He Benfica of Mourinho can continue to boast of being the only team in the main leagues of Europe that still does not know defeat in League…although many draws have been left along the way. The last one, in the other Lisbon derby in view of Pia House (1-1), denied them the possibility of re-engaging in the fight for the title in Portugal.
Nothing was reserved Mourinhowhich arranged Enzo Barrenechea and Richard Rios as a couple in the double pivot and opted for Lukebakio on the right wing trying to continue his good performance during the break with Belgium. The ex of Seville scored a double against USA and wet again before Mexico.
The dominance, as usual, was overwhelming on the part of Benfica. Now, it was not until five minutes before the break when they really created danger against Pia House with two occasions in charge of Pavlidis. First, a header was taken in a small area that went wide and, later, Sequeira appeared to deny the Greek the goal.
Lost a little steam Benfica on the way back from the locker room and, before game time, Mourinho called Prestianni. It worked out perfectly for him, since the center that Schjelderup He unloaded on the far post so that Richard Rios The score was 0-1 in the 68th minute. Fourth goal generated in the last three days for the former Palmeiraswhich has gained weight in this second half of the course.
The meeting already seemed resolved given the harmlessness of Pia House. But, on one of the few occasions in which they were able to deploy, they benefited from the lack of forcefulness of the defense of the Benfica to equalize the shock by means of Rafael Brito when there were barely 10′ left to go.
did not wait Mourinho for the ball to be put into play to put two attackers like Ivanovic and Anísio Cabral to go for victory. The young Portuguese striker, who has already brought out Benfica out of some trouble this season, he had the winning goal in his boots. His shot from the heart of the area, however, went wide. The ‘eagles’, unlike the Sporting CPthey have let the train pass that caused the unexpected ‘puncture’ of the Port and they remain seven points behind the lead.