Late penalty puts Benfica’s league lead in jeopardy | OneFootball

On the afternoon of Thursday, November 13, Benfica returned to competition, participating in another round of the regular phase of the Liga Revelação, a tournament for the under-23 squads. In Seixal, the young eagles hosted União de Leiria and the final score was 1-1, with both teams sharing the points.

Vítor Vinha's team is looking to return to winning ways in the Liga Revelação, after dropping points in the match on October 25, where they drew against Estoril (1-1). Against União de Leiria, the Benfica coach, due to some absences, presented the following starting eleven: Arnas Voitinovicius, João Afonso, Martim Ferreira, Guilherme Gaspar, Leandro Martins, Gil Neves, Francisco Neto, André Gomes, Gustavo Ferreira, Jair Monteiro, and Peter Edokpolor.

On Field No. 1 of the Benfica Campus, the red team started the match better against the opponent, creating several goal opportunities, but the ball never found its way into Leiria's net. Benfica managed to open the scoring, but Edokpolor's goal was disallowed.

In the second half, the match became more fragmented, with greater intensity in the approaches to the game, marked by many fouls and interventions by the refereeing team. At the same time, the game saw several stoppages due to physical issues, but Benfica continued to search for the elusive goal. In the 87th minute, Gustavo Ferreira made it 1-0. However, the visitors equalized at the end through a penalty.

With this result, the red and white team still hasn't managed to secure a win. After 12 rounds of the regular phase of the Liga Revelação, Benfica remains in the lead with 26 points, just two points ahead of Torreense, with their leadership at risk.

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