Monday, April 05, 2010

Benfica spot Naval, then come back for win

Benfica spotted Naval two early goals before storming back to defeat the home side 4-2 and restore their six point lead atop the Portuguese League over Braga as they look to win their first league crown in four season. Naval jumped to a 1-0 lead when Fabio Junior just went into the Benfica zone untouched a minute into the game and beat Quim. Naval then moved ahead 2-0 at the 10 minute mark as Bolivia scored on a a cross from Fabio Junior who out paced Maxi Pereira on the play but the two goal lead was short lived as Weldon who was starting for the injured Javier Saviola scored on with his head after picking up a Maxi Pereira rebound at 14th minute mark. Then just four minutes after that Weldon struck again, converting a Pablo Aimar corner with his head again and Benfica quickly tied the game at 2-2. Angel Di Maria made sure that Benfica would go into the half with a lead as his chip shot got past Naval's keeper and Benfica went into the half leading 3-2. The second half saw one goal that came ten minutes into the half as Oscar Cardozo scored his 20th of the season to tie Falcao atop the Portuguese League leaders in goals when he collected a rebound and put Benfica ahead for good by two. Benfica will now play their second leg of the Europa League on Thursday as they travel to Liverpool leading on aggregate 2-1.

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