 In the opening match of December , Benfica played Gil Vicente at home after re @-@ scheduling the game from 29 November to 4 December , because of an imminent players strike during the holidays . They won that match 3 – 1 with two first @-@ half goals ; António Varela wrote that the unpredictability of Simão " unbalanced the opponent and the game " ; Benfica climbed to second place before a match against Sporting . On 7 December , Benfica played their last game in the 46 @-@ year @-@ old Estádio de Alvalade against city rivals Sporting in the Derby de Lisboa . The game ended with a 2 – 0 win for Benfica , who controlled the game from the beginning ; as José Manuel Delgado wrote , " ... the advantage of the visitors starting in the clear superiority of Tiago and Petit in the direct contend with Paulo Bento and Rui Bento , while <unk> descended to guide the team ... " . A week later , the team played Belenenses at home . Simão scored the sole goal of the game in the 55th minute , helping Camacho to a third consecutive win . During the last game of the month , Benfica played Boavista away , drawing 0 – 0 ; José Manuel Delgado at Record criticized the players of both teams for " showing little inspiration and inability to break away from the tight tactical requirements of the game " . 
