This Saturday, Benfica beat Sporting de Braga 3-1 in the 31st round of the Portuguese Football League, delaying Sporting’s final title win for at least another week.
At the Braga Stadium, Braga even took the lead through Ricardo Orta in the 28th minute, but Marcos Leonardo (71 and 90+5) and David Neres (85) gave the victory to the Reds, who thus now secured themselves at least second place in the championship, and there are three rounds left until the end.
The Eagles remain on 76 points, four less than the Lions (80), who visit Porto on Sunday in third place, and Arsenal, who were reduced to 10 players due to sending off Victor Gomez (89 minutes), they remain in fourth place, with the same 62 points as the Dragons.
Ricardo Horta scored in the 28th minute.
Marcos Leonardo equalized in the 71st minute.
David Neres turned Luz around to score in the 85th minute
Marcos Leonardo scored again for the Eagles in the 95th minute.
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Live game
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97′David Neres
LeavesThiago Maria Antunes Gouveia
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End of the game
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90′Missed chance Orkun Kokcu (Benfica) took a right-footed free-kick from outside the area.
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Angel Di Maria
LeavesBenjamin Rollheiser
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90′Marcos Leonardo (Benfica) receives a yellow card for excessive celebration.
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90′Benfica’s Orkun Kökç has received a yellow card!
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90′Target! Benfica 3, Braga 1. Marcos Leonardo (Benfica) fired a left-footed shot from the center of the penalty area into the center of the goal. Help from Orkun Kokchu.
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90′Corner, Benfica. Contributed by Matheus.
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90′The shot is deflected into the top center of the goal. Angel Di Maria (Benfica) fired a left-footed shot from outside the penalty area. Help from Orkun Kokchu.
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90′The opportunity was missed by Simon Bansa (Braga) with a right-footed shot from outside the penalty area. Help from Ricardo Horta.
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90′Bruma again threatened T. Rubin, but a strong shot resulted in the ball going over the goal.
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89′The match was interrupted due to an injury to Angel Di Maria (Benfica).
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89′Victor Gomez (Braga) receives a red card.
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87′Offside, Braga. João Moutinho attempted a through ball that put Paulo Oliveira in an offside position.
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85′Neres makes it 2-1 and changes the score. The Brazilian headed in the best shot from Di Maria’s superb cross from the left. The Argentine’s tenth assist.
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83′The shot is deflected into the top center of the goal. Bruma (Braga) strikes with his right foot from outside the penalty area.
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83′Sher Ndour
LeavesFog
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83′Cher Ndour (Braga) receives a yellow card.
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79′The opportunity was intercepted, David Neres (Benfica) shot with his left foot from the right edge of the penalty area. Help from Angel Di Maria.
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79′Braga’s João Moutinho has been shown a yellow card!
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78′The match was interrupted due to an injury to Joao Moutinho (Braga).
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71′The opportunity was intercepted: João Mário (Benfica) fired a left-footed shot from outside the penalty area.
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71′Arthur Cabral
LeavesOrkun Kökçü
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71′Benfica goal: Marcos Leonardo makes it 1:1! The striker beat Matheus with a left-footed kick. It all started with Di Maria’s free kick on the right, the ball fell to Joao Mario who fired past Cher Ndour and Marcos Leonardo collected the ball and placed it in the back of the goal. The team had a big celebration, but soon everyone ran to the center of the field to show that they wanted to go in search of the second goal.
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70′Rafa Silva
LeavesMarcos Leonardo
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69′Alvaro Djalo
LeavesRoni Lopez
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68′The match was interrupted due to injury to Alvaro Djalo (Braga).
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67′Arthur Cabral was in a good position to score, but Victor Gomez intercepted the shot.
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67′The opportunity was intercepted: João Mário (Benfica) fired a left-footed shot from outside the penalty area. Help Florentino.
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66′Angel Di Maria tried to score again, but his shot from the arch was blocked by Matheus. Help from Rafa.
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64′Rodrigo Zalazar
LeavesVictor Carvalho
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62′Nicolás Otamendi (Benfica) missed the opportunity with a header from the center of the area. The assist was made by David Neres, who crossed into the penalty area from the corner.
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62′Offside, Benfica. Nicolas Otamendi attempted a through ball, but Alvaro Fernandez was judged to be offside.
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62′Corner, Benfica. Courtesy of Rodrigo Zalazar.
