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In the central match of the 30th round of the Portuguese championship, Lisbon's Benfica achieved a dramatic victory over Sporting on the road with a score of 2:1.
The derby in Alvalade turned out to be extremely tense due to a great number of moments. Already in the first half, the teams exchanged blows: after an active start by the Gospodars and a number of unsafe episodes, Benfica backed up the result of Andreas Schjelderup's penalty..
The key episode of the first half came early when Benfica goalkeeper Anatoly Trubin saved a penalty from the famous Sporting striker Luis Suarez, leaving his team in the game.
After the break, the gentlemen decided to play out - Heading, closing the canopy and setting the ratio 1:1. The prote ending of the sustricha was lost to the “eagles”.
At half-time, Benfica carried out a major attack: Rafa quickly defeated the Sporting defense and brought his team a victory - 2:1.
Also in the match, the Ukrainian player Georgiy Sudakov, who was never on the field, was left in reserve.