Arthur Cabral’s only goal, scored in just the 74th minute, demonstrated the difficulties Benfica faced in beating Casa Pia 1-0 and temporarily lifting themselves to the top of Football League I.
In the match of the 26th round of the championship, played this Sunday in Rio Maior, the Brazilian striker, 59 years old, jumped off the bench to give the Reds a triumph, who thus put the pressure on Sporting, who hosted Boavista Boavista stadium. 8:30 p.m.
With this triumph, their second in a row in the championship, the team led by Roger Schmidt scored 64 points, now two more than their Lisbon opponents, who have not yet entered into action on this round.
Arthur Cabral opens the scoring towards the end, in the 74th minute.
Controversial move with Orsnes in the 65th minute
João Neves’ goal was disallowed in the 18th minute.
As for the “eleven”, who beat the Scottish “Rangers” with a score of 1:0 in the second leg of the 1/8 finals of the Europa League, the coach of the “eagles” invited only Joao Maria to replace the relegated David Neres. a bench where Kokchu wasn’t even there.
The midfielder remained out of the German coach’s squad after a recent interview with Dutch newspaper De telegraaf, in which he said the club did not give him enough importance and criticized the coach for giving him several different tasks on the pitch.
In turn, in the first game of his coaching career against the Eagles, coach Gonçalo Santos decided to strengthen the “core”, preferring the 3-5-2 formation rather than the 3-4-3 formation in the defeat against Estrela da Amador with a score of 3-1 in the previous round. Angelo Neto and Telasco Segovia came into midfield, while the attacking front was taken over by Felippe Cardoso and Nuno Moreira.
The start of the game was, as expected, Benfica’s greatest success, but Casa Pia had two excellent scoring chances.
In the 10th minute, Larrazabal, who scored Casa Pia’s goal in a 1-1 draw with Luz, appeared on the edge of the penalty area in the first round after a magnificent counter-attack by the Geese, without resistance. , he lacked the creativity to beat Trubin.
Five minutes later, Brazilian Felippe Cardoso was no more successful on the edge of the small area.
The Reds’ response came soon after from Marcos Leonardo, who, disconcerted by Florentino, forced Ricardo Batista to reveal himself.
This move woke up Benfica, who again controlled the match in the following moments, although they were unable to translate this advantage onto the scoreboard.
In fact, it was Casa Pia that again came close to scoring: at 38, Pablo Roberto made a beautiful individual play on the right side of the attack and shot dangerously towards the Eagles goal.
Antonio Silva responded from Di Maria’s free-kick into the hands of the Goose goalkeeper, justifying the goalless record at the break.
In the second half, aware of Casa Pia’s ability to counter-attack, Benfica looked to score early, as evidenced by the different approaches to the penalty area by the Gonçalo Santos-coached team, first by Di Maria and then by Antonio Silva, who moved up. to be sent to forward areas with great danger.
The goal kept coming and the decision was right on the bench. At 59 years old, Schmidt launched David Neres and Arthur Cabral, the latter who, in just 15 minutes, would achieve what no one had achieved before.
The striker overtook the opposing defender to the right of the attack and “shot” with his left foot and decided the outcome of the match.
The Brazilian would have tried again anyway – it was worth the attention of Ricardo Batista – as would Casa Pia’s team, which no longer had the strength to achieve a draw and a good result against Benfica.
After matchday 26, the Casapistas are in 11th place with 27 points from their games, while Benfica continue to put pressure on Sporting, ensuring for now that they will finish the day in the lead if the Lions do not win in reception “chess players”.
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End of the game
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90′Offside, Casa Pia. Samuel Justo tried to make a through ball, but Fernando Andrade was ruled offside.
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90′The opportunity was missed by Ruben Lameiras, who shot with his left foot from the right edge of the penalty area.
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90′The shot was deflected to the left of Trubin’s goal. Andre Laximican heads in from the center of the penalty area.
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89′Alexander Bakh
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88′Another song for the Reds!
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88′Di Maria strikes again with her left hand from the left side of the penalty area. The ball is intercepted.
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86′
Fernando Varela
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79′Corner for Benfica!
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79′New warning from Cabral! From a tight angle, the Brazilian turned and made a great save from Batista, who cleared the ball along the baseline. One more angle.
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75′Telasco Segovia
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75′Felipe Cardoso
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Target! (0-1) Great goal from Cabral! In a moment of inspiration, the Brazilian accelerated down the right flank, dragged it inside on his left foot and fired it across the goal into the net. The marker is open. -
71′No one expected this, Neres shoots with his left hand. The Brazilian turns and wastes no time preparing a shot that goes just wide of the right post.
