Benfica beaten at home, still searching for first league win | OneFootball

Benfica’s B team lost 2-0 at home to Penafiel this Sunday, October 5, in a match counting for the seventh round of Liga 2. After the draw with Torreense, the reds remain without a single victory in the second tier of Portuguese football.

The match was very balanced, with Benfica coming in eager to secure their first three points of the championship. However, the defenses outperformed the attacks in the first half, and the score at halftime was still 0-0 at the Seixal Campus.

The second half told a very different story. Benfica started well again, pressing, but once more failed to break through Penafiel’s defense. In the 67th minute, Parente was sent off (second yellow card), and shortly after, Reko scored the first for the visitors from the penalty spot. In the 74th minute, Alcaina extended the rivals’ lead to 2-0. The score remained unchanged until the referee’s final whistle.

With this defeat – the third in seven games this season – Nélson Veríssimo’s side remain winless, have four points, and sit in 17th place in the Liga 2 table. Sporting B leads with 15 points. In the next round, Benfica visits Feirense. The match is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. on October 26.

The starting eleven fielded by the Clube da Luz consisted of: Ricardo Ribeiro, Leandro Santos, Rui Silva, Michée Ndembi, Tiago Parente, Tomás Cruz, Diogo Prioste, Gonçalo Moreira, Rodrigo Rêgo, Olívio Tomé, and Jelani Trevisan. On the substitutes’ bench were Gonçalo Sobral, Francisco Neto, Miguel Figueiredo, Kevin Pinto, Martim Ferreira, Tiago Freitas, Francisco Silva, José Melro, and Eduardo Fernandes.

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