Benfica win derby, thrash Sporting and extend lead (3-1) | OneFootball

Benfica got the better of Sporting in the National U17 Championship derby and won 3-1 this Wednesday in Seixal. The Eagles thus confirmed their superiority in the Lisbon clash and strengthened their lead at the top of the competition, moving onto 18 points, while the Lions remain on 10.

Gonçalo Terlim; Diogo Matos, Tomás Cordeiro, Gonçalo Silva (C) and Cassiano Silva; Miguel Varanda, Leonardo Lima and Lourenço Alves; Lourenço Alves, Tiago Alves and Bernardo Rodrigues. .

After 15 minutes, Benfica opened the scoring. Tiago Alves kept the move alive near the box and managed to get a shot away, forcing Guilherme Pinto to parry it back into play. Rúben Tavares was in the right place and pounced on the rebound to make it 1-0.

The derby remained intense, with Sporting hitting the woodwork again and Terlim denying Victor Bastianele a great chance. The two teams made five and seven changes respectively compared to their previous matches, but that did nothing to take the intensity out of the contest.

In the second half, Sporting took on more responsibility and looked for an equaliser, with Yanick Filipe causing problems for the Benfica defence. However, it was Benfica who scored again. In the 55th minute, Rúben Tavares got to the byline and picked out the far post, where Lourenço Alves struck with his left foot. Bernardo Rodrigues confirmed with a header that the ball had crossed the goal line.

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