Benfica win 1-0, leave Sporting six points adrift | OneFootball

The Benfica U23 team defeated Torreense 1-0, in a match counting for the 11th round (advanced) of the Revelation League. In a game with some opportunities at the Caixa Football Campus, in Seixal, the red team only managed to achieve the victory at the 66th minute.

Vítor Vinha, coach of the red team, launched the following eleven: Gonçalo Sobral (Goalkeeper), Duarte Soares, Michée Ndembi, Guilherme Gaspar, José Neto, Rafael Quintas, João Afonso, Miguel Figueiredo, Peter Edokpolor, Stevan Manuel, and Olívio Tomé

The red club always had control of the game and had several opportunities to open the scoring, but failed several times in the finalization, gave some encouragement to the team of Luís Tralhão, brother of João Tralhão, assistant coach of José Mourinho in the A team of the eagles.

In the second half, the Benfica managed to take the lead. After much trying, the young reds scored the winning goal at the 66th minute and thus added their fourth consecutive victory, after a defeat right in the first round of the competition.

With this victory - the fifth in six games in the Revelation League -, Benfica is in first position with 15 points, but has one more game than the lions, third placed with nine. The U23 reds will play again next Wednesday, September 24, against Portimonense, in the opponent's stronghold.

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