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Results Liga Zon-Sagres: Sporting -Benfica 0 - 2

For the second time this season, Sporting failed to take advantage of numerical superiority for long minutes facing a big one, in Alvalade, and was again defeated by a customized Benfica, humble, physically superior, and with players of great class, in an intense derby although technically poor.

In attack and defense, Benfica at no time felt threatened, maintaining its goals inviolability away from home, with Roberto determinant on 52 minutes, denying the tie to Matias Fernandez.

Sporting was afraid and took half-an-hour to react to the reds domain, made up of successive combinations, often on the left.
Thus were born a few occasions and the first goal, with Salvio to appear in the middle of the area to give the best destination the center of Gaitán.
The "lions" reaction in the last the first time´s quarter called Benfica to the humility, which has not hesitated to resort to the fouls, which has lead to the expulsion of Sidnei.

After sacrificing Saviola, Jesus chose to indent the lines and continue to rely on the left flank.
Coentrao first, at the re-start, with Torsiglieri to prevent Cardozo to score, and later Gaitan, when stole the ball to João Pereira and deliver a ride that provided the second goal.

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