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It wasn't a Clássico that will live long in the memory, but Benfica's fans won't be worried about that as a goalless draw at the Estádio da Luz maintains the Eagles' 3-point lead over FC Porto (plus the head-to-head advantage) with four games remaining.
Porto's Jackson Martínez in the first half and Benfica's Fejsa in the second half had the only clear chances throughout the 90 minutes, and both players fired their efforts over the bar.
The outcome of a whole season of hard graft for Eagles and Dragons alike will likely be decided in the Portuguese capital on Sunday afternoon when Benfica host FC Porto for what is effectively a title decider.
However, what is at stake at the Estádio da Luz could well be much more than the 2014/15 championship, as Benfica aim to strike another blow signalling the end of Porto's domination of Portuguese football.
PortuGOAL previews the Clássico.
Bayern Munich and FC Porto met once again last Tuesday, six days after their previous contest - the six days that Pep Guardiola kept claiming would be enough to correct some mistakes and make the difference. And that they did, as shown in the final scoreline. Similarly to last time around, here are five things we should take from Tuesday's drubbing of FC Porto.
Porto's hopes of making it to the semi-finals of the Champions League were shattered in 45 devastating minutes as Bayern Munich scored five first-half goals without reply against the Dragons at the Allianz Arena tonight.
The Germans slowed down in the second half and Porto pulled a goal back through Jackson Martínez, but Xabi Alonso's late free kick meant the Blue and Whites equalled their worst-ever result in Europe.
When Boavista were re-admitted to the top-flight this season, there were many (including their own supporters such as yours truly) who wondered how the club would survive the gap in quality.
To take a group of players to the likes of Benfica, Sporting and near neighbours Porto, when the previous season they were playing in the Campeonato Nacional de Seniores (Portugal’s third tier), seemed like an impossible task. Let us remember the club only managed a 4th place finish in the North Division. Step forward Armando Gonçalves Teixeira…
