Sporting lose to Benfica and may have waved goodbye to the title (3-1) | OneFootball

The Sporting U15 team lost 3-1 to Benfica this Saturday, May 30, in a match counting for the 13th round of the Championship Qualification Phase of the U15 level. The Lions ended up allowing the Eagles to overtake them in the standings.

Playing at Benfica Campus, in Seixal, the green and whites took the lead very early on. Just three minutes in, on a Lions counterattack, Diogo Matos failed to make the clearance and let the ball run through to the left flank, where Aladje Conte appeared quickly, shot from distance and scored. Before half-time, however, the Reds still managed to equalise through Leonardo Lima following a corner (35').

In the second half, the eternal rival had more chances. As a result, Benfica’s go-ahead goal only came in the final stages of the match and was scored by Gonçalo Tavares (72'), with the 3-1 coming in stoppage time (80'+6), when Sporting risked everything and sent all their players forward for a corner, including the goalkeeper. On the counterattack, Benfica shot twice, and twice the ball was cleared off the line, but the third attempt ended up going in.

With this defeat - their sixth in 32 matches this season - João Lourenço’s side have 26 points in the table and sit in third place, behind Porto (26), who have a game in hand. Their next match is only scheduled for Thursday, June 4, against Estoril, at 11:00 am, in Alcochete.

The team fielded by the green and white club was: Joaquim Cabeçana; Dinis Oliveira, Bernardo Lavos, Bornie Nanque, Nicolás Aparício, Luís Gonçalves, Igor Ribeiro, Jacobo Aparício, David Terna, David Makinde, Aladje Conté.

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