This Saturday, Benfica is trying to return to winning ways at Desportivo de Chavez with Porto hosting Santa Clara, “hoping” for another “miss” of the leader in the 28th round of 1st Football League.
The Incarnations travel to Tras os Montes at a time when they are going through the most difficult period of the current season, after two defeats in a row, both to Lus: the first to Porto (2: 1) for the championship. , and the second against Inter Milan (2:0) in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals.
With a seven-point lead at the top of Ligue I, Benfica to be stripped of Florentino, suspended, needs to beat 11th in the competition to end the “mini-crisis” and cool the aspirations of the “dragons, reigning national team champions, with renewed hope.” after the triumph in the last round, in Lisbon.
Chávez-Benfica is scheduled for 18:00, with Porto in second place, and soon after, at 20:30, they measure their strength with the Santa Clara red light in a meeting in which Sergio Conceição’s team is the “super favorite” “. even without Iranian striker Taremi, who was out of action due to suspension.
However, in the first round, the “dragons” stumbled in the Azores, returning home only with a draw (1:1) in the “luggage”.
Also this Saturday, Estoril Praia hosts Portimonense and Maritimo play Pacos de Ferreira in Madeira, which will be the 20,000th game in the history of the Portuguese First Division, according to the official records of the League.
The counting began on January 20, 1935, in the so-called I Liga Experimental championship, where Benfica and Vitória de Setúbal measured strengths at the Campo das Amoreiras in Lisbon.
The round began on Friday, with the Famalicao winning 2-1 at home against Vitoria de Guimarães.
Program of the 28th day:
– Friday, April 14:
Famalican – Vitoria de Guimarães, 2-1
– Saturday, April 15:
Estoril Praia – Portimonense, 15:30
Marine – Pacos de Ferreira, 15:30.
Desportivo de Chavez – Benfica, 18:00
FC Porto – Santa Clara, 20:30
– Sunday, 16 April:
Rio Avenue – Casa Pia, 15:30.
Sporting Braga – Gil Vicente, 18:00
Sporting – Aroca, 20:30
– Monday, April 17:
Vizela – Boavista, 20:15