This Saturday, champions Benfica moved one point behind leaders Sporting with a 3-0 win over Arouca in the 16th round of the Portuguese Football League.
Rafa in the 39th minute, Turk Kokcu in the 47th and Croatian substitute Musa in the 85th, all with the name of “King” Eusebio on the back, scored goals for the Reds, which added a third win in a row and scored in 15 th time in a row.
The Reds now have 39 points, one behind Sporting (5-1 at Estoril Praia) and four more than Porto (1-1 at Bessa), with Arouca scoring in last four rounds, left with 16.
Rafa opened the scoring in the 39th minute
Kökçu scores the second goal in the 47th minute
Musa scores the third goal in the 85th minute
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End of the game
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90′After some beautiful individual play, Kokcu Musa takes a shot, but the ball is deflected.
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89′Arukense’s Benji Michel is now caught offside.
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88′Orkun Kökçu tried to make a through ball, but Florentino was judged to be offside.
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87′Angel Di Maria
LeavesGonçalo Guedes
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87′
Rafa Silva
LeavesThiago Maria Antunes Gouveia
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86′Fredrik Orsnes
LeavesThomas Araujo
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85′TARGET! THIS IS FROM BENFICA! Musa makes it 3-0! What a great ending! After a combination between Kökçü and Morato, the Turk crossed with his left foot, and Musa, anticipating Montero, shot with the outside of his right foot. Rafa even put his hands on his head when he saw the Croatian’s technical gesture.
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84′
Morley Sylla
LeavesAlfonso Trezza
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83′David Simão tried to score from outside the penalty area, but his shot went wide of the line.
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82′Di Maria is close to starring in a big moment. While still very far from the goal, the striker realized that Arruabarrena was ahead and tried to hit the goal. The ball flies very close.
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81′Eboue Kouassi
LeavesPedro Carvalho Santos
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79′Florentino is shown a yellow card after a foul on David Simão.
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78′João Mario
LeavesFlorentino Luis
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77′Aursnes has complaints and needs help.
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76′Kouassi receives a yellow card after a tackle on Orsnes.
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74′The match has been interrupted.
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73′Jason
LeavesBukia
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73′Rafa Mujica
LeavesBenji Michel
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72′Arthur Cabral
LeavesPetar Musa
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72′Arthur Cabral receives a yellow card. The attacker commits a violation, but is immediately punished for punching Javi Montero. And now Cabral will give way to Musa.
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69′What a mess. After Di Maria’s deep pass to Arthur Cabral, Arruabarrena left the penalty area and collided with both the striker and teammate. The ball fell to Joao Mario, who fired wide.
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69′Cristo tries to throw another punch, but Morato knocks the ball away.
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62′Rafa is betrayed by the grass! The striker broke free with the ball and found himself isolated in front of Arruabarrena, but as he prepared to shoot, the ball bounced off a tuft of grass and the shot went wide of the goal.
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62′Christo shoots with his right foot from outside the penalty area, but the ball goes wide.
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58′Arruabarrena shoots the ball home to give the Eagles another corner.
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58′The eagles are singing.
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58′Joao Mario was very close to the score 3:0. After good collective work, Arthur Cabral played smartly on his colleague, who saw how his shot went on target if not for Milovanov’s undercut.
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56′Sylla, one of Arouca’s unluckiest players, shoots wide but remains the home side’s first threat in the second half. And this is after the wonderful departure of Christ.
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55′Kokcu was caught offside after a pass from Aursnes.
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54′Galovic took the corner for Benfica. The game is much warmer than in the first half. Benfica’s second goal also helped the Reds settle the match.
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47′TARGET! FROM BENFICA! The score is 2:0 in favor of Kokcu. First of all, the move was still ruled invalid due to the fact that Rafa, the player who provided the assist, was offside. However, after a VAR check, it was determined that the striker was in a legal position. Credit also goes to Di Maria, who played the ball to Rafa and sent a low cross to Kokcu for his touch.
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Beginning of part 2
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45 minutesAnother serious threat to Benfica’s defence. Arouca scores, but the move is invalidated. It is Cristo who puts the ball into the goal, but before that Mujica was offside when he received a pass.
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41′What an incredible failure. Christo got the rebound after Trubin’s defense and had everything to score, but he shoots a lot from above, but he shoots from above. What a waste.
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41′Arouca is close to the gate. Thanks Trubin! But what a mistake Kokchu made. The midfielder made a pass into the neutral zone just outside Benfica’s penalty area. Sylla won the ball and passed it to Mujica, who saw Trubin’s mistake deny him a goal.
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39′TARGET! THIS IS FROM BENFICA! Rafa makes it 1-0. The third time really matters. The striker, who already had 2 goals disallowed, received a deep pass from Di Maria, controlled the ball well and beat Arruabarrena with his right foot. Javi Montero brings the striker into play.
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39′The shot was deflected into the lower left corner of the goal. Rafa (Benfica) struck with his right foot from the center of the penalty area. Angel Di Maria provided the assist.
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37′Sylla found himself in full space and shot from long range, but this shot did not cause any particular concern for Trubin. The ball goes wide.
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36 minutesAnother offside for Rafa after Morato’s pass.
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30 minutesAnother missed goal for Benfica and again for Rafa. This time the forward received a pass from Orsnes and converted it well, but in fact ended up ahead of Arouca’s defence.
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22′Mujica is close to his goal! What nonsense from Otamendi. The central defender passes to Eboue, who takes the ball and passes it to the striker. The shot goes slightly wide of the goal defended by Trubin.
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21′Arthur Cabral tries to score from distance, but the shot is low and weak. Arruabarrena defends calmly.
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20 minutesGreat shot from Milovanov. The Arouca player hits hard from more than 30 meters from the goal, and the ball passes close to the goal defended by Trubin.
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19 minutesI sing for Arok.
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19 minutesMujica took advantage of Otamendi’s poor chest control just outside the Benfica penalty area to fire a shot, but the Eagles captain redeemed himself by turning the ball over for a corner.
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17 minutesMilovanov throws the first shot at Arouca, but the ball goes away.
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24 minutesJoão Mário had to be treated for his injury but recovered.
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14 minutesThe goal was disallowed against Benfica! It would be from Rafa, but there is also an excellent pass from Joao Neves to Arthur Cabral, although the Brazilian, according to the VAR review, was slightly ahead of the opponent’s defense. The striker started and fed Rafa, who sent the ball into the back of the goal in the penalty area.
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14 minutesJavi Montero receives a yellow card. The Arouca player got to the ball later than Joao Neves and ended up blocking the Benfica midfielder’s free-kick.
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4′Rafa was caught offside after Joao Mario’s pass.
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3′The first threat comes from Benfica. Di Maria found himself in front of goal, still outside the penalty area, and tried his luck, but the shot ended up in the hands of Arruabarrena.
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Author: morning Post
Source: CM Jornal
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