PORTUGAL
With Jan Vertonghen, who will have played the 90 minutes, Benfica was hooked to Boavista 2-2 (half-time: 0-2) on behalf of the 23rd day of the Portuguese championship, Friday in Porto. Benfica led by two goals until a quarter of an hour from time. Taraabt (21st) and Grimaldo (30th) scored Benfica’s two goals in the first half. Affonso reduced the gap for Boavista fifteen minutes from time (74th). Makouta (80th) tied the two teams. 2-2 will be the final score.
With 51 points in 23 games, Benfica retains its 3rd place in La Liga, but fails to come back on Sporting (54 pts) and Porto (60 pts), leaders, who both have 22 games on the clock.
In France, Amadou Onana remained on the bench to see Lille share the stake (0-0) with Metz on behalf of the 25th day of the French championship.
ITALY
Juventus and Torino drew 1-1 on Friday night in the Turin derby, opening the 26th day of Italian Serie A. Koni De Winter and Dennis Praet were both out through injury. Matthijs de Ligt (13.) quickly opened the scoring for Juventus. But Andrea Belotti equalized on the hour mark. Juventus remain fourth, eight points behind leaders AC Milan. Torino are tenth, nine points off the top six.
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