Benfica stumble in the league, fall behind their rivals | OneFootball

The Benfica youth team suffered their first defeat in the championship. On the morning of Saturday, February 7, the red squad hosted Braga and lost 1-0, in a match counting for the 3rd round of the championship qualification phase of the National Under-17 League.

The red and white team had actually been going through a very positive phase, having already secured two wins in the first two rounds of this stage. Starting with a 2-1 victory against Estoril, and then a favorable 1-0 result against Vitória de Guimarães.

Playing at Seixal, Benfica always showed themselves to be superior to the team from Minho. In the first half, the young Eagles created several goal-scoring opportunities; however, the score never changed, as none of these chances were converted into goals.

In the second half, Benfica did not slow down and kept searching for the much-anticipated goal. During the second half, the referee awarded a penalty to the Eagles; however, Benfica ended up missing that opportunity. With such a lack of efficiency, Braga was more pragmatic and took the lead.

This was the first defeat suffered by the youth team in this stage, after a less favorable result against Casa Pia in the last round of the regular season. In the end, Benfica was unable to reach the top of the national under-17 championship, with 6 points, and may see Porto and Sporting pull away.

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