Benfica show their class against Sporting, win derby 3-0 | OneFootball

Benfica closes out the weekend of youth football in the best possible way. On the morning of this Sunday, March 1st, the Club from Luz hosted their eternal rivals, Sporting, in Seixal. In a match from the fifth round of the Champion Qualification Phase, the U-17 Eagles defeated the Lions 3-0.

Fillippo Gaidão; Benjamim Semedo, Miguel Vieira, Felipe Santos; Miguel Galinho, Paulo Souza; Tomás Almeida, Francisco Wang, Afonso Ferreirinha, and Bernardo Nunes were the starting lineup. On the bench, the coach also had Gustavo Santos, Nazif Inoussa, Hugo Gomes, Tomás Pedrosa, Ricardo Batista, Jaylen Jones, David Fernandes, Simão Constantino, and João Silva available.

Playing at Benfica Campus, the match between the two rivals started off in a confusing manner, with a lot of midfield battles. Although the Eagles started better, it was Sporting who opened the scoring, but the goal was eventually disallowed. Before halftime, Benfica took the lead after a penalty converted by Tomás Almeida.

In the second half, Benfica came out hungry for goals and didn’t have to wait long to change the scoreboard again. In the 47th minute, it was Benjamim Semedo’s turn to make it 2-0 for the Eagles. In the 61st minute, Bernardo Nunes found the back of the net and put the Glorious ahead 3-0.

Thus, Benfica returns to winning ways in the competition, after having settled for a draw in the previous round of the championshipthe Eagles now have 10 points, tied with Sporting, with both rivals three points behind Porto.

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