After fulfilling their electoral duty, the Benfica team entered the field to fulfill their objective of winning and ended up beating Arouca, at Estádio da Luz, 5-0. The match on the 9th round of the I League was marked by three goals from Pavlidis, who now totals 8 on the list of the championship’s top scorers.
After yet another defeat in the Champions League, against Newcastle (3-0), José Mourinho’s team appeared on the field determined to produce one of the best performances of the season, with more aggressive and very offensive football and at half-time they were already leading 3-0.
The Greek converted two penalties into goals and the Reds became the team with the most penalty goals in the championship (6). Pavlidis even hit the bar before Otamendi made it 3-0.
Arouca found it difficult to stop the Eagles and paid dearly for the strategy of trying to play the game for the game’s sake. In the second half he conceded two more. Upon returning from the locker room, Pavlidis scored another goal and calmed Mourinho and the fans. It was the third time that the striker scored three goals in a game, after having done so against Barcelona and FC Porto last season.
Without the Greek on the field, the Reds still got another penalty. Ivanonic had just entered and was called upon to score, making the final 5-0 of a game without much history, beyond the goals and a great performance from Pavlidis and Gianluca Prestianni.
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