▁career , ▁I ▁had ▁never ▁had ▁such ▁exc iting ▁game ▁as ▁this ▁one ." ▁A ▁week ▁later , ▁Ben fica ▁visited ▁the ▁Est ád io ▁dos ▁Ar cos ▁to ▁play ▁Rio ▁A ve . ▁Despite ▁over wh el ming ▁support ▁from ▁their ▁fans , ▁Ben fica ▁were ▁surprised ▁by ▁the ▁home ▁team ▁and ▁lost ▁ 1 – 0 ▁after ▁a ▁ 9 1 st - min ute ▁goal . ▁ ▁T rap at ton i ▁still ▁believed ▁Ben if ca ▁could ▁win ▁the ▁title , ▁saying , ▁" What ▁matters ▁is ▁to ▁remain ▁confident ." ▁On ▁ 1 6 ▁April , ▁Ben fica ▁suffered ▁another ▁set back , ▁nearly ▁losing ▁at ▁home ▁against ▁Un ião ▁de ▁Le i ria . ▁A ▁goal ▁scored ▁by ▁João ▁Paulo ▁gave ▁the ▁visitors ▁the ▁lead ▁for ▁over ▁ 7 0 ▁minutes ▁until ▁Mant or ras ▁scored ▁the ▁equal izer ▁in ▁the ▁ 9 3 rd ▁minute . ▁Four ▁days ▁later , ▁Ben fica ▁met ▁Est re la ▁da ▁Am adora ▁for ▁the ▁Portuguese ▁Cup ▁semi - final . ▁Ben fica ▁domin ated ▁the ▁second ▁tier - side ▁and ▁won ▁ 3 – 0 , ▁qual ifying ▁for ▁the ▁tournament ' s ▁final . ▁T rap at ton i ▁said ▁Ben fica ▁had ▁achieved ▁half ▁of ▁their ▁objective ▁in ▁the ▁competition ; ▁the ▁other ▁half ▁was ▁winning ▁it . ▁On ▁ 2 4 ▁April , ▁Ben fica ▁played ▁away ▁to ▁Est or il . ▁The ▁Est or il ▁team ▁played ▁at ▁the ▁Est