The Dragoes of Conceiçao give five to the Eagles in the traditional match between the Bigs: the championship reopens.
Benfica’s season, indeed, the Eagles’ last year could very well be examined as a “case study”.
Also because, going back, this was the period last season in which the double match in the Champions League against Inter was being discussed.
A match to be faced, for the Portuguese club, as an absolute surprise in the competition, and as a loose cannon: a year later everything has changed at Benfica.
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Exited from the Champions League, risking total elimination, and now also “humiliated” in one of Portugal’s most heartfelt matches. The “Clasico” against Porto, author of a perfect match that ended 5-0 at Do Dragao. Without appeal.