This Friday, Benfica beat Famalican 3-0 in the 15th round of the Portuguese Football League and temporarily took the lead in the championship, now awaiting the result of Sporting in their visit to Portimonense.
At the Estadio da Luz, in the two sides’ final game of 2023, Brazilian Arthur Cabral opened the scoring in the 31st minute on his league debut, with the Reds extending their lead through Rafa Silva in the 85th minute. and Croatian Musa, 89 years old.
With this result, Benfica, with their second successive victory in the tournament, takes temporary first place with 36 points, two more than Sporting, who only play on Saturday, and five more than Porto. who they will meet later today. Desportivo de Chaves and Famalican are winless in five games and are in seventh place with 18.
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Live game
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End of the game
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90′Musa was close to an encore. The striker isolated himself, but shot wide of the goal.
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90′Gustavo Assuncao shown a yellow card.
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89′BENFICA GOAL! The score is 3-0. The muse will score. The striker was served by Rafa, who passed the ball through the legs of Luis Junior.
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88′I’ll come Yusuf
LeavesGustavo Assuncao
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88′Thomas Araujo
LeavesGustavo Marquez
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87′Alex Dobre (Famalican) missed the opportunity with a header from the left edge of the penalty area. Assistant from Zaidu Yusuf with a cross into the penalty area.
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87′Musa hits Luis Junior’s defense.
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86′Topik shoots with his right foot into touch.
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85′BENFICA GOAL! Rafa signs the score 2-0. Benfica launched a quick attack with Gonçalo Guedes hitting Musa and the Croatian playing smartly backwards for Rafa to shoot home. Benfica were going through difficulties, but now victory after a counter-attack is practically in their pocket.
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83′Francisco Moura was caught offside, causing the defender to hit Trubin in the legs. The move may have been invalidated, but it was another shocking moment for the Benfica defence.
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81′I sing for Famalican.
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81′Gustavo Filipe Alves de Freitas Azevedo and Sa
LeavesPablo Felipe Pereira de Jesus
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80′Musa receives a yellow card for fouling Otavio.
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74′Gustavo Sa heads in from Francisco Moura, but the ball goes wide.
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74′Fredrik Orsnes
LeavesDavid Jurasek
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72′On to the post! Famalican threatens the goal again. Zaidu shot from afar, but saw the ball hit the woodwork. What danger!
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71′Alex Dobre sees the ball deflected on impact.
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69′Rafa was caught offside after Trubin’s long pass.
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70′Arthur Cabral
LeavesPetar Musa
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70′Thiago Maria Antunes Gouveia
LeavesGonçalo Guedes
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70′Orkun Kökçü
LeavesFlorentino Luis
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66′Attention, Aursnes has complaints. The midfielder suffered from contact with Chiquinho. Let’s see if it recovers.
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66′Afonso Rodriguez (Famalican) missed the opportunity with a header from the center of the area. Francisco Moura contributed with a cross into the penalty area after a corner kick.
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66′Nathan
LeavesMartin Aguirregabiria
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65′Corner to Famalican provided by Aursnes.
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65′Another opportunity for Famalican. Theo Fonseca appeared alone in the penalty area, taking advantage of the space between Antonio Silva and Tomas Araujo, but Trubin was worth it again, making another beautiful save.
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65′Francisco Jorge Thomas Oliveira
LeavesMihai Alexandru Dobre
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65′Theo Fonseca
LeavesAlfonso Rodriguez
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63′A new corner for eagles.
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63′Another strike from Arthur Cabral and another save from Luis Junior.
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62′Kokcu was fouled and received a yellow card.
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62′I sing for the eagles.
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62′Dangerous blow from Kokchu. The Turk nevertheless struck from long range, and Chiquinho saved the ball, but Luis Junior was attentive and headed for the corner.
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61′Otavio received a yellow card for a foul on Arthur Cabral.
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60 minutesThere is a song for Famalican.
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60 minutesTrubin saves Benfica! Great save by the Eagles goalkeeper to prevent Chiquinho from scoring. The midfielder still had to ask for a penalty because of Tomas Araujo’s touch on his back.
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58′João Mário shoots, but Luis Júnior passes the ball easily.
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56′Benfica was leading 2:0! Joao Neves struck with the outside of his foot in the penalty area, while Luis Junior and Otavio blocked the shot in midfield.
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56′Benfica earns a corner after a quick Benfica attack in which Thiago Gouveia attempted to head in Artur Cabral’s cross. Thanks to Otavio for the cut.
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55 minutesTheo Fonseca is caught offside. It is noteworthy how Trubin defended his opponent’s blow.
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46′Famalicão took advantage of a sleepy start from Benfica. Antonio Silva passed the ball to Joao Neves, and Gustavo Sa anticipated and took the ball away. Then he shot, but the ball went wide.
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46′The midfielder insists and tries to throw Chiquinho, but his teammate is offside.
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46′Famalican looks for a draw and Gustavo Sa blocks the shot.
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43′Rafa was caught offside after Thiago Gouveia’s pass.
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42′Teo Fonseca takes a valuable shot and denies Joao Mario Thiago Gouveia’s pass, giving Benfica a corner.
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39′Chiquinho shoots with his left foot, but the ball goes away.
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38′From a free kick taken by Cocciu, Tomas Araujo won the game in the air in the Famalicão penalty area, but the ball went wide of the post.
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37′Chiquinho sees a yellow card. The midfielder stepped on Arthur Cabral.
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33′Arthur Cabral is confident and is looking forward to an encore. This time he shoots with his left foot, but Luis Junior intercepts the ball.
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31′TARGET! THIS IS FROM BENFICA! The score is 1:0 in favor of Arthur Cabral. The play begins with the delightful detail of João Neves eliminating Francisco Moura. The midfielder released Rafa, who in turn crossed for Arthur Cabral. The striker found himself in front of the goalkeeper and fired straight into the goal.
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21′Arthur Cabral received the ball, turned towards the goal and shot, but the ball flew out. However, fans applaud the initiative.
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18 minutesOtavio appears in the Benfica penalty area without much resistance from Chiquinho’s cross, but his header goes wide and weak.
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15 minutesLuis Junior easily blocks Kokcu’s shot.
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14 minutesThere’s a new song for the eagles.
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12 minutesBenfica had a right to a corner, but Famalicao’s defense cleared the ball.
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12 minutesJoao Neves takes a shot from outside the box, but Otavio appears to head it over the line.
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8′Thiago Gouveia attempts another shot but is denied by the Famalice defense.
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7′Ball here, ball there. Now Famalican is trying to score. Cadiz win from high up after Francisco Moura’s cross, but his header misses the target.
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6′What a great opportunity for Rafa! The striker received a low pass from Morato and fired wide.
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5′This is Benfica’s first warning and they will soon be led by one of the newcomers to the starting team: Thiago Gouveia. The winger moved into the center from the left flank and immediately saved Luis Junior’s shot.
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4′Topic makes the first throw of the game, but without any danger. Midfielder Famalican hits the wall after a free kick.
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3′Corner to Famalican provided by Aursnes.
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