Benfica draw in the Clássico as Porto close in on the title | OneFootball

The objective fell apart. On Saturday afternoon, Benfica’s junior team lost the national title. The Eagles travelled to Porto’s ground, but ended up drawing 3-3 in the 11th round of the Championship Phase of the Under-19 Championship. Mauro Furtado still gave them hope, but it was not enough.

Leonardo Lopes; Duarte Soares, Dinis Telehovschi, Mauro Furtado, Nilson Semedo; Rafael Quintas, Eduardo Fernandes, Isaac Ferreira; Federico Coletta, Jaden Umeh and Francisco Silva were Luís Araújo’s starting picks. On the bench, the Eagles also had Luís Xavier, Diogo Coelho, Leon Zietek, André Vakulyuk, Rúben Correia, Tiago Rodrigues, Diego Castelo Branco, Gustavo Ferreira and Tomás Soares.

Playing at the Dragons’ training centre, the team in red took to the pitch with the clear aim of earning points that would allow them to keep fighting for a more comfortable position in the league. Porto started stronger and created a few chances, but Glorioso were not far behind and came close to opening the scoring. With chances wasted at both ends, the Eagles and Porto went into the break level (0-0).

At the start of the second half, both teams came out eager to score and went close, but the danger passed by both goals. In the final half-hour of the match, Glorioso took the lead, with Mauro Furtado converting a penalty (66’). However, the Dragons equalised through José Afonso (71’). In the final 16 minutes, the blue-and-whites turned it around and made it 2-1 and 3-1. Mauro Furtado, again from the penalty spot, made it 3-2. In stoppage time, the equaliser for 3-3 arrived.

running a serious risk of missing the next edition of the UEFA Youth League. After doing the maths, Porto are close to being crowned national champions, while Benfica sit in third place with 17 points.

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