Watch the highlights of Alverca v Benfica (Video) | OneFootball

Benfica secured another three points in the Liga Portugal Betclic, after a 2-1 victory over Alverca, in a match counting for the fourth round of the national championship, in which the eagles are trying to reconquer the championship. See HERE how the match unfolded.

Benfica started the first half of the match with full force. The eagles began pressuring, and scored the first goal, by Schjelderup, just five minutes into the game, in a move where the Alverca defender failed to clear, and the red forward took advantage in the best way.

The eagles managed the advantage in the first half, and still during the initial 45 minutes, they reached 2-0: Amar Dedic signed a genius move, with a blind knot to the Alverca defender, before shooting, low and crossed, for the second goal of Bruno Lage's team in the match.

The 2-0 at halftime gave some security to Benfica, and Bruno Lage tried to manage this advantage in the second half. Alverca struggled to create scoring opportunities until the 70th minute, when Amar Dedic fouled an opposing player from behind that the referee deemed worthy of a second yellow, and respective red. From then on, the eagles were playing with one less unit on the field.

From that 70th minute, the game changed, and Alverca, galvanized by the numerical superiority, tried to go in search of the tie. At the 85th minute of the game, very close to the end, Gui D. scored for the Ribatejo team, reducing the disadvantage to 2-1. It ended up being just the honor goal of the visiting team, which could not overcome the red defense again. Benfica thus secured, in a complicated game, another three points.

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