The dragons came in with everything and only needed one minute and seven seconds to shake the nets defended by Bernardo Mendes , called into action to replace the punished Pedro Henriques, through Rafa .
At the restart, Carlo di Benedetto annulled a possible Benfica reaction coming from the locker room – just like Xavi Mallián – by scoring the first on his own account and, with about 11 minutes left, the Frenchman made the final 3-0 in a studied move.
O momento 🤩Está ganho💪#FCPortoHoquei #FCPortoSports pic.twitter.com/FBosiSG7y2
— FC Porto (@FCPorto) January 18, 2023
In the other game already finished of this 13th round, which is still going on, Murches gained a good boost in the fight for maintenance by adding the second victory in the competition , now in the reception to Hóquei de Braga by 2-0.
FC Porto leads the table with 34 points , one more than Benfica , while at the bottom of the standings Paco de Arcos has six points, Juventude de Viana has 7 and Murches has 8.