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68′Opportunity intercepted. Arthur Cabral strikes with his right foot from the right edge of the penalty area, assisted by Joao Neves.
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66′New corner of Casa Pia!
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65′Another song for the geese!
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64′Corner for Casa Pia!
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62′Nuno Gonçalo Rocha Moreira
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62′Pablo
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60 minutesNow Antonio was very close to his goal! A superb cross from Orsnes, the centre-back was in a good position to clear the ball. He tries to do this, but the ball goes past the left post. The young defender puts his hands on his head.
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60 minutesAnother corner goes to Benfica!
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59′Florentino Luis
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59′Marcos Leonardo
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58′The opportunity was intercepted: Marcos Leonardo (Benfica) shot with his right foot from the center of the penalty area.
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58′El Fideo really wants to score! Now, with an acrobatic throw, the Argentine again aims for the goal. And the ball goes very close.
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57′This is a song for the reds.
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56′Di Maria hits the goal of Casa Pia powerfully! Come out on top.
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54′Millimeters from the right post!!! The combination of Di Maria and Rafa, who starts and shoots with abandon. It passes very close to Ricardo Batista’s goal.
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50 minutesA dangerous opportunity created by the Eagles. Rafa famously receives and feeds Marcos Leonardo, who appears at the front post, but Duplex prevents the striker from doing so.
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49′Another song for the Reds!
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46′Di Maria moves into a small area and Antonio Silva, high overhead, heads there.
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46′The Eagle returns from the break in full force. First corner of the second half!
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45 minutesThe opportunity was intercepted, Rafa (Benfica) shot with his right foot from the right side of the penalty area. Help from Antonio Silva.
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45 minutesFlorentino is shown a yellow card. The midfielder was late for the kick.
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44′The shot was deflected into the center of the goal. Antonio Silva (Benfica) heads in 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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42′Otamendi responds to a corner with a header! The danger passed to the geese.
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42′New singing for the eagles!
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40 minutesIn the match with Benfica, an offside was recorded. Alexander Bach made a through ball and Rafa was offside.
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38′I sing for Casa Pia!
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38′What danger! Pablo Roberto got rid of Joao Neves with a beautiful technical gesture and struck hard. Trubin called for major intervention! The International is gaining momentum. .
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32′A great understanding move from Benfica. Ba steps onto the line after a fake by Rafa, who spreads his legs and allows the ball to reach him, and passes to Marcos Leonardo. The Geese defense moves away from the baseline and takes another corner.
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27 minutesDi Maria warms up Ricardo Batista’s gloves! The play comes after Ba’s recovery and the Argentina international tries to reach the pie with a shot from outside the box. But he looks the part and doesn’t cause any problems for Casa Pia’s guardian.
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24 minutesThe match was interrupted due to (Benfica).
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22′Now it was Rafa, who came from outside the area. The Portuguese shoots well, but misses the target. It didn’t go very far.
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20 minutesMarcos Leonardo! The Brazilian shoots in response to a good pass from Di Maria, who finds him deep. Ricardo Batista defends in two halves, although the ball arrives with little force.
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18 minutesBenfica fans were still celebrating the victory: João Neves hit the net, but the referee hastened to cancel the shot. The midfielder who scored from the left side was in the wrong position at the start of the game.
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18 minutesOtamendi first time after a corner from the right. Neves still scores with his header, but the goal is disallowed.
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17 minutesCorner kick for Benfica! This is the fifth result for Roger Schmidt’s team.
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16 minutesThe match was interrupted due to Nuno Moreira’s injury.
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16 minutesNew song for the Reds!
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15 minutesAnother shot from Casa Pia! Nuno Moreira shoots from afar, into the center of the goal, but Trubin calmly intercepts it.
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15 minutesNew warning for the red team! Now Felippe Cardoso, who had recently tried to feed Larrazabal, was rushing towards the Benfica goal. But the acrobatic throw comes out on top.
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13 minutesThe shot was deflected into the center of the goal. Joao Neves (Benfica) fired a right-footed shot from the left edge of the penalty area. The assist was provided by Fredrik Orsnes with a header.
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12 minutesAnother corner in favor of Benfica.
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10 minutesHow lost! Larrazabal had everything to open the scoring! After teaming up with Felippe Cardoso, the Spaniard lacked accuracy when shooting on goal. Great opportunities for the Geese, who reacted to an unsuccessful corner from the Eagles.
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9′The opportunity was intercepted: Marcos Leonardo (Benfica) shot with his right foot from the center of the penalty area. Help from Rafa.
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9′A new corner for eagles.
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8′Here’s the first corner of the match! It’s for Benfica as Di Maria prepares to take a shot from the right.
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