On Tuesday, Benfica consolidated their lead in Ligue I by beating Aroca 3-0 in the match that counts for matchday 18.
Without Enzo Fernandez in the Premier League-bound starting line-up, it was João Mário who led the Luz team at the Aroca Municipal Stadium.
Goals scored by Joao Mario and Petar Musa. The Portuguese midfielder scored twice in the match with goals in the 25th and 54th minutes. In the 80th minute, Croatian Petar Musa sealed the Reds’ victory.
With this result, Benfica add a third away win without conceding goals and lead the league with 50 points.
25′ Joao Mario opens the scoring through Orsnes.
54′ Joao Mario scores a brace through Goncalo Guedes.
80′ Petar Musa makes it 3-0 for the Reds without opponents.
-
live game
-
End of part 2
-
End of the game
-
89′Alan Ruiz
LeavesOriol Busquets
Moves into -
88′
Joao Basso
LeavesNino Galovich
Moves into -
86′
Antonio Silva
LeavesLucas Verissimo
Moves into -
86′Alejandro Grimaldo
LeavesMikhail Ristic
Moves into -
86′David Neres
LeavesJoao Pedro Goncalves Neves
Moves into -
86′Alexander Bach
LeavesGilbert
Moves into -
82′Ismail Soro
LeavesPedro Moreira
Moves into -
80′GOAL BENFICA! David Neres managed to win back the Arouca defense, but in the end the ball remained with Petar Musa after Joao Basso molested the Brazilian. The Croatian striker ended the match without rivals and made the score 3-0 in favor of Benfica. This is Musa’s fourth league goal.
-
77′Fredrik Orsnes was in an offside position after the transfer of Orsnes.
-
76′Alan Ruiz (Aroca) gets a yellow card.
-
76′Bogdan Milovanov appoints a corner kick.
-
75′Corner kick for Benfica… breaks through the defense of Arouka.
-
73′Yellow card shown to Ismaile Soro!
-
67′Gonzalo Guedes
LeavesPetar Musa
Moves into -
60′Great opportunity for Arok! Bruno Márquez appeared alone in the center of the box, with everything he needed to score a goal… but ended up with a cross to his colleague Mateus Quaresme. So far, this has been the best case for the Arukens.
-
60′Benji Michel
LeavesBruno Enrique Marquez Torres
Moves into -
59′David Simon
Leavesarsenic
Moves into -
57′Now Goncalo Guedes is offside.
-
56′Florentino tried to use the rear of the defense with a deep pass to David Neres, but the Brazilian was offside.
-
54′GOAL BENFICA! Whatever happens to the end, Joao Mario can hardly be considered the best player of the match. The Portuguese midfielder shook the net again after a pass from Guedes, which also included a small simulation of Orsnes. The Reds played well, extending the lead to 2-0.
-
50′Alexander Bach made a deep pass… Gonzalo Guedes got into a non-standard position.
-
50′Benfica’s young centre-back has received a yellow card.
-
48′Alexander Bach combined well from the right and crossed from the bottom, and Goncalo Guedes appeared again at the first post … but the ball was eventually cut off by the defender.
-
46′Yellow card shown to Jerome Opok!
-
Beginning of part 2
-
Break
-
40′Offside, Aroca. Ignacio De Arruabarrena made a deep pass, but Benji Michel was offside.
-
38′Silla tried to get between Otamendi and Grimaldo… won a corner. The katno was already full, but it was not dangerous, because the protection of the incarnated removed it without difficulty.
-
thirty’Benfica keep pushing… but Orsnes’s shot went wide of the goal and landed in Arruabarren’s defence.
-
25′GOAL BENFICA! João Mario opened the scoring with an assist from Orsnes, who made a great pass to David Neres on the edge of the penalty area. Benfica only needed a shot on target to take the lead (0:1).
-
13′This is Arouka’s first opportunity! Anthony made a dangerous canopy Morlaye Silla head. Vlachimos was in control, but be careful!
-
nine’What a danger!! Good initiative from Alexander Ba on the right flank of the attack, Goncalo Guedes finished at the first post. He just didn’t score because Arok’s defender landed the winning shot. Meanwhile, the corner is already full… now the hosts can breathe a sigh of relief.
-
Main 1st part
-
66′Alan Ruiz’s (Aroca) left foot kick from outside the penalty area was disallowed. Assistant to Ismail Soro.
-
65′Kick missed by Anthony (Aroca) with his right foot from outside the penalty area. Assistant to Alan Ruiz.
-
Before the gameThe match was interrupted due to an injury to Matheus Quaresma (Aroca).
Author: write down
Source: CM Jornal
I’m Dave Martin, and I’m an experienced journalist working in the news industry. As a part of my work, I write for 24 News Reporters, covering mostly sports-related topics. With more than 5 years of experience as a journalist, I have written numerous articles on various topics to provide accurate information to readers.