Following last week’s results, two points was all that separated Benfica and an all-new fourth consecutive league title for the club’s history books, as a season high of 64,500 fans took to the Estádio da Luz for their encounter versus Vitória de Guimarães.
With the champagne on ice, four first-half goals from the likes of Franco Cervi, Raúl Jiménez, Jonas and Pizzi saw the Eagles blitz past their opponents before going on to clinch the title with a 5-0 victory.
Far from pleased are their Lisbon counterparts, Sporting, who followed up last week’s shock defeat at home to Belenenses with a second loss on the spin as Feirense ran out 2-1 winners at home to the Lions.
Their defeat meant that FC Porto had mathematically cemented 2nd place in the league table before returning to winning ways with a comprehensive 4-1 win at home to Paços de Ferreira.
In front of a capacity crowd at the Estádio da Luz, Benfica beat Vitória Guimarães 5-0 to clinch the 2016/17 Portuguese championship with a game to spare. 
In a pivotal week for Primeira Liga football, FC Porto’s title hunt descended very quickly into the defence of second place, having let go of a 1-0 lead to draw 1-1 away to Marítimo.
The Benfica camp will be counting down the fixtures ahead of what the Primeira Liga title holders are trying to turn into a fourth successive triumph.
It seems a long time ago since Porto swept all before them year after year in Portugal and a deep run in European competition was the norm for the Blue and Whites. 