Nacional 3 - 2 Benfica
CD Nacional offered further confirmation of their improvement this season with an impressive 3-2 defeat of SL Benfica in Sunday’s late game in the Portuguese SuperLiga.
Brazilian striker Adriano inspired the victory, scoring goals in both halves to help the fifth-placed Madeira side to a rare win against a team sitting two places above them. António Gouveïa slammed in the deciding goal after Simão Sabrosa and Nuno Gomes had put Benfica in contention.
NACIONAL: Hilário, Patacas, Ávalos, Fernando Cardozo, Rossato, Cléber, Paulo Assunção , Gouveia; Alexandre Goulart, Adriano , Serginho Baiano. Bench: Belman, Emerson, João Fidalgo, Diego, Serginho Cunha, Ivo ,Cleomir
BENFICA - Moreira; Miguel, Hélder, Luisão, Fyssas; Petit, Fernando Aguiar; Geovanni, Tiago, Simão; Nuno Gomes. Bench: Bossio, Armando, Argel, Alex, João Pereira, Ricardo Rocha, Manuel Fernandes
Goals: Adriano 10´(1-0); Simão 30´(1-1); Nunu Gomes 51´(1-2); Adriano 54´(2-2); Gouveia 56´(3-2)
Source: Uefa.com
