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Benfica dominates Casa Pia in a thrilling encounter
Benfica secured a convincing 3-0 victory over Casa Pia in a Primeira Liga match played at the Estádio da Luz in Lisbon.
The game started with a dominant Benfica, controlling possession and creating scoring opportunities. However, Casa Pia’s defense held strong for the first hour of the game.
The scoreboard was opened in the 70th minute when V. Pavlidis capitalized on a pass from T. Gouveia to put Benfica ahead 1-0. Gouveia extended the lead in the 80th minute after an assist from F. Aursnes, and Aursnes sealed the victory in the 90th minute with a goal that capped off a great performance for Benfica.
Casa Pia was ineffective in attack, only registering one shot on goal. The late substitutions made by the coach failed to change the course of the match.
With this victory, Benfica sits atop the table with six points.
Statistics:
* Benfica: 64% possession, 27 shots (8 on target, 12 off target), 12 corners, 6 fouls, 0 yellows, 0 reds
* Casa Pia: 36% possession, 6 shots (1 on target, 3 off target), 2 corners, 13 fouls, 1 yellow, 0 reds
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Substitutions benfica: at minute 20 A. Carreras came in and J. Beste went out., at minute 65 O. Kokcu came in and L. Barreiro went out., at minute 65 Marcos Leonardo came in and G. Prestianni went out., at minute 65 T. Gouveia came in and Joao Mario went out., at minute 85 N. Otamendi came in and T. Araujo went out.
Substitutions casa pia: at minute 58 R. Blanco came in and Pablo Roberto went out., at minute 58 T. Segovia came in and Miguel Sousa went out., at minute 77 Tiago Dias came in and N. Moreira went out., at minute 77 M. Svensson came in and S. Obeng went out., at minute 86 A. Geraldes came in and G. Larrazabal went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
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