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62′The opportunity was intercepted, David Neres (Benfica) shot with his left foot from outside the penalty area. Help from Angel Di Maria.
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56′The opportunity was missed by Angel Di Maria (Benfica), who fired a right-footed shot from the right edge of the penalty area. Help from Rafa.
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54′Corner, Benfica. Contributed by Sher Ndour.
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52′Alexander Bakh
LeavesAlvaro Fernandez
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51′Corner, Benfica. Contributed by Shiko Niakate.
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46′The match was interrupted due to an injury to Arthur Cabral (Benfica).
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46′The match was interrupted due to an injury to Siku Niakate (Braga).
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Beginning of part 2
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Interval
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45 minutesAlvaro Djalo (Braga) missed the opportunity with a header from the center of the penalty area. João Moutinho provided special assistance as he crossed into the penalty area from a corner.
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45 minutesCorner, Braga. Courtesy of António Silva.
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45 minutesThe match was interrupted due to an injury to Rodrigo Zalazar (Braga).
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45 minutesThe opportunity was intercepted and Florentino (Benfica) fired a left-footed shot from outside the area. Help from Alexander Bach.
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43′The impact is saved in the upper right corner. Simon Bansa (Braga) shot with his right foot from a difficult angle from the right.
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42′Fredrik Orsnes got in Matheus’s face, but shot through. The Norwegian received the ball, which reached the penalty area thanks to Di Maria’s cross. Arthur Cabral tried to head but couldn’t and the ball fell to Orsnes, who fired over him.
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42′The chance was intercepted: Arthur Cabral (Benfica) headed in a header from the center of the penalty area. The assist was provided by Angel Di Maria with a cross into the penalty area.
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40 minutesRafa (Benfica) missed the opportunity and struck with his right foot from the left edge of the penalty area. Assistant David Neres.
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40 minutesBraga were close to the goal again, but Trubin successfully closed the gate when Alvaro Djalo appeared in front of him. But much of the credit goes to Moutinho for his help. He isolated his colleague with great class. age.
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39′The opportunity was intercepted, David Neres (Benfica) shot with his left foot from outside the penalty area. Help from Rafa.
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39′Simon Banza again threatened Trubin, but he calmly defended himself
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38′The match was interrupted due to (Benfica).
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34′The match was interrupted due to (Benfica).
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28 minutesGoal from Braga. Ricardo Horta, who is in the penalty area, hits hard, and the ball, after a slight rebound, passes under Trubin’s feet. Benfica fans warned Bansa about positional offside, but Joao Pinheiro scored a goal. Credit must be given to the work of Djalo, who moved past Otamendi on the right and then passed the ball to the Portuguese striker.
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20 minutesCorner, Braga. Material provided by Anatoly Trubin.
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20 minutesNow it was Trubin’s turn, who was forced to stretch to avoid Ricardo Orta’s goal. The forward, already in the penalty area, shot hard, but the Ukrainian deflected the shot into a corner.
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19 minutesThe match was interrupted due to an injury to Joao Moutinho (Braga).
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16 minutesCorner, Benfica. Contributed by Matheus.
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16 minutesAngel Di Maria shot at the goal from outside the penalty area, Matheus parried the shot, but not completely, and the ball hit the goalkeeper’s face and went beyond the end line.
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14 minutesAnother good opportunity for Benfica, which was only blocked by Niacate, who intercepted Rafa’s shot. This culminated in a superb move by the Reds, starting from the left flank and passing through Joao Mario, who then left Rafa in a good position to strike. But the Braga defender dodged the goal;
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10 minutesArthur Cabral (Benfica) hits the post with his header just in front of the goal. The assist was provided by Alexander Bakh, who made a header after a corner kick.
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9′Corner, Benfica. Contributed by Matheus.
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8′Angel Di Maria responded on the other flank with a left-footed shot, but the ball went wide of the goal.
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7′The shot was deflected from the left side of the goal. Ricardo Horta (Braga) strikes with his right foot from outside the penalty area. Help from Rodrigo Zalazar.
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7′Rodrigo Zalazar hit the ball unsuccessfully after a corner, but it bounced to Orta, who easily hit Trubin
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6′Corner, Braga. Courtesy of Nicolas Otamendi, anticipating Zalazar, who reappeared on the right.
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3′The match was interrupted due to an injury to Arthur Cabral (Benfica).
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