Benfica v Vitória SC: Ríos magic unlocks win on night honouring Silvino | OneFootball

On a night honoring Silvino, the professional football team of Benfica hosted and defeated Vitória de Guimarães. On the evening of this Saturday, March 21, the Eagles defeated the Vimaranenses 3-0, in the 27th round of the Liga Portugal Betclic. Richard Ríos, with two assists, set up goals for Prestianni and Pavlidis; Beni scored the third with an own goal. Check out the match story

Anatoliy Trubin, Alexander Bah, Tomás Araújo, Enzo Barrenechea, Samuel Dahl, Richard Ríos, Leandro Barreiro, Gianluca Prestianni, Georgiy Sudakov, Andreas Schjelderup, and Vangelis Pavlidis were the starting eleven, who observed a minute of silence for Silvino. During the match, Mourinho introduced Rafa Silva, Anísio Cabral, Franjo Ivanovic, Dodi Lukebakio, and Manu Silva.

Playing at Estádio da Luz, in front of their fans, the Reds entered with the desire to take control of the match and created several dangerous opportunities. Despite the chances, efficiency was lacking. Until, right at the 15th minute, following a ball recovery and a run by Ríos, Prestianni opened the scoring, which remained 1-0 until halftime.

In the second half, Benfica did not lower their intensity levels and, similar to Prestianni's goal, Richard Ríos made another recovery in the offensive zone, setting up Pavlidis to make it 2-0 for the Eagles, right at the 55th minute. Unfortunately for the visitors, Beni scored an own goal, making it 3-0 at the 74th minute.

After a tough victory in Arouca in the previous round, the Reds secured the three points quite comfortably in front of their fans. With 27 rounds of the Liga Portugal Betclic completed, Benfica climbs to second place, provisionally, with 65 points, awaiting a slip-up from both Porto and Sporting.

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