Leaders Benfica went down 1-0 on Saturday in their visit to Chaves, tenth in the Primeira Liga table, and inflicted their third defeat in a week.
Ghana’s Abass Issah gave Chaves the win with a goal in the 94th minute. The African player slipped in the weak defense of the ‘eagles’ a few seconds into the game after the Argentine world champion Nicholas Otamendi failed to catch the ball due to slippage.
This defeat magnifies the crisis of confidence suffered by the incarnates after two consecutive defeats in Da Luz: against Porto in the league championship and Inter Milan in the quarterfinals (first leg) of the Champions League. On Wednesday Roger Schmidt’s team will visit the San Siro.
With this result, Benfica maintains the lead with 72 points, but it is followed more and more closely by Porto, who have accumulated 64 and will be able to close the gap if they beat Santa Clara this Saturday.
Source: La Verdad
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