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Sporting's Juniors lose 1-0 to Benfica, but remain in first place in the Under-19 Championship

The Sporting junior team lost 1-0 to Benfica. In the derby of the eighth round of the National Under-19 Championship, the young green and whites did not take advantage of the fact that they played 45 minutes with numerical superiority.

In a match played at the Cristiano Ronaldo Academy, Sporting wanted to show favoritism, but had some difficulties in dominating the match. Benfica would score the goal at 43', being reduced to 10 units still in the first half (45 +3').

In the complementary stage, Sporting, with one more player on the field, tried to turn the result around, but to no great effect. Despite the opportunities, the lions did not materialize the goal chances and ended up defeated by the eagles.

With this defeat - the third in nine games this sports season - Mauro Miguel's team remains in first place in the table, with 13 points in eight matches. Santa Clara, União de Leiria and Benfica (11), have one and two fewer games than the lions, respectively. Sporting returns to the field on October 1, against Napoli, in the Youth League, after having beaten Kairat.

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