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END OF MATCH
Benfica beat Arouca 3-0 away from home and stay close to leaders Sporting!
45'
We'll have four more minutes of added time in the match.
42'
Substitutions for Benfica: Aursnes, Di María and Rafa Silva came off for Tomás Araujo, Tiago Gouveia and Gonçalo Guedes.
40' GOAL FOR BENFICA
From Morato's cross from the left, Musa got a deflection on the edge of the box to send the ball into the left-hand corner, extending the lead!
39'
Substitution for Arouca: Sylla out, Trezza in.
36'
Di María shot from a long way out and sent the ball over the goal, almost scoring a stunning goal to beat the keeper!
36'
Substitution for Arouca: Eboué out, Pedro Santos in.
33'
And Florentino, in his first move, was already fouled and yellow-carded.
32'
Benfica substitution: João Mário out, Florentino in.
31'
Yellow for Eboué, for a foul on Aursnes.
27'
Substitutions for Arouca: Jason and Mújica came off for Michel and Bukia.
26'
Yellow for Arthur Cabral, for leaving his arm in the defender's. He himself left the field for Musa.
23'
João Mário received the ball in front of him, while the goalkeeper and defender tried to clear the ball in a dispute with Arthur, but the midfielder hit the ball to the right of the goal - all this happening in the middle of the pitch, VERY far from the goal!
17'
Rafa Silva received the pass, took off and shot, face-to-face with the goalkeeper, but sent it wide of the goal!
13'
João Mário received the pass and hit it hard, with a deflection, sending the ball over the goal, but wide. From the corner kick Di María tried for the Olympic goal, but missed!
10'
Sylla received the pass and hit it hard, but sent the ball over the goal.
3' GOAL FOR BENFICA
Rafa Silva received Di María's pass and found Kokcu in the middle, who put the ball in the back of the net, but was ruled offside. BUT the VAR reviewed the move and the goal was validated after reviewing Rafa Silva's offside to make it Benfica 2-0 Arouca!
SECOND HALF STARTS
The players return to the pitch and the ball rolls for the second half of the match!
END OF FIRST HALF
Rafa Silva's goal sees Benfica beat Arouca away from home and pick up another three points in the Primeira Liga!
46'
González received a pass through the middle from Mújica and put the ball in the back of the net, but he was offside and the goal was disallowed.
45'
We'll have three more minutes of added time in the match.
41'
González received the pass up front after a mistake by the Benfica defense, beat Trubin and on the rebound Milovanov shot hard, but over the goal!
39' GOAL FOR BENFICA
Rafa Silva, on the right inside the penalty area, got his shot away after receiving the pass, the goalkeeper saved and the second time he hit the back of the net, now for real and opening the scoring!
36'
Sylla shot hard from outside the area and sent the ball over the goal.
30'
Rafa Silva received the pass up front, came face-to-face with the goalkeeper and hit the net, but he was offside and, once again, the goal was disallowed. Two goals from him, two disallowed!
22'
Mújica hit the ball hard from outside the area after Otamendi's mistake and sent the ball wide of the goal!
20'
Milovanov took a shot from very far out and sent the ball over the goal, almost opening the scoring with a beautiful goal!
16'
Milovanov hit the ball hard from outside the box and sent it over the goal.
15'
Arthur Cabral received the pass up front, took off and played it into the middle, where Rafa Silva was on hand to put the ball in the back of the net. The linesman gave offside and the VAR confirmed it, with the goal being disallowed.
13'
Yellow for Monteiro, for a foul in midfield, bringing down João Neves.
10'
After Di María's first chance, Benfica tried to keep possession and go forward, but still did little to create danger.
3'
Di María hit a fierce shot from outside the area into the middle of the goal, but the ball went into Arruabarrena's hands.
HERE WE GO
The players appear on the pitch and the ball rolls for the first half of the match!
Arouca lined-up!
Benfica lined-up!
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Referee
Fábio Veríssimo will be the referee for the match, with Pedro Martins and Hugo Marques as assistants. The VAR will be led by Tiago Martins, with Hugo Ribeiro as assistant.
