Benfica put on a show and thump Nacional 5-1 | OneFootball

Benfica once again showed their strength in the National U17 Championship. This Saturday, August 22, the Eagles hosted and thrashed Nacional 5-1 at Field No. 7 of the Benfica Campus, in a match corresponding to Matchday 3 of Series 2 of the first phase of the competition.

João Faria named Manuel Pires, Diogo Matos, Lourenço Meireles, Gonçalo Silva, Cassiano Silva, Miguel Varanda, Tiago Alves, Luís Silva (brother of Manu Silva), Bernardo Rodrigues, Lourenço Alves and Chingiz Alikeyev in the starting lineup. The coach also had Gonçalo Terlim, Martim Gomes, Afonso Baldé, Gabriel Paradela, Tomás Cordeiro, Gonçalo Fernandes and Rúben Marques as options.

The standout player of the match was Bernardo Rodrigues. The young striker needed just 11 minutes to score twice, opening the scoring in the 5th minute and finding the net again in the 11th. Benfica started strongly and never took their foot off the gas. In the 18th minute, Cassiano Silva made it 3-0 and put the Eagles comfortably in front still in the first half.

In the second half, the Eagles continued to control proceedings and got their fourth goal in the 64th minute through Gonçalo Silva. Nacional did pull one back in the 80th minute from the penalty spot, but the reaction from the Madeira side ultimately proved insufficient. In the 84th minute, Martim Gomes wrapped things up at 5-1 and confirmed another Benfica rout in the competition.

With this result, Benfica claimed their second consecutive league win after already beating FC Alverca in the previous round. The young Eagles therefore maintain a very positive start in Series 2. In the next round, Benfica travel to face Amora. The Matchday 4 fixture is scheduled for August 30 at 5:00 pm at Parque do Serrado.

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