A goal from Brazilian Morato and a brace from Portuguese João Mário gave Benfica a 0-3 victory over Boavista on Saturday, moving the ‘eagles’ into second position in the Portuguese League standings, equal to points to Porto.
The 9 points accumulated by the Lisbon team do not include the previous day’s game against Paços Ferreira, which was scheduled for this Tuesday after being postponed due to their Champions League qualifying tie against Dinamo kyiv.
On this fourth day, the score at the Estádio do Bessa Sec. XXI was opened by Morato in the 30th minute with a header and João Mário closed it with two goals, one in the 67th minute and another in the 82′, this from a penalty. Champion Porto visit Rio Ave this Sunday.
Sporting does not raise its head
For its part, Sporting accepted the first defeat in its history at home against Chaves (0-2) and is still unable to overcome continuous setbacks since the beginning of the Portuguese League relegated to the 13th place in the standings with 4 points.
The ‘lion’, who finished last season in second place, drew with Braga on their league debut (3-3), beat Rio Ave on two matchdays (3-0) and lost to Porto last week has passed (0-3) .
This Saturday, Chaves endorsed him with two goals, one from Canadian Steven Vitória in the 60th minute and another from Brazilian Juninho in the 63rd.
Source: La Verdad
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