After securing all victories in the first 10 matches of Portugal's First Division, Sporting and Benfica drew 3:3 in a great Portugal derby played yesterday at Sporting's João Rocha Pavillon. Benfica led on three occasions, and the host got a draw after late Diego Cavinato's goal, 25 seconds before the end.
Naturalized Russian international Robinho opened the scoreline in 2nd minute after a free-kick, and Sporting's naturalized Kazakh Taynan da Silva equalized in 11th. In 15th Arthur scored second for Benfica and 2:1 lead for the guests. In the 19th minute, Benfica's Ivan Chiskhala got a red card after stopping the ball with his hand, but Sporting failed to score with one more on a field. After hitting the post twice (Cavinato from penalty and Pauleta) Sporting managed to equalize in 32nd after João Matos great strike.
However, in the next minute (34th) Iranian international Hossein Tayebi scored for the third Benfica's lead. Sporting got an end result 25 seconds before the end after Cavinato scored in a power-play.
After 11 matches, Sporting and Benfica are on the top of the table, with Futsal Lions having a better goal difference (+12) than Futsal Eagles.
League table: ZeroZero.pt
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