Portuguese League
Goal Scorers
Rio Ave1
SL Benfica1
Opening Squads & Match Events
Rio Ave
- 1Tó Luís
- 25Armando Sá (84')
- 21Peu (72')
- 16Nito
- 26Joaquim Martins
- 4Paulo Lima Pereira (79')
- 18Costa (54') (75')
- 20Artur Jorge Vicente (29')
- 14Hugo Henrique (29')
- 22Augusto Gama
- 7Alércio Melo
Substitutes - Rio Ave
- 12Tozé
- 8Miguelito (84')
- 29Sandro
- 6Sérgio China (75')
- 15André Jacaré (79')
Manager - Rio Ave
SL Benfica
- 24Robert Enke
- 13Ronaldo (54') (54')
- 29Sérgio Nunes (9')
- 5Paulo Madeira
- 15Luís Carlos (9') (60')
- 17Serhiy Kandaurov (90')
- 22Calado (54')
- 30Andrade (45') (45')
- 7Karel Poborsky
- 21Nuno Gomes (60')
- 8João Vieira Pinto
Substitutes - SL Benfica
- 31José Moreira
- 2Tahar El-Khalej (45') (66')
- 10Chano (60')
- 23Hugo Porfírio (60') (81')
- 11Jorge Cadete
Manager - SL Benfica
Head-to-Head vs Rio Ave
Match Facts
3 players made their first-team debuts: Robert Enke (21), Sérgio Nunes (25) and Chano (34).
Sérgio Nunes scored his first goal for the club, on 9'.
Jupp Heynckes took charge of his first match for the club.
Ronaldo was sent off for a second yellow on 54' — we played the last 36 minutes with 9 men.
Jorge Coroado has now taken charge of 12 of our matches: 7W-3D-2L.
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