LIVE. Benfica – Porto: after two goals in five minutes, the Estadio da Luz is on fire! Follow the Clássico

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.

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23:22 – Aktürkoğlu sort

À Approaching the last quarter of an hour of play, Kerem Aktürkoğlu c&egrav;e from his place à Jan-Niklas Reste.

23:19 – Third replacement

For FC Porto, Danny Namaso replaces Francisco Moura. Galeno drops back a notch on the pitch.

23:17 – Di Maria magic

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!

23:15 – Kökcü called to order

After a one-two with Pepe, João Mario remains on the ground following contact in the face with Kökcü.

23:12 – The match gets lively

The duels are becoming more and more intense and João Pinheiro is forced to raise his voice to calm the players in the match.

23:10 – Double change

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.

23:07 – The hour mark

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!

23:01 – Carreras imprecise

Very good today, Alvaro Carreras misses his half-volley cross for Vengelis Pavlidis.

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22:59 – The cards fall

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.

22:58 – Aktürkoğlu on the ground

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.

22:57 – Costa vigilant

Angel Di Maria strikes right in the middle but Diogo Costa had seen it all.

22:56 – Dangerous free kick

Angel Di Maria rubs his hands! In front of the FC Porto penalty area, Pavlidis is tackled by Tiago Djalo.

22:55 – Aursnes misses the target

Served by Kökcü, Aursnes is not attacked. The Norwegian tries his luck twenty-five meters away but Diogo Costa is not worried.

22:53 – Otamendi recovers

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! 

22:52 – The players are back

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.

22:36 – What a comeback!

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.

22:32 – Additional time

After the two goals and the two interruptions due to smoke bombs, there are four additional minutes of play in this first half.

22:31 – Fernandes too soft

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.

22:28 – Match stopped

Once again, João Pinheiro is forced to temporarily stop the Clássico.

22:26 – The post for Pavlidis!

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.

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