Probable Benfica
Benfica's probable team for the match is: Trubin, Aursnes, Antonio Silva, Araújo and Morato; Neves, Kokcu, Gouveia, Rafa Silva and João Mário; Arthur Cabral.
Probable Arouca
Arouca's probable team for the match is: De Arruabarrena, Milovanov, Galovic, Montero and Esgaio; Jason, Simão, Ebour and Sylla; Mujica and Gonzalez.
Injuries
On the Arouca side Quaresma is out through injury, while Benfica will be without Bernat, Tengstedt, David Neres and Bah, all injured.
Roger Schmidt!
Roger Schmidt, Benfica's coach, spoke about what he expects from the game against Arouca and, above all, about the club's new reinforcement, Marcos Leonardo: "It's always difficult to play there. A few weeks ago, we were there for the League Cup. We won the game, we know the atmosphere, but they have a new coach, new energy and new self-confidence, because they've had a lot of success in recent weeks, so we expect a tough game. But we're in great shape, training has been great, Ángel [Di María] and Nico [Otamendi] are back, so we're ready to fight for the three points tomorrow [Saturday]. We're very happy that he (Marcos Leonardo) is at Benfica, because he's a great talent in Brazilian soccer. In every transfer window, it's our duty to try to improve the team, and Marcos Leonardo is a good example of that. He's the right age to go to Europe and, for these players, Benfica is the perfect club for them to come to. We know that he hasn't trained for four weeks, so he's not in his best physical shape. But we want to integrate him into the team as quickly as possible, get him in the best condition and give him a clear idea of how we play. He's a striker with special characteristics. He scores goals, but he's strong on the move, asking for the ball. He's a top-level player and we're happy to have him. At the moment, we have two strikers. Casper Tengstedt is injured and Marcos Leonardo isn't ready yet, that's the situation. I'm very happy that Arthur [Cabral] and Petar [Musa] are in good shape, and in general too. If you look at our squad, with the four injuries we have, Alex Bah, Casper Tengstedt, Juan Bernat and David Neres, we have 17 players. That's not a lot, with Marcos [Leonardo] there are 18 outfield players. At the moment, we're not thinking about losing any players. We always have to focus on the here and now. In four weeks' time, at the end of January, maybe the situation will be different, but right now my focus is on the players who are here. We need them, we have several very important games in the coming weeks, some of which are already title games, like the League Cup, so we're completely focused on that situation. We never know what's going to happen in the transfer window, as I've said a few times here, but we can't have any big changes with players leaving, because our squad is balanced and there aren't many players. If you could get fit in a day or a week, you wouldn't need pre-season. In Brazil, the season is always very long and I think it was good for him to rest for the last four weeks. From what I saw today [Friday], he made a good impression. He's in good shape, but he needs time and training to gain rhythm and avoid injury. He may be fit enough to get minutes in the short term, but we have to develop him to be a starter and play 90 minutes. We already knew that this was the situation when we signed him, so it's not a big problem for us, because we also play good soccer without him. We do our best and, day after day, we try to find the best load for him. With the training sessions and the connection with the other players, we'll find the right moment to let him play, because that's always the easiest way to integrate him in the best way, as he needs to connect with his teammates."
Last Matches: Benfica
Benfica come into the match on the back of three straight wins. On December 17, away from home, they won 1-0 against Braga, with a goal from Tengstedt. On the 21st, at home to AVS, the win was 4-1, with goals from Di María, João Mário, Tiago Gouveia and Correia (own goal), while Mercado scored a late winner. And on Friday (29), they beat Famalicão 3-0, with goals from Arthur Cabral, Rafa Silva and Musa.
Last Matches: Arouca
Arouca come into the match with one draw and two wins in their last games. On December 10, at home, they drew 2-2 with Rio Ave, with goals from Cristo González and David Salgueiro, while Aderlan and Boateng equalized. On the 16th, a 3-0 win over Gil Vicente, with three goals from Rafa Mújica. And on Thursday (28), away from home, the win was 4-1 over Estrela Amadora, with Gaspar opening the scoring for the hosts, while Mújica equalized, David Salgueiro turned the game around, Francisco Rubio scored the third and André Bukia rounded off the scoring.
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