Casa Pia v Benfica: António Silva blunder clips Eagles' wings | OneFootball

Benfica suffer another setback in the league. On the night of this Monday, April 6, the Eagles’ professional football team visited Casa Pia in a match from the 28th round of the Liga Portugal Betclic. In a match where the Reds’ wastefulness proved costly, the Eagles could do no better than a 1-1 draw against the Geese. Read the full match report here.

Anatoliy Trubin, Bah, António Silva, Otamendi, Samuel Dahl, Richard Ríos, Barrenechea, Lukebakio, Rafa Silva, Schjelderup and Pavlidis were the players selected by José Mourinho for the starting lineup. During the match, Gianluca Prestianni, Georgiy Sudakov, Franjo Ivanovic and Anísio Cabral came on.

Playing in Rio Maior, the club from Luz got off to a sluggish start, but as the minutes passed it gradually began imposing its game. As early as the 9th minute, Richard Ríos produced the first warning and did so again in the 17th minute. In the 25th minute, the Eagles appealed for a penalty, but the referee waved play on, and Casa Pia came very close to conceding an own goal, only for the ball to hit the post. Before the break, Lukebakio tried his luck but fired over the bar, with the score still goalless at halftime.

After the restart, the Reds kept control, creating more dangerous chances in front of the Geese’s goal. Much like in the first half, Benfica had several clear opportunities but could not convert. Until, in the 68th minute, Schjelderup found Ríos, and the Colombian made no mistake to make it 1-0. However, in the 79th minute, the home side equalised (1-1) after a poor decision by António Silva. The club from Luz threw everything forward in the closing minutes, but the score remained unchanged.

With this result, the Reds surprisingly waste the chance to reignite the title race by cutting the gap to Porto. As things stand, Benfica remain in third place in the Liga Portugal Betclic with 66 points, two points behind Sporting (68) and the Dragons, who stay top with 73 points.

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