Benfica defeats Sporting Lisbon and remains in second place.
- Benfica won Sunday night in the Lisbon derby against Sporting Portugal, thanks to Darwin Nunez and Gil Dias (2-0).
- A victory allows them to fall back six points behind their opponent in the evening and for second place.
Belgians abroad – Vertonghen helps Benfica win derby against Sporting.
Benfica won the Lisbon derby 0-2 at the expense of Sporting on Sunday evening on the 30th day of the Portuguese Premier League.
Jan Vertonghen helped score the first goal through Darwin Nunez in the 14th minute of the game.
The Red Devil sent a shot from his rectangle to shoot the Uruguayan, who scored his 33rd goal this season.
Dias, with the help of Nunez, scored the final score in overtime (90 + 2).
In the standings, Benfica retained third place with 67 points behind Sporting 2 (73).
FC Porto leads with 82 points, four days before the end of the tournament.
Benfica defeats Sporting Lisbon.
Benfica once again relied on Darwin Nunez to win Sunday night against Sporting Portugal in a tense Lisbon derby (2-0).
The Uruguayan prodigy opened the scoring in the 14th minute.
Taking advantage of a very long opening from Jan Vertonghen, he deceived Antonio Adan with a subtle outside right foot.
Sporting then pushed hard to equalize, but Sarabia found the crossbar with a header (49th), and it was ultimately Gil Dias who doubled the lead (92nd) after an electric second period, to seal the success of Benfica.
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