Benfica overcome red card, tighten their grip on the league lead | OneFootball

The Benfica U23 team defeated Portimonense 2-1 in a match counting for the sixth round of the Liga Revelação. In a game with one expulsion for each side, the red emblem completed the comeback to secure another victory in the championship.

The red club did not start the match in the best way, and Portimonense took the lead seven minutes into the game, with a goal from Kevin. However, the eagles were quick to react, and with goals from Gustavo Ferreira and Rafael Quintas, at 11' and 33', they managed to turn the score around before the end of the first half.

In the second half, Benfica faced a tough task in managing the lead they brought from halftime. This was because the match referee expelled Gustavo Ferreira at 50'. However, twenty minutes later, Miguel Lima from Portimonense also received a red card. From there, the eagles managed the advantage, and the final whistle came with the score at 2-1 in favor of the Clube da Luz.

Vítor Vinha fielded the following team: Gonçalo Sobral, Duarte Soares, Diogo Rocha, Guilherme Gaspar, José Neto, Rafael Quintas, Gil Neves, Stevan Manuel, André Gomes, Jaden Umeh, and Gustavo Ferreira. On the substitutes' bench, João Fidalgo, Juvenal Correia, Mauro Furtado, Vladimir Mendes, Jair Monteiro, and Tomás Soares started.

With this victory - the sixth in seven games in the Liga Revelação - Benfica is in first place with 18 points, but they have one more game than the lions, who are in second place with 12. The red U23s will play again next Saturday, October 18, against Santa Clara, at the Seixal Campus.

Check out here a goal recently scored by the Benfica U23 team:

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