Benfica back to winning ways, climb league podium on cloudy morning | OneFootball

On the morning of Saturday, November 1, Benfica’s Juniors team was in action. In a rescheduled match, the red squad hosted the youngsters from Académico de Viseu. In a heated but cloudy atmosphere, the Glorious triumphed 2-1.

This marked a return to victories for Benfica, who in the previous round, corresponding to the 11th matchday of the Championship, had drawn against Torreense. Against the Viseu side, Benfica’s coach, Luís Araújo, sought to field the best starting eleven from the Juniors squad: Luiz Xavier, Duarte Soares, Dinis Telehovschi, Ismael Dabo, Nilson Semedo, André Vakulyuk, Tiago Rodrigues, Gil Neves, Gustavo Ferreira, João Afonso, and João Pedro Gonçalves.

Playing at Seixal, the red and white team came out hungry to respond differently and, from the start, sought to open the scoring; however, the ball just wouldn’t go into the opponent’s net. It took until the 43rd minute for things to change, when Gustavo Ferreira sent Benfica into halftime leading 1-0.

In the second half, Académico de Viseu chased after the deficit and managed to earn a penalty. From the spot, Kauê Schmoeller converted and leveled the match. However, the young Eagles didn’t stop there and, 20 minutes later, right on 67', João Pedro Gonçalves decided the match and secured the victory for the Club of Light, 2-1.

With this result, the Juniors team moves away from the relegation zone and jumps to 3rd place in the National Under-19 Championship, with 19 points. At 11:00 AM on November 8, the Benfica-Santa Clara match is scheduled to take place at Benfica Campus, a game for the 10th round.

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