Fans at Benfica v Santa Clara made themselves heard, no one stayed silent | OneFootball

On a night where only victory mattered, in order to stay glued to the rivals at the top of the leadership, Benfica could not go beyond a draw in the reception to Santa Clara (1-1). Besides the performance that did not convince, the dissatisfaction of the fans was a constant throughout the 90 minutes, having its loudest moments.

The newspaper Record writes, in its edition of Saturday, September 13, that the Benfiquistas present in the stands of the Estádio da Luz, throughout the match, made sure to demonstrate that they were not happy with the performance made by the team of Bruno Lage, against a Santa Clara reduced to 10 units.

Obviously, the moment of greatest contestation happened after the final whistle, when the draw was consummated, a moment when the team, like the coach, were booed as they withdrew from the field, towards the locker rooms. However, dissatisfaction did not only occur at the end of the match.

During the first 45 minutes, it was quite noticeable some moments of impatience on the part of the red fans, due to the lack of ideas and lack of inspiration from Bruno Lage's men to reach the Azorean goal, in order to break the nil that was registered on the scoreboard, something that only happened in the second half, as a result of a goal by Vangelis Pavlidis.

Even João Pinheiro did not escape the boos of the Benfiquistas. Following the move, which would dictate the expulsion of Paulo Victor, the Braga native was booed for only showing the yellow card, moments before being alerted by VAR. Even before the change of decision, Simão Sabrosa, Technical Director of Benfica, was spotted protesting with the 4th referee.

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