On 4 April 1948: FC Porto lose 0-2 to Benfica at Constituição | OneFootball

On April 4, 1948, Benfica beat FC Porto 2-0 in a Portuguese League match played at Campo da Constituição, in Porto.

The match went down as one of the classic fixtures of the season held at Porto’s old ground, at a time when clashes between the two clubs already carried great competitive weight in Portuguese football. The away win allowed Benfica to claim an important victory at one of the championship’s historic venues.

Campo da Constituição, then FC Porto’s home ground, hosted important matches for the blue-and-white team over several decades, including major fixtures in the national calendar. The game on April 4, 1948, is part of that competitive memory, with Benfica winning by two unanswered goals.

This result remains one of the notable milestones in the history of meetings between FC Porto and Benfica in the Portuguese League, in an era when the championship had a very different format from today’s, but when the rivalry between the two clubs was already firmly established.

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