Benfica rout! Eagles put pedal down and 'destroy' Casa Pia (7-0) | OneFootball

Benfica came out all guns blazing in the second round of the Liga Portugal Betclic and thrashed Casa Pia 7-0 this Monday, in a display of great authority from the Eagles. After the draws against Académico de Viseu and Hearts, Marco Silva’s team returned to winning ways with a true show of strength.

The scoring was opened as early as the fourth minute. Gianluca Prestianni received the ball on the left, shifted into a shooting position and struck from the edge of the box. The effort took a deflection off David Sousa’s head and wrong-footed André Gomes. In the 14th minute, Benfica got their second. Rafa Silva won the ball back in midfield and fed Pavlidis, who returned it to the Portugal international. One-on-one, the number 27 produced a perfect lob over the Casa Pia goalkeeper.

In the second half, the Eagles did not take their foot off the gas. In the 47th minute, Pavlidiscombined with Sudakov and Rafa before receiving the ball again in front of André Gomes and making it 0-3. Two minutes later, the Greek struck again, taking advantage of a challenge between Sudakov and Ofori to divert the ball into the back of the net.

In the 54th minute, Pavlidis completed his hat-trick. Barreiro surged down the right, received from Rafa and crossed for the Greek forward, who finished first time with great quality. Benfica got their sixth in the 58th minute, through an own goal by Ofori after a Dahl cross following a run by Prestianni. The rout was wrapped up in the 61st minute. After a Schjelderup shot was blocked, the ball fell to Jhon Durán, who arrived at the edge of the box and blasted the ball into the Geese’s goal.

With this victory - their third in six official matches at the start of the 2026/27 season - Marco Silva’s men recorded their first win in the Liga Portugal Betclic and now have four points from two matches played.

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