Benfica 3-0 Nacional: result and report

Liga Portugal · Sunday 2 September 2012

Result

Benfica 3-0 Nacional

Liga Portugal · Sunday 2 September 2012, 19:15 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Benfica 3-0 Nacional: match report

Benfica beat Nacional 3-0 in Liga Portugal on Sunday 2 September 2012. The half-time score was 0-0.

O. Cardozo opened the scoring in the 50th minute. Benfica's goals came from O. Cardozo (50'), Rodrigo (57') and O. Cardozo (88'). Nacional did not score.

Discipline: Benfica received no yellow cards; Nacional received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Benfica were 4th on 4 points from 2 and Nacional 16th on 1 point from 2. Benfica went on to finish that season 2nd with 77 points, and Nacional 8th with 40.

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 46'Yellow card · D. ŠkolnikNacional
  • 50'Goal · O. CardozoBenfica · 1-0
  • 57'Goal · RodrigoBenfica · 2-0
  • 88'Goal · O. CardozoBenfica · 3-0

Team news

Benfica line-up

Artur Moraes, Luisão, Brandon Truter, Ezequiel Garay, Axel Witsel, Carlos Martins, Lorenzo Melgarejo, Enzo Pérez, Óscar Cardozo, Eduardo Salvio, Rodrigo

Nacional line-up

Vladan Giljen, João Aurélio, Marçal, Moreno, Dejan Školnik, Daniel Candeias, Claudemir Pereira Da Silva, Revson, Mateus, Mario Rondon, Isael