Benfica held by Santa Clara after Otamendi blunder | OneFootball

Benfica drew, this Friday, September 12, with Santa Clara at one goal each. On an unfortunate night for Bruno Lage's team, Pavlidis opened the scoring at 59 minutes. Towards the end of the match, Nicolás Otamendi slipped and allowed Vinícius Lopes to score (90+2'). Review all the incidents of the match.

Bruno Lage chose to start the match with Trubin, Tomás Araújo (45'), António Silva, Otamendi, Dahl, Aursnes, Richard Ríos (71'), Barrenechea, Schjelderup (71'), Franjo Ivanovic (71'), and Vangelis Pavlidis. Gianluca Prestianni (45'), Leandro Barreiro (71'), Sudakov (71'), and Henrique Araújo (71') joined the game during the match.

In a somewhat complicated game for Benfica, the best moment of the first half was the expulsion of Paulo Victor, after a very violent tackle to the head of Tomás Araújo. At the start of the second half, at 59 minutes, Vangelis Pavlidis took advantage of an incomplete save by Gabriel Batista, Santa Clara's goalkeeper, and shot into the back of the net. At 90+2', after an unfortunate slip by Nicolás Otamendi, Vinícius Lopes set the final score (1-1).

With this draw – the second of the current season –, Benfica now has 10 points in four games in the Liga Portugal Betclic. Bruno Lage's team temporarily occupies second place, waiting for the result of the match between Famalicão and Sporting, which takes place tomorrow (Saturday) at 8:30 PM in Minho.

Benfica returns to the field next Tuesday, September 16, at 8:15 PM, at Estádio da Luz, against Qarabag. The game pertains to the first round of the regular phase of the Champions League. In the Liga Portugal Betclic, the team will visit AFS in the sixth round (Saturday, September 20, 6:00 PM).

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