This Monday, Benfica temporarily rose to the top of the Portuguese Football League after beating Estrela da Amadora 4-1 in the 19th round match.
Leo Xaba gave the amateurs the lead in the 28th minute, but Arthur Cabral (44), Rafa (45+1), Otamendi (52) and Marcos Leonardo (90+3) gave the Reds their sixth consecutive league victory, with which they played with a numerical advantage starting from the 72nd minute, after Regis Ndo was sent off.
Thanks to this triumph, Benfica now has 48 points, two more than Sporting, who hosted Casa Pia this Monday, and four more than Porto and Estrela da Amadora. , having not won in six matches of the first league, remains in 14th position with 18.
53′ Otamendi scores for the second match in a row
45+1′ Rafa equalized after the break
44′ Arthur Cabral lands a great bicycle kick
28′ Leo Haba opens the scoring
ELEVEN FROM E. AMADOR: Bruno Brigido; Omorwa, Pedro Mendez and Mansour; Jean Felipe, Leonardo, Aloiso Souza and Joao Reis; Regis, Ronaldo and Leo Xaba
Subs: Wagner, Andre, Gustavo Henrique, Rodrigo Pinho, Pedro Sa, Nkanyiso Shing, Bucca, Kikas and Thiago Gabriel.
ELEVEN BENFICA: Trubin; Aursnes, Antonio Silva, Otamendi and Morato; Joao Neves and Cocciu; Di Maria, Rafa and Joao Mario; Arthur Cabral
Subs: Samuel Soares, Alvaro Carreras, Ba, Neres, Rolheiser, Marcos Leonardo, Tomas Araujo, Thiago Gouveia and Florentino.
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Live game
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End of the game
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End of part 2
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90′Target! Star 1-4 Benfica. One, two, three… Marcos Leonardo jumps off the bench and scores again. The Brazilian received a great pass from Neres and scored Benfica’s fourth goal.
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87′
Angel Di Maria
LeavesBenjamin Rollheiser
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Mansour
LeavesKwenzokule Shinga
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75′Arthur Cabral
LeavesMarcos Leonardo
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74′The shot was deflected into the lower left corner of the goal. Rodrigo Pinho (Estrela) heads in from the center of the penalty area. Help from Jean Felipe with a cross into the penalty area.
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75′João Mario
LeavesAlexander Bakh
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75′Rafa Silva
LeavesDavid Neres
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71′Regis N’do’s childhood mistake. Already having a yellow card, the Estrela forward tackled Joao Neves, received a second yellow card and was sent off. Bad luck for Sergio Vieira.
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66′Aloysio Souza
LeavesRodrigo Pinho
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64′An opportunity missed by Joao Mario. The Benfica midfielder is still very sad.
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58′Ronaldo Tavares
LeavesKikas
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58′Pedro Mendez
LeavesAndre Louis
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58′Leo Jaba
LeavesPedro Sa
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58′After a corner kick, Omurva headed wide of the goal, which was cleared by Trubin.
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56′What a great opportunity for Benfica. Rafa appears in the person of Bruno Brigido, shoots, but the ball bounces off the head of the Estrela goalkeeper and goes along the back line.
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52′Target! Star 1-3 Benfica. Benfica goal! Di Maria took a corner from the left flank, Arthur Cabral hit the post with his head, and Otamendi sent the ball into the net on the rebound. In an awkward moment, Estrela’s defenders prepared to defend the corner hand in hand, but the attempt failed.
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50 minutesArthur Cabral shot from the middle of the street, but the ball went wide of the goal. The blow hit the guard, and not the goal, as the Brazilian expected.
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Beginning of part 2
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46′Chance intercepted by Angel Di Maria (Benfica) but the shot is blocked by Omurva
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IntervalOrkun Kökçü
LeavesFlorentino Luis
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45 minutesRegis N’Do (Estrela) receives a yellow card for a dangerous tackle.
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45 minutesTarget! Star 1-2 Benfica. Somersault on the marker!! Wasting no time, inspired by Arthur Cabral’s goal, Rafa finds a loose ball in the penalty area and is the first to send the ball into the back of the goal. Undefendable shot by the Estrela goalkeeper. This goal was highly appreciated by Benfica players and fans.
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44′Target! Star 1-1 Benfica. Great goal from Benfica! Cut between Di Maria and… Arthur Cabral gets on his bike. The Brazilian striker dominated from the chest and it was his acrobatics that tied the score.
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41′Yellow card shown to Angel Di Maria for protesting against the refereeing crew
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40 minutesWhat an opportunity!! E. Amadora’s counterattack, Leo Xaba discovers Regis Ndo, who wins the duel with Otamendi and gets in Trubin’s face. The striker even took the Ukrainian goalkeeper out of the way, but lost the angle and shot wide of the goal.
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37′After a combination with Arthur Cabral, Joao Mario shot, but the shot hit Bruno Brigido. The Estrela goalkeeper calmly took the ball.
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33′Corner, Benfica. Contributed by Johnston Omurwa, but nothing came of it.
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32′Offside, Benfica. Antonio Silva attempted a through ball but found Angel Di Maria in an offside position.
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31′Offside, Estrela. Aloisio Sousa played a through ball but Leo Haba was in the wrong position.
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28 minutesTarget! Estrela – Benfica 1-0. Estrela’s first goal has been achieved!! Leo Xaba accelerates, manages to overtake Otamendi and Antonio Silva and lands the first blow on Trubin. On the rebound, the Brazilian placed the ball between the legs of the Ukrainian goalkeeper and opened the scoring.
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27 minutesNicolas Otamendi tried a deep pass, Rafa was in the wrong position.
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21 minutesGood attacking play from Estrela, taking advantage of the large space provided by Benfica, but Ronaldo Tavares shoots poorly and Trubin clears the ball easily.
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17 minutesCorner, Estrela. Courtesy of Anatoly Trubin.
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17 minutesOtamendi cleared the ball, Estrela took it back and earned a corner
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11 minutesA great free kick from Kokcu and a good save from Bruno Brigido. The first great moment of the game: goalkeeper E. Amadora prevented Benfica from scoring.
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5′The match resumed.
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4′The match was interrupted due to an injury to Pedro Mendes (Estrela).
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3′Corner, Benfica. Contributed by Pedro Mendez.
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Corner, Estrela. Contributed by Fredrik Orsnes. During the attack, the ball did not go beyond the first post after it was cleared by Arthur Cabral.
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