Sporting lose to Benfica after comeback, drift further off top (3-1) | OneFootball

Sporting’s U15 team lost to Benfica, 3-1, on Sunday morning. In a match counting for the third round of the National U15 Championship, played in Seixal, the green-and-whites actually took the lead, but conceded a comeback in the final stages of the game and dropped points again after a win in the last round.

Neither team managed to score in the first 40 minutes. Even so, it was the Eagles who looked more dominant and created the better chances to break the deadlock. The Lions tried to respond with quick transitions, although they struggled to seriously threaten their eternal rival’s goal.

Even so, after the break, it was Sporting who opened the scoring. In the 44th minute, Gabriel Teixeira scored a superb goal. However, in the final stages, Benfica turned up the pressure and completed the comeback: first Francisco Cunha equalised (70'), then Dinis Oliveira put the Eagles ahead (78'), and still had time to grab his second in stoppage time (80'+4).

With this defeat — their first in three matches this season — Sporting’s U15s remain on 4 points in the competition and lose ground to the Eagles, who now have 9. Sporting are back in action next Sunday, when they will host Académica de Santarém at 11:00 am at the Cristiano Ronaldo Academy.

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