News in English:
Benfica Dominates Guimarães in Card-Filled Match
Guimarães, Portugal – Benfica powerfully overcame Guimarães at the Estádio Dom Afonso Henriques in a match corresponding to matchday 10 of the Primeira Liga. The final score reflected the visiting team’s superiority, controlling 66% of the ball possession and generating numerous goal opportunities.
The first half, although goalless, was tense and marked by cautions. Referee Joao Pedro Pinheiro showed yellow cards to V. Pavlidis, G. Sudakov, and G. Prestianni for Benfica, and to Maga for Guimarães, all before halftime.
In the second half, Benfica translated its dominance into goals. T. Araujo opened the scoring in the 53rd minute, assisted by D. Lukebakio. Shortly after, S. Dahl extended the lead in the 62nd minute, thanks to an assist from L. Barreiro. Guimarães suffered a tough blow with the expulsion of F. Blanco in the 56th minute, further complicating their chances. In the final minutes, J. Rego sealed Benfica’s victory in the 87th minute.
The match was characterized by intensity and numerous fouls, with a total of 11 for each team. In addition to the red card for Guimarães, four yellow cards were shown to Benfica and three to the home team. Benfica totaled 24 shots, 10 of them on target, while Guimarães only managed 3 shots on target out of their 10 attempts.
Substitutions benfica: at minute 46 G. Sudakov came in and L. Barreiro went out., at minute 46 G. Prestianni came in and A. Schjelderup went out., at minute 83 D. Lukebakio came in and J. Rego went out., at minute 90 V. Pavlidis came in and H. Araujo went out., at minute 90 R. Rios came in and J. Veloso went out.
Substitutions guimaraes: at minute 61 D. Sousa came in and M. Mitrovic went out., at minute 61 Maga came in and M. Nobrega went out., at minute 62 T. Arcanjo came in and V. Felix went out., at minute 73 Samu came in and N. Oliveira went out., at minute 79 O. Camara came in and N. Saviolo went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Guimaraes
Benfica
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