Sporting, in Rui Borges' debut as third coach of the season, beat Benfica 1-0 at home and regained the lead in the I League.
A goal from Mozambican Geny Catamo, who had already decided the last game between the two teams in the championship (2-1, in April), in the 29th minute, was enough for the national champions to impose themselves on their rival.
If coach Rui Borges debuted with a 'golden key' as coach of the 'lions', after leaving Vitória de Guimarães to replace João Pereira, a deal made official three days ago, Bruno Lage suffered his first defeat in the championship in this second spell at the 'Lions'. eagles'.
The champions started the game better, with a line of four defenders contrasting with the times of Ruben Amorim and João Pereira, and ended up basing their victory on a good first half, with Swede Gyökeres making the difference, passing to the goal and at several moments – the 'red' goalkeeper, Trubin, stopped several attacks that could have increased the difference in the score.
In the second half, the Benfica fans reacted and were on top, with more ball and control of the match, also trying to take advantage of Sporting's mistakes in the first phase of construction, but without being able to convert this dominance into goals.
Thus, the two rivals exchanged positions and Rui Borges managed, after one game, to 'catapult' the team to first place, relegating Benfica, which remains on 38 points, to third place, with FC Porto, who on Saturday they beat Boavista at home (4-0), in the second, with the same 40 points as the leader.
