The Eagles put the squeeze on the opponent, finding themselves in the numerical majority
Benfica won a strong-willed victory over Rio Ave in the match of the 17th round of the Portuguese championship – 4:1.
Anatoly Trubin for the 23rd time he started for the Lisbon team. Already in his debut, he conceded – the visiting players crushed the Eagles’ defense, and the Ukrainian goalkeeper had no chance.
Overall, Rio Ave played the first half well and created several chances. Trubin made four saves. In total, the 22-year-old goalkeeper conceded 20 goals for Benfica in all tournaments. In nine fights he kept a clean sheet.
Benfica equalized the score in the 29th minute – Rafa Silva intercepted the ball and set up Angel Di Maria to shoot. The Argentine hit the goal with a cool high kick.
Key events occurred at the end of the hour of play. First, visiting defender Aderlan Santos received a second yellow card, and soon Antonio Silva scored with a powerful shot after a corner kick.
Roger Schmidt’s team finally put all questions to rest at the end of the match – Brazilian forward Marcos Leonardo, who transferred from Santos, scored in his debut match for the new team.
The same Leonardo and Gouveia subsequently missed chances to score the fourth goal. João Mario did it instead of them after an aesthetic Swedish assist from Rafa Silva.
Benfica scored 42 points and came close to leading Sporting.
- Portuguese Championship. 17th round
Benfica — Rio Ave — 4:1 (1:1)
Goals: Di Maria, 29, Antonio Silva, 61, Leonardo, 80, Mario, 90+1 – Guga, 9
Removal: Santos (RA), 58
Source: Sportarena
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