Paulinho and Matheus scored 3-0 in Sporting Lisbon vs. Benfica | VIDEO

Portugal’s Primeira Liga is very tight, which is why Sporting Lisboa seeks to impose conditions on Benfica to continue at the top. So far, they have been getting the result, since in the second half they managed to decree the partial win in the second half with goals from Paulinho and Matheus.

The 2-0 came in the 61st minute with a fantastic counterattack, which was born with a save from Sporting goalkeeper Antonio Adán. The rival defense had advanced almost to the middle of the field, leaving large spaces and could not recover in time to avoid the fall of their goal.

Matheus took the ball in the central circle and accelerated his pace, without major difficulties due to the little aggressiveness proposed by Benfica. After analyzing his options, he filtered a pass between the lines for Paulinho, who had no major difficulties to beat Odysseas Vlachodimos with a ‘hat’.

Everything was happiness for Sporting Lisbon, although they did not trust themselves and continued attacking, which is why they came to decree the partial win. A long shipment was made from the defense in search of Matheus, who took advantage of Andre Almeida’s poor sweep in three quarters of the court to go to the opposite goal. Without much opposition, the midfielder made it 3-0 with a strong shot on the first post.

If this result is consummated on date 13 of the Primeira Liga de Portugal, Sporting Club (with a lower goal difference) will remain even at the top with Porto, both with 35 units. For its part, Benfica will lose the opportunity to climb, since this fall condemns them to remain in the third box, with only 31 units.