At 3 o'clock on February 3, Beijing time, the 20th round of the Portuguese Premier League continued, Samuel Lino scored in the first half, Abuljania expanded its advantage in the second half, Gonzalo Ramos pulled back a goal in the last minute, and Benfica still lost 1-2 to Gilvesent.
Benfica, who has won the Champions League twice, started the season quite strongly, unbeaten in the first seven rounds of the season, pushing Porto and Portugal to the top of the table. At the Champions League level, Benfica counterattacked Barca in the last round, successfully breaking through from the group stage and kicking Xavi's team to participate in the Europa League.
Surprisingly, however, Benfica then erupted in infighting, which led to the dismissal of meritorious manager Jorge Jesus, who was in his sixties. Originally, the change of coach was like a change of knife, but the new coach Nelsson Verisimo failed to help Benfica rebound, and the team's performance was getting worse and worse.
First, Benfica lost to Porto twice in a row and was blocked out of the Portuguese Cup Quarter-Finals. After entering January, Benfica dropped the chain in succession, and in the early morning of January 30, they were reversed in the final of the Portuguese League Cup, losing 1-2 to Portuguese Sport, losing their first title of the season.
Now, Benfica has been upset by Gilvesant, losing 1-2. It is worth mentioning that Benfica not only suffered two consecutive defeats in all competitions, but also lost to Gilvicent for the first time in the history of the team for two consecutive home games. When the final whistle blew, the Benfica crowd would lose their souls, some slumped on the pitch, some bowed their heads and gasped, and some players covered their faces and left.
After this match, Benfica only scored 44 points in 20 rounds, 6 points behind defending champions Portugal Sport in one more round, and as many as 12 points from Porto at the top of the table, which is a gap of 4 games.
According to Benfica's current state, it is basically impossible to turn the championship in the back. In addition, Benfica has all been out of the domestic cup, theoretically only one front in the Champions League has the hope of competing for the title.
But as we all know, the Portuguese Premier League team has long been a supporting role, unless there is a miracle, Benfica can not break the wrist with Manchester City, Paris Saint-Germain, Real Madrid, Chelsea and other European giants.
The happiest thing to see Benfica like this is probably Ajax, and the two teams will meet on February 24 to compete for a place in the Champions League quarter-finals.