Famalicão v Benfica: Schjelderup and Ríos shone, but other calls hindered | OneFootball

A very questionable draw in the north of the country. On the night of this Saturday, May 2, the professional football team was in action. In a match from the 32nd round of Liga Portugal Betclic, Benfica could do no better than a draw against Famalicão (2-2). Andreas Schjelderup and Richard Ríos scored for the Eagles. Read the match story.

Anatoliy Trubin, Dedid, António Silva, Nicolás Otamendi, Dahl, Richard Ríos, Aursnes, Prestianni, Leandro Barreiro, Schjelderup and Ivanovic were José Mourinho’s starting picks for this third-to-last clash of the national championship. During the match, Enzo Barrenechea, Alexander Bah and Rafa Silva also came on.

Playing away from home, Benfica came out determined to settle the match and started creating danger from the opening minutes. Even before the first quarter-hour, Ivanovic, who had a goal disallowed (9'), won a penalty, which Schjelderup converted to make it 1-0 (13'). Before half-time, the Nordic winger still had time to set up Richard Ríos, who made it 2-0 for Benfica (20').

In the second half, the Eagles came out flying, but suffered a setback when Otamendi was sent off after a VAR review, leaving Benfica down to 10 men and forcing Mourinho to reshuffle the team. With a numerical advantage, Famalicão responded and made it 2-1 (67'). In the closing stages, the home side managed to equalise (79'). Richard Ríos picked up his fifth yellow card and will also miss the clash with Braga.

With this result, the Lisbon club recorded its tenth draw in the league, in a match marked by several questionable decisions from referee Gustavo Correia, something similar to what happened in the draw with Casa Pia on November 9, 2025.

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