Roger Schmidt gets some breathing room: Benfica takes a late derby win

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Takes lead in the table

Roger Schmidt celebrated an important derby victory with Benfica Lisbon thanks to a crazy final phase. With two goals in stoppage time, the coach, who was under pressure, secured a 2-1 (0-1) win against Sporting Lisbon on Sunday evening.

João Neves (90th minute + 4) and Casper Tengstedt (90th + 9) played a strange game in front of 62,166 spectators in favor of Portugal’s record champions. The Swedish attacker Viktor Gyökeres (45th) gave the guests the lead. Sporting were outnumbered for almost half because defender Gonçalo Inácio was shown a yellow-red card in the 51st minute for repeated foul play.

7x 30 million and more: Most valuable players in the Portuguese league

26 João Mário – Benfica – Market value: €14 million

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Data status: After the market value update on September 29th

26 Nuno Santos – Sporting – Market value: €14 million

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26 Alexander Bah – Benfica – Market value: €14 million

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26 David Carmo – Porto – Market value: €14 million

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26 Abel Ruiz – SC Braga – Market value: €14 million

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25 Iván Fresneda – Sporting – Market value: €15 million

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23 Al-Musrati – SC Braga – Market value: €16 million

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23 João Mário – Porto – Market value: €16 million

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22 Mehdi Taremi – Porto – Market value: €18 million

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16 Ricardo Horta – SC Braga – Market value: €20 million

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16 Fredrik Aursnes – Benfica – Market value: €20 million

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16 Arthur Cabral – Benfica – Market value: €20 million

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16 Wenderson Galeno – Porto – Market value: €20 million

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16 Florentino Luís – Benfica – Market value: €20 million

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16 João Neves – Benfica – Market value: €20m

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+€10 million

13 Rafa Silva – Benfica – Market value: €22 million

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13 Evanilson – Porto – Market value: €22 million

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13 Anatoliy Trubin – Benfica – Market value: €22 million

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12 Gonçalo Guedes – Benfica – Market value: €23 million

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11 Morten Hjulmand – Sporting – Market value: €24 million

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+€9 million

8 Pepê – Porto – Market value: €25 million

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8 David Neres – Benfica – Market value: €25m

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8 Ousmane Diomande – Sporting – Market value: €25 million

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+€15 million

6 Marcus Edwards – Sporting – Market value: €30 million

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6 Gonçalo Inácio – Sporting – Market value: €30 million

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4 Viktor Gyökeres – Sporting – Market value: €32 million

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+€19 million

4 Pedro Gonçalves – Sporting – Market value: €32 million

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3 Orkun Kökcü – Benfica – Market value: €35 million

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1 Diogo Costa – Porto – Market value: €45 million

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1 António Silva – Benfica – Market value: €45 million

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After the win, Benfica took over the lead from Sporting thanks to the better goal difference. Schmidt has recently come under pressure at Benfica, particularly due to their poor performance in the Champions League this season. His team, which was in the quarter-finals last season, has lost all four games so far and can no longer reach the knockout phase.

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