Benfica take pole position
Benfica 3 x 0 Boavista
Belotti 28', Pavlidis 70', Kokcu 77' (Pen)
Sport Lisboa e Benfica won without a doubt yesterday against a shy Boavista side. Despite leaving Pavlidis and Akturkoglu on the bench, the Portuguese giants dominated the match and played intensive, attacking football, pleasing the 58 thousand fans who attended the match.
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With fourteen shots on target and only three goals scored, the best player from Boavista was goalkeeper Tomas Vaclik with eleven saves, denying a historic result for the home team. Bruma and Kokcu were evidence of the Benfica side. Belotti scored his first goal after an assist from Bruma; the pacy winger sprinted past his opponent from the left and assisted the Italian international for the first goal. The other two goals came in the second half, Pavlidis came into play and scored an easy finish assisted by Akturkoglu, the third and last goal was scored by Kokcu by penalty.
Benfica assumes first place in the league with 53 points, 1 point ahead of Sporting Clube Portugal, which has 52 points but one less game.
