This Saturday, Sporting hosted Benfica, for the 28th round of the Portuguese Championship. The clash, which pitted the leader and runner-up of the competition head to head, ended with Sporting winning 2-1.
Sporting, therefore, leads with 71 points and opens four points ahead of Benfica. With six rounds to go, the home team still has a game in hand and can increase their advantage even further.
Benfica remains alive in the Europa League and returns to the field this Thursday, at 4 pm (Brasília time), against Olympique de Marseille, in the first leg of the quarter-finals. Sporting, in turn, visits Gil Vicente this Friday, at 4:15 pm, via Portuguese.
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Sporting opened the scoring just 40 seconds into the game. Pedro Gonçalves raised the ball in the area after a good move on the left side and the goalkeeper managed to clear it, but Catamo took advantage of the rebound and scored.
Benfica equalized in the first half. With a free kick, Di María found Alexander Bah, who headed the ball into the goal in the 47th minute.
Sporting only secured the victory in second-half stoppage time. Benfica’s defense managed to clear the corner, but Catamo was left with the surplus and hit a cross to seal the triumph.
Source: Gazetaesportiva
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