendell fell. The left back was injured and complained a lot. Let’s see if Porto will be forced to make a change.
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57′Angel Di Maria
LeavesDavid Neres
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56′Kasper Tengstedt
LeavesArthur Cabral
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55 minutesGOAL PORTO! Wendell makes it 3-0! Galeno gained space on the left flank of the attack and made a pass to the edge of the penalty area, where the left-back seemed to shoot. The ball nevertheless bounced towards Florentino, which left Trubin no chance. Only with the help of a hecatomb will the dragons miss their triumph.
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52′Galeno had many complaints which caused the match to be abandoned.
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52′Otamendi receives a yellow card after a tackle on Galeno.
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51′Evanilson shoots after taking the lead in the game.
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47′Benfica need to get a result and that’s how the second half begins when Orsnes crosses Rafa’s weak header.
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Beginning of part 2
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IntervalO. Kokchu
LeavesFlorentine
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IntervalFelipe Rodriguez da Silva
LeavesAlvaro Fernandez
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44′GOAL PORTO! Galeno makes it 2-0! Benfica’s defense is again very passive. Francisco Conceição crosses with little resistance, Evanilson beats Orsnes high, Galeno holds onto the ball and Antonio Silva lets his shot into the small area.
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41′Francisco Conceição still had grievances about the move.
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41′Francisco Conceição is caught offside. After Benfica lost the ball again, Pepe received the ball and did not recognize his teammate, who shot, saving Trubin. But in reality, Conceicao was ahead of schedule.
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36 minutesWhat nonsense between Joao Mario and Trubin. The midfielder made a late pass that forced the goalkeeper to make an extra effort and the goalkeeper’s pass hit Galeno. Porto did not take advantage and only won a corner. After a corner, Trubin is forced to take a tight defense.
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35 minutesDi Maria shoots in an arc and the ball does not fly far from the goal defended by Diogo Costa.
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34′Then a corner is awarded to Benfica.
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34′Rafa threatened the goal with a shot from the front of the goal, but Diogo Costa was alert and saved the ball, making way for Joao Mario’s corner.
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31′Morato is having a bad time with Francisco Conceicao. In another individual play, the winger dodged a defender, who was forced to foul and receive a yellow card.
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28 minutesTengstedt headed in from a corner but was undaunted.
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27 minutesDi Maria sends a cross to the far post and finds Coccia. The Turkish national team player tries to head the ball into the center, but Pepe intercepts it for a corner.
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25 minutesPepe shoots with his left foot from outside the penalty area after a corner, but Trubin saves. Porto feels more comfortable in the match.
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24 minutesNow there is a song for dragons.
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24 minutesWhat a move by Francisco Conceição! He left Morato without kidneys, deceived Rafa, and then shot and saved Trubin.
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20 minutesThe chance was intercepted, Nico Gonzalez (Porto) headed in a header from the center of the penalty area. Assist Francisco Conceição with a cross into the penalty area.
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20 minutesGOAL PORTO! Galeno makes it 1-0. The winger appeared to finish at the far post from a corner and was all alone to take the shot. The corner was taken by Conceicao, but the ball was saved before the ball fell into the hands of the Portuguese-Brazilian. A big failure in the Reds’ defense.
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20 minutesThere is a new corner for Porto, provided by Rafa.
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19 minutesThere is a corner for Porto. The Dragons turned the game to the left: Galeno cleared the ball, but Di Maria, helping in defense, missed the corner.
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14 minutesAnd now Porto is approaching the goal! Joao Mario crossed without resistance, Pepe headed it in, and Galeno, who was not far from the penalty area, fired wide. What danger!
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13 minutesGreat opportunity for Tengstedt! Porto’s defense was completely asleep. Di Maria took the free-kick, catching his opponents by surprise, and the striker appeared in Diogo Costa’s face and fired wide. The Eagles’ goal was in sight.
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11 minutesOtavio headed very high from Alan Varela’s cross. Attention, the initiative belongs to Porto, and Benfica is experiencing some difficulties with the start of construction.
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10 minutesSongs for dragons are still sung.
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10 minutesGaleno strikes Otamendi and passes the danger to Benfica.
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8′FC Porto were found to be offside when Francisco Conceicao attempted to pass to Pepe.
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two’This is the first great chance to score and it comes from Porto. Francisco Conceição crossed with his right foot, and Pepe, meeting no resistance, jumped and hit Trubin with his head. This is the first warning for the home team in a match that starts at good pace.
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In the first minute the game was briefly interrupted. Di Maria fell after colliding with Wendell. The Argentine continues to complain about the foul.
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