Benfica pull off epic comeback to beat Sporting after trailing 2-0 | OneFootball

The Benfica under-23 team defeated Sporting 3-2 in a match counting for the third round of the Liga Revelação. In a game full of excitement at the Caixa Futebol Campus in Seixal, the red team was trailing 2-0 at halftime, but a brilliant second half overcame their green and white rivals.

Vítor Vinha, Benfica’s coach, started with the following eleven: Gonçalo Sobral, Duarte Soares, Michée Ndembi, Guilherme Gaspar, José Neto, Rafael Quintas, João Afonso, Miguel Figueiredo, Peter Edokpolor, Stevan Manuel, and Olívio Tomé. On the bench were João Fidalgo, Juvenal Correia, Mauro Furtado, Vladimir Mendes, Diogo Rocha, Jaden Umeh, Gil Neves, Gustavo Ferreira, and Jair Monteiro.

The Alvalade club reached halftime leading 2-0, with both goals originating from corners on the left side of the attack: Michée Ndembi scored an own goal in the 18th minute for the lions’ 1-0 lead, and in the 43rd minute, Daniel Ciesielski made it 2-0 for the opponent.

In the second half, Benfica reduced the deficit in the 51st minute through Rafael Quintas, who scored on the rebound after a free kick. In the 74th minute, João Afonso equalized with a finish from the left side of the box, and two minutes later, Olívio Tomé made it 3-2, also with a shot from the left side of the area.

With this victory—their first in two games in the Liga Revelação, after losing in the last round—Benfica is in sixth place with three points, but has one game less than Sporting. The under-23 reds will play again next Tuesday, August 26, against União de Leiria, away at their opponent’s ground.

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