Champions Benfica beat Sporting at home this Sunday with a score of 2-1 in the 11th round of the Portuguese Football League thanks to two goals in stoppage time.
Swede Victor Gyöckeres gave Sporting the lead in the 45th minute, with Joao Neves equalizing on 90+4 and Denmark’s Kasper Tengstedt winning on 90+7 as the Lions played with one man less following the sending off of aged Gonçalo Inácio 51 years old. .
Having inflicted their first defeat on Sporting, Benfica took the lead with the same 28 points as second-place Sporting and three more than Porto.
45′ Dieukeres opens the scoring
90+4′ Joao Neves equalizes in the final minutes.
90+7′ Tengstedt completes last-minute comeback
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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′Luis Neto from Sporting received a yellow card!
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Tengsted is 4 inches into play and turns the play over on the final play of the game. -
90′This is Benfica’s goal, scored by Joao Neves. Di Maria takes the corner, Morato goes to the near post and feeds Joao Neves, who scores with his right foot. The draw takes place in Luz.
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90′Corner from Trincao to be scored by Di Maria.
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86′Nuno Santos takes a free kick, and Turbin blocks it with his fists. The ball reaches Trincao, who tries to take the first shot with his right foot, but the ball goes wide and weakens.
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87′João Mario
LeavesGonçalo Guedes
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Hidemasa Morita
LeavesPaulinho
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85′Morita will leave, giving his place to Paulinho.
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84′Morita gets help.
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84′Otamendi heads in after Di Maria’s cross.
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81′Diomand gives way. Joao Neves scores from the near post, but Sporting’s defense clears the ball on the byline.
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80′Play resumed with help from Otamendi, who played with Morita in the Lions penalty area.
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77′Di Maria gets space on the edge of the box and shoots with her left foot to save Adan in the night.
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77′The corner was taken by Adan after a superb save from Di Maria’s shot. The ball still hits the crossbar before going off.
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75′João Neves is shown a yellow card for a foul on Győkeres.
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73′Mateus Reis
LeavesNuno Santos
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73′Bowl
LeavesTrincao
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71′The match resumed. The Sporting defender will leave.
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70′The match was interrupted to provide medical attention to Matheus Reis.
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69′Pote appears isolated in front of Turbin, but the move is annulled for offside.
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69′Morten Jylmand from Sporting has received a yellow card!
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66′João Mário is shown a yellow card for stopping Pote’s counter-attack.
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64′Florentino Luis
LeavesKasper Tengstedt
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64′Petar Musa
LeavesArthur Cabral
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64′The match was interrupted due to an injury to Nicolas Otamendi (Benfica).
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61′Benfica’s corner kick ended with João Mário’s shot being ruled out for offside.
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61′The opportunity was intercepted, Petar Musa (Benfica) shot with his right foot from the right edge of the penalty area. Assistant Fredrik Orsnes.
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59′Di Maria was in the wrong position.
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57′Marcus Edwards
LeavesJeremiah Saint-Just
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57′A yellow card is shown to Edwards for simulation as he enters the Benfica area.
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55 minutesOtamendi tries to shoot from the edge of the penalty area, but Coates manages to block the shot.
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51′Gonçalo Inácio sees red. After an unsuccessful pass, the central defender tackles Rafa harshly and receives a yellow card, and then a red one. Sporting will have to play with one less player for almost the entire second half.
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Beginning of part 2
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Interval
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45 minutesThis is Sporting’s goal, Gyokeres! Joao Mario loses the ball to Edwards, who passes to Morato and feeds the Swede, who shoots hard with his right foot. Turbin still touches the ball, but the ball comes off the attacking Leo’s foot with enormous force.
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44′Matheus Reis was in the wrong position.
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40 minutesDi Maria was caught offside after a long pass from Antonio Silva.
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36 minutesRafa tries to strike with his right foot from the edge of the penalty area, but the ball goes wide. Sporting take a goal kick.
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33′Sweat close to target! Edwards calls his teammate into the red box, who hits the ball first time with his right foot, only to be saved by Turbin. Now Sporting is in the lead.
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31′Morita gets space on the edge of the penalty area and tries to shoot, but the ball goes wide of Turbin’s goal.
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30 minutesAfter the game, Matheus Reis passes to Coates, who misses the Benfica goal.
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30 minutesPote crosses the ball into the penalty area, where Diomande heads Florentino into the red goal, giving Trubin an excellent save.
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29′Joao Mario took the corner for Sporting. The sweat will clog.
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24 minutesFree, Antonio Silva brings Joao Mario into the penalty area. The midfielder crosses to the second post, where Florentino appears, and narrowly misses his header. Sporting take a goal kick.
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22′Gonzalo Inacio receives his fifth yellow card of the season and will miss the next game.
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17 minutesThe opportunity was missed by Petar Musa (Benfica), who fired a right-footed shot from outside the penalty area.
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15 minutesCoates receives a yellow card and faces expulsion from the league.
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13 minutesThe corner for Benfica was taken by Esgaio without danger to the Leonin defense.
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12 minutesRafa shoots with his right foot from the penalty area and the ball hits the crossbar of the Adan goal. This is the second warning from the Benfica team.
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12 minutesCorner, Benfica. Contributed by Morten Hjulmand.
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12 minutesWith the help of Florentino, Rafa tries to shoot, but the ball does not reach the goal.
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10 minutesSporting’s corner kick was sent to the far post. The ball is released by the red defense.
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9′After a rebound won by Musa, Rafa, under pressure from Esgayo, shoots wide of the goal. This is the first opportunity for Benfica.
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8′Julmand shoots with his right foot, but the ball flies past the red goal.
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7′Pote hits the near post again and the Benfica defense moves to the edge of the box where Yulmand appears.
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7′Corner, Sporting. Courtesy of Fredrik Orsnes. Pote scores from the near post and Otamendi heads into the red goal. New corner for Sporting.
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