Benfica won 3-1 away at Farense today in the final game of the 30th round of the I Football League, restoring the seven-point gap from leader Sporting and returning to away victories.
Goals from Cocciu in the 16th minute, Arthur Cabral’s backheel in the 34th and Alvaro Carreras in the 67th saw the Reds return to winning ways as the visitors after defeats in Alvalade and Marseille, with Bellumi scoring. for the Algarve (23).
Benfica are second in League One with 73 points, seven points behind leaders Sporting, who beat Vitoria de Guimaraes 3-0 on Sunday, and have 12 points to go. Farense remains in the fight for retention, sitting in 10th place with 31 points, the same as Rio Ave and Gil Vicente.
After the defeat in Marseille (4-2 on penalties, after 1-0 in extra time), which resulted in elimination from the Europa League, Roger Schmidt made five changes to the starting line-up, including Alvaro Carreras, Joao Mario, Cocciu, Thiago. Gouveia and Arthur Cabral.
At Farense, with Bruno Duarte, the team’s top scorer in Liga I with 11 goals, missing due to penalties, José Mota made two changes from the 1-1 draw in Guimarães, calling up Fabricio Isidoro and Ze Luis. starting lineup.
Before kick-off, tributes were paid to former Moroccan footballer Hassan Nader, top scorer in the Farense I League in the 1994/95 season, who also represented the Reds.
In a very tense first half, it was Benfica who had the “plus sign”, especially taking advantage of their right flank, where Marco Matias rarely followed the attacks of defender Ba, who played a decisive role in the goals.
The Reds made their first threats with strikes from Di Maria in the ninth minute and Arthur Cabral in the 14th that forced Ricardo Velho to make two good saves.
The first goal of the game came soon after, in the 16th minute, in a game that saw Di Maria bide his time on the right flank, awaiting the arrival of Ba, who crossed for a fine strike from Turkey’s Kokcu, who scored his fifth league goal.
Algarve equalized in the 23rd minute through Bellumi, who scored his sixth I League goal with a powerful left-foot strike.
With more possession, Benfica responded well to regain the lead in the 34th minute after a new combination from Di Maria and Ba on the right flank and a superb backheel from Danish defender Arthur Cabral.
Before the break, the Reds could have increased the margin, but Di Maria shot wide, dodging several opponents (35 minutes), and Arthur Cabral hit the post with a shot from outside the penalty area (37 minutes).
The rising Reds, although untroubled by Ricardo Velho, stayed on after the restart, forcing Jose Mota to make a double substitution in the 56th minute to “wake up” his side, who lifted their lines and, at 63, were threatening a draw. Bellumi’s shot from outside the penalty area, blocked by Trubin.
Benfica’s response was more effective and the score was 3-1 in the 67th minute thanks to Spanish defender Alvaro Carreras, who scored for the first time for the Reds and left the game all but ‘decided’ despite Rui Costa threatening to strike on goal. from the side, at 69.
Without Joao Neves, replaced shortly after coming on after a clash of heads with an opponent – he remained injured but with a leg injury – Benfica moved to within 4-1 when Arthur Cabral sent a bicycle kick into Ricardo Velho’s defence. , in the 79th minute keeping the result exactly until the final whistle.
Korçu scores in the 16th minute
Bellumi scores in the 23rd minute
Arthur Cabral scores in the 34th minute
Debut goal for Benfica in the 67th minute
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Live game
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91′Claudio Falcao
LeavesVitor Goncalves
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End of the game
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90′David Neres shoots with his left foot after a pass from Kokcu. The ball goes away.
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90′Now it is Ponde’s turn on the other hand to see the assistant referee’s flag in the air.
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90′Marcos Leonardo is caught offside.
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90′Ba kicks with his right foot, but his attempt fails and the ball goes out of touch.
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84′
Angel Di Maria
LeavesBenjamin Rollheiser
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84′Arthur Cabral
LeavesMarcos Leonardo
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83′Offside, Farense. Mohamed Belloumi tried to make a through ball, but Pastor was judged to be offside.
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81′Elf Baldé takes a shot, but the ball is deflected by Benfica’s defenders.
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80′Neres shoots Ricardo Velho after good play from Carreras.
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79′He had already hit the heel and now tried the bike. Arthur Cabral showed another excellent performance and only missed a goal thanks to a good save from Ricardo Velho.
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77′He takes a shot from outside the penalty area, but the ball goes wide of the goal.
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75′Rui Costa sees that the blow has been deflected.
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74′Antonio Silva heads in from Di Maria’s cross.
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73′João Pedro Gonçalves Neves
LeavesF. Orsnes
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71′The match was interrupted due to an injury to João Neves (Benfica).
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71′The match was interrupted due to an injury to Christian Ponde (Farense).
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69′
Rafael Barbosa
LeavesChristian Ioan Ponde
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69′Farense tries to react quickly. Rui Costa struck a very dangerous shot, the ball went close to Trubin’s goal post.
