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Benfica secured a 2-0 victory over Arouca at the Estádio Municipal de Arouca in a Primeira Liga matchday 12 clash. The game, officiated by Luís Godinho, saw a closely contested possession battle (51% Benfica, 49% Arouca). J. Fontan’s own goal in the 12th minute gave Benfica the early lead. The first half was tense, with three yellow cards shown – two to Arouca (M. Loum and C. Lamba) and one to Benfica (O. Kokcu). The second half saw Ángel Di María convert a penalty in the 71st minute, securing the win for Benfica. Benfica registered more shots on target (8 vs 5), although Arouca had 13 attempts in total but failed to breach the Benfica defense effectively. The match ended with three additional yellow cards for Benfica (J. Beste and Z. Amdouni), and no red cards were shown. A hard-fought but deserved win for Benfica.
Substitutions benfica: at minute 62 L. Barreiro came in and O. Kokcu went out., at minute 62 J. Beste came in and K. Akturkoglu went out., at minute 77 A. Cabral came in and V. Pavlidis went out., at minute 77 Z. Amdouni came in and A. Di Maria went out.
Substitutions arouca: at minute 65 G. Yalcin came in and I. Rodrigues went out., at minute 77 P. Gozalbez came in and A. Trezza went out., at minute 77 Pedro Santos came in and M. Loum went out., at minute 87 Alex Pinto came in and M. Sylla went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Arouca
Benfica
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