FC Porto put on a show in the 24th round of the Portuguese league with a decisive 5-0 victory over rivals Benfica Lisbon.

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Porto – Benfica Lisbon 5-0

FC Porto continues the pursuit of the leader Sporting Lisbon. Sergio Conceição’s team achieved an incredible result in a match against the rival Lisbon “Benfica”, which they defeated with a score of 5:0.

Galeno was a player of the first half as part of Dragao, managing to score twice in Trubin’s goal (20 and 44).

In the second half, the hosts continued to storm the opponent’s goal, and the same Galeno made a decisive pass to Wendell (’55), who scored 3:0.

The guests also prevailed after the removal of Otamendi (two yellow cards – 52 and 61).

Pepe (’75) also scored for Porto, while Danny Namasso (’90) scored the final goal.

Know:

  • The two rivals have met 255 times: 102 victories for Porto, 91 for Benfica and 62 draws.
  • With this result, “Porto” scored 52 points and came 6 points closer to the second place (held by “Benfica”) and 7 points to the leader “Sporting” Lisbon.