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69′Marco Mathias
LeavesElves Umar Balde
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67′BENFICA GOAL! Carreras makes it 3-1 and scores for the first time with an eagle on his chest. Di Maria makes a great cross, taking play to the left where Carreras appears to move Pastor out of the way and kicks low with his non-dominant right foot.
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63′Bellumi creates danger again. After scoring superbly in the first half, he now attempted twice to score from outside the area. Trubin defends himself.
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62′Thiago Maria Antunes Gouveia
LeavesDavid Neres
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62′Florentine
LeavesJoão Pedro Gonçalves Neves
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61′Farense scares the Benfica defense. In fact, the Algarve team requested a penalty due to Carreras’ tackle. The game ends with a shot from Caceres.
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60 minutesThiago Gouveia was caught offside after Carreras’ pass.
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56′Ze Luis
LeavesRui Costa
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55 minutesFabricio Isidoro
LeavesFacundo Caceres
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54′Kokcu takes a free kick, the ball flies past the goal.
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53′Claudio Falcao receives a yellow card. The midfielder fouled Thiago Gouveia, leading to a dangerous free kick for Benfica.
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49′Benfica have a corner after Talis disarms Ba.
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47′Arthur Cabral entered the second half the same way he ended the first: full of desire to score. The striker shot from outside the penalty area, the ball flew past the goal.
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44′João Mário received a yellow card for fouling Fabricio Isidoro.
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42′Claudio Falcao (Farense) missed the opportunity with a header from the center of the penalty area. Help from Rafael Barbosa with a cross into the penalty area after a corner.
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42′Ze Luis was close to the goal. The forward shot just wide of the goal, taking advantage of the lack of concentration in Benfica’s defense.
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42′However, Farense has a corner from Florentino.
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41′It was unclear whether Isidoro wanted to shoot or baptize. What is certain is that the midfielder almost deceived Trubin, who was forced to give away a corner.
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39′Igor Rossi wins from above, but heads wide of the goal.
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37′On to the post! Great work from Arthur Cabral as he spins and shoots low and the iron doesn’t allow him an encore.
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36 minutesArthur Cabral was caught offside after Di Maria’s pass.
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35 minutesGreat game by Di Maria. The winger intercepted the ball and shot with his right foot, the ball went just wide of Ricardo Velho’s goal.
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34′BENFICA GOAL! Arthur Cabral makes it 2-1. Excellent detailing of the Brazilian. Again, a combination between Di Maria and Ba to unlock. The winger passed the ball to the defender, who fired low and the striker backheeled it home.
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31′Otamendi heads in from Kokcu’s cross. Benfica didn’t seem to concede a goal.
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31′New corner for Benfica, now provided by Isidoro.
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26 minutesThe corner kick for Benfica was provided by Talis.
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26 minutesFlorentino receives a yellow card after fouling Marco Matias.
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23 minutesClaudio Falcao shoots but the ball is saved.
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23 minutesGOAL FROM FARENCE! Bellumi equalized the score. What a shot! A Farense player receives the ball from Goncalo Silva’s header and fires a very strong shot into the back of the goal. Bakh still tried to resist, and Trubin extended his hand, but the goalkeeper could not do anything.
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23 minutesGonçalo Silva tries to head but the kick is still alive…
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23 minutesOtamendi took the corner to Farense, but Isidoro deflected the ball.
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23 minutesIsidoro wins the ball on the edge of the penalty area after a shot from Antonio Silva
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22 minutesFrom the middle of the street, Carreras takes a shot, but the ball goes very far from the goal.
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21 minutesBenfica have a corner.
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21 minutesAfter a very clumsy movement in the Algarve penalty area, which began with a wonderful detail from Di Maria, Florentino fired a shot that was saved by Rafael Barbosa.
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20 minutesRicardo Velho still defends the ball, so Benfica take a corner.
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20 minutesThe shot was deflected from the left side of the goal. Orkun Kokcu (Benfica) fired a right-footed shot from the left edge of the penalty area. Help from Arthur Cabral.
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18 minutesBenfica is already looking for a second one. Arthur Cabral threatens again, this time with a header from Di Maria’s cross.
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17 minutesRafael Barbosa strikes with his left foot.
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16 minutesBENFICA GOAL! Kokcu makes it 1-0. Florentino makes a very good long pass to Di Maria. The winger waited for Bach and passed the ball to the Dane, who made an accurate cross, and Kokcu appeared in the penalty area and fired a shot with his left foot.
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14 minutesArthur Cabral threatened the goal. The forward took the ball and shot from outside the penalty area, but Ricardo Velho saved the shot. Nice work of knitwear 9.
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13 minutesBenfica have a corner. Carreras crosses to the second post, but Talis hits the ball and the ball goes over the baseline.
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9′Dangerous shot from Di Maria. From the right flank, the winger arcs a shot outside the penalty area following a beautiful intervention from Ricardo Velho.
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7′A good combination of Di Maria and Cocciu. The Turk tried to cross, but Talis’ cut appeared. Benfica have a corner.
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4′Here is the first shot of the match. Kokcu fired low and wide of Ricardo Velho’s goal after a pass from Joao Mario.
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