Benfica – Porto, the best match of the Portuguese championship. After Carreras' goal and Samu's equalizer, the Eagles take off in this Clássico thanks to the irrepressible Angel Di Maria and Vengelis Pavlidis. Follow the match live. Benfica 3: 1 Port Live À Approaching the last quarter of an hour of play, Kerem Aktürkoğlu c&egrav;e from his place à Jan-Niklas Reste. For FC Porto, Danny Namaso replaces Francisco Moura. Galeno drops back a notch on the pitch. Galeno looks for Fabio Vieira in the box but Tomas Araujo is in the way. The defender sends a long cross towards Angel Di Maria along the right touchline. The Argentinian controls the ball behind the supporting leg. What a move by #11! After a one-two with Pepe, João Mario remains on the ground following contact in the face with Kökcü. The duels are becoming more and more intense and João Pinheiro is forced to raise his voice to calm the players in the match. After the third goal of the SLB, Pepecirc; and João Mario replaced Stephen Eustaquio and Martim Fernandes. What a job by Alexander Bah! After a pass from Tomas Araujo that broke two lines, the right-back crosses hard to ground level. Nehuen Perez and Vangelis Pavlidis throw themselves. The ball ends up in the back of Diogo Costa's goal net. While we have just passed the hour mark, no changes have yet been made. Martim Fernandes loses the ball and Kerem Aktürkoğlu finds Aursnes in the middle. The Norwegian plays Angel Di Maria behind Francisco Moura and easily beats Diogo Costa with his left foot. SLB takes back the lead in this Clássico! Very good today, Alvaro Carreras misses his half-volley cross for Vengelis Pavlidis. After Fabio Vieira and Alan Varela, Martim Fernandes is the third player FC Porto's Alain Delacroix was shown a yellow card for committing two successive fouls on the same play on Kerem Aktürkoğlu. While trying to push the ball, Fabio Vieira hits Kerem Aktürkoğlu's ankle, who remains on the ground and writhes in pain. The Dragons winger gets a yellow card. Angel Di Maria strikes right in the middle but Diogo Costa had seen it all. Angel Di Maria rubs his hands! In front of the FC Porto penalty area, Pavlidis is tackled by Tiago Djalo. Served by Kökcü, Aursnes is not attacked. The Norwegian tries his luck twenty-five meters away but Diogo Costa is not worried. At fault for FC Porto's goal, Nicolas Otamendi recovers. Launched on a superb ball from Martim Fernandes, Samu is overtaken by the Argentinian defender while the Spaniard was going alone on goal. Stephen Eustaquio kicks off the second half! The kick-off for the second half is imminent! It's half-time at the Estadio da Luz where João Pinheiro sends the 22 players of the match back to the locker room. While Galeno was alone in his left lane, the Brazilian looked for Fabio Vieira in retreat. The Portuguese was overtaken by a huge comeback from Florentino at the penalty spot that is worth a goal. After the two goals and the two interruptions due to smoke bombs, there are four additional minutes of play in this first half. After a recovery at Florentino's feet, Galeno launches Martim Fernandes on the right side who puts himself on his left foot. His shot is too crushed to put Trubin in danger. What a foul by Nicolas Otamendi! After a pass from Perez that breaks the lines, Nico serves Galeno who shifts the ball to Francisco Moura behind him. The Portuguese full-back crosses hard at ground level in the six-yard box. The Benfica Lisbon captain slips and misses his intervention. Behind him, Samu pushes the ball into the empty goal. Once again, João Pinheiro is forced to temporarily stop the Clássico. After a magical ball exit, Angel Di Maria launches Pavlidis into the FC Porto area. The Greek crosses his shot and finds the left post of Diogo Costa, beaten but saved by his upright. What an opportunity for the SLB as new smoke bombs are lit in the stands of the Estadio da Luz. READ MORE
23:22 – Aktürkoğlu sort
23:19 – Third replacement
23:17 – Di Maria magic
23:15 – Kökcü called to order
23:12 – The match gets lively
23:10 – Double change
23:07 – The hour mark
23:01 – Carreras imprecise
22:59 – The cards fall
22:58 – Aktürkoğlu on the ground
22:57 – Costa vigilant
22:56 – Dangerous free kick
22:55 – Aursnes misses the target
22:53 – Otamendi recovers
22:52 – The players are back
22:36 – What a comeback!
22:32 – Additional time
22:31 – Fernandes too soft
22:28 – Match stopped
22:26 – The post for Pavlidis!
LIVE. Benfica – Porto: after two goals in five minutes, the Estadio da Luz is on fire! Follow the Clássico
ByTeilor Stone
Nov 10, 2024
By Teilor Stone
Teilor Stone has been a reporter on the news desk since 2013. Before that she wrote about young adolescence and family dynamics for Styles and was the legal affairs correspondent for the Metro desk. Before joining Thesaxon , Teilor Stone worked as a staff writer at the Village Voice and a freelancer for Newsday, The Wall Street Journal, GQ and Mirabella. To get in touch, contact me through my teilor@nizhtimes.com 1-800-268-7116