Champions Benfica achieved their first triumph of the 2023/14 Portuguese Football League season this Saturday, beating newly promoted Estrela da Amadora 2-0 at home in the second round.
Having beaten Boavista at home in the debut match, the “embodied” achieved victory thanks to Tangstedt’s goal (79 minutes) and Rafa’s goal (90+3).
Thus, Benfica joins seven other teams that already have three points, three each from leaders Sporting, Boavista and Vitoria de Guimarães, while Estrela da Amadora has yet to score.
Tengstedt strikes in the 79th minute
Rafa’s goal at 90+3 minutes
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90′O. Kokchu
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90′It was by centimeters that it did not work out 3-0. Rafa appeared like a bullet in the Estrela area and fired on the post.
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Target! Benfica 2-0 E. Amadora. Hats off to David Neres! He went out there, removed the defender from the road and … served Rafa on a plate. The goal of calm came in the last stretch and Benfica breathed a sigh of relief. -
90′The referee gave 11 minutes of extra time.
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82′Rafa has a good moment, but Bruno Brigido again blocks the striker’s intentions.
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79′Target! Benfica 1-0 E. Amadora. The first touch of the ball and … a goal! Tengstead opens the match. David Neres started from the left side, and the Dane finished strictly. A good striker’s move, corresponding to Roger Schmidt’s exit.
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78′Arthur Cabral
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77′Tracy, played by David Neres, shot by Arthur Cabral, rescued by Bruno Brigido and lost by Di Maria. Benfica keep pushing and Bruno Brigido shines.
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73′A shot saved by Bruno Brigido after a good move by Kökçu. Great opportunity for Benfica.
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71′Ronaldo Tavares
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71′vito
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70′Leo Cordeiro
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69′Joao Mario
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69′After a corner, Di Maria crossed, and Otamendi shot a header over the tricolor gate.
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65′It will be Bruno Brigido’s night! At the entrance to the penalty area, Di Maria shot on goal, and the goalkeeper tried his best to prevent Benfica from scoring. The Reds are getting closer and closer to the gates of Estrela.
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61′The match was interrupted due to the provision of medical assistance to goalkeeper Bruno Brigido
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60′Kokchu fired from the edge of the area, but the bullet bounced off Johnston. A great opportunity.
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59′Leo Jaba
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55′A yellow card is shown to Mansur from Estrela!
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53′Joao Reis
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50′Yellow card shown to Artur Cabral for stepping on Joao Reis
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IntervalJoao Pedro Goncalves Neves
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44′After protests with the referee of the match, João Mario, a yellow card was shown.
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41′What protection! Di Maria put Joao Reis out of the way, looked at the goal and said, “That’s it,” but Bruno Brigido used a shot and slapped the ball away. Good point in the game.
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40′Another dangerous move by Benfica. Di Maria tried to file for Artur Cabral, but Bruno Brigido intercepted the ball.
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37′The duel between Joao Neves and Vito ended with a yellow card from the Benfica midfielder. He tried to take the ball away, was late and ended up stepping on Vito.
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35′A new opportunity for Benfica: now Rafa crossed from the trivela, but the blow fell on Artur Cabral
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32′Arthur Cabral saw Bruno Brigido close the gate for him. Good work by the striker and a good opportunity to score after Kokchu’s serve.
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32′What an opportunity! Great cross from Kokchu and Bach has a great opportunity to score. The Norwegian lacked more drive to score with a header
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thirty’Fredrik Orsnes made a deep pass, and Angel Di Maria was offside.
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29′The shot was deflected towards the center of the goal. Johnston Omurva (Star) is heading to the very heart of the region. Ronald helps.
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28′Benfica leaves notice. Now it was Di Maria already in the area to shoot
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26′At the entrance to the zone, Di Maria saw a place for a shot and did it. However, the shot was not in the best conditions.
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23′A very dangerous shot on the Benfica goal. Ronaldo Tavares brought the ball to the bottom line, withstood the pressure and framed Ronald, who already shot wide in the penalty area. Here’s a warning.
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16′Joao Neves hits hard from a corner and in the box, and the shot goes close to the target
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16′What a danger! There is a first danger point. Serviced by Joao Mario, Rafa appeared on the court, fired, but was stopped by Chialonda Gaspar. Good play by Benfica and good defense by the Angolan central defender.
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12′Free from Kokchu to stay in Estrela’s tight barrier. There is no danger.
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eleven’Johnston Omurva (Estrela) receives a yellow card for a dangerous tackle on Rafa
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5′The attempt failed: Leo Haba (Estrela) shot with his right foot from a distance of more than 30 meters. Assisted by Ronaldo Tavares after a counterattack.
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Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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