Benfica beat Alverca 1-0 at home in the closing match of round 10 of the Portuguese I Liga. Pavlidis scored the only goal from a 51st-minute penalty. Benfica are five points behind leader FC Porto, while Alverca's three-win run ended.
Benfica beat Alverca 1-0 at the Estádio da Luz in round 10 of the I Liga, with Pavlidis scoring from a penalty. The match was the one that closed matchday 10 of the Portuguese league. Benfica are five points behind league leader FC Porto after the win.
Pavlidis converted the penalty in the 51st minute, scoring the winning goal in Lisbon. The penalty was awarded after a foul in the area on Claudio Echeverri, who had come on at half-time to replace Andreas Schjelderup. Marco Silva made that change at the start of the second half.
Before the interval, Alverca had a goal by Yaya Bojang disallowed because the defender was offside by five centimetres. The score stayed goalless until half-time. Alverca's run of three wins was interrupted, and the club finished round 10 in 10th place.
