Benfica disappoint again, finish first stage 10 points behind Sporting | OneFootball

The youth team of Benfica ended the regular season with a disappointment. On the afternoon of Saturday, January 17, the young reds hosted Casa Pia's team, but the geese ended up smiling, winning 2-1, in the 18th and final round of the first phase of the National Under-17 Championship.

Filippo Gaidão, Ricardo Batista, Tomás Ferreira, Miguel Vieira, Leonardo Tavares, Miguel Galinho, Afonso Ferreirinha, Paulo Souza, Nazif Inoussa, Tomás Almeida, and Bernardo Nunes were Pedro Faria's initial choices. On the bench were Gustavo Santos, Sevastian Belov, António Mendes, Felipe Santos, Simão Constantino, and Andreson Semedo.

Playing at home, at the Benfica Campus, the Club of Light started off on the wrong foot and allowed Casa Pia, with better effectiveness in their attacks, to achieve a comfortable lead. At halftime, the geese were already winning 2-0.

In the second half, Pedro Faria made some changes to try to remedy what had gone less well in the initial stage. However, Benfica continued to show difficulties in scoring and the best they could do was to reduce the deficit, thanks to Afonso Ferreirinha.

Thus, the Club of Light ended the first phase of the competition with a defeat, without continuing the thrashing applied against Académica. In the end, Benfica qualified for the championship playoff phase in second place, with 35 points, 10 behind Sporting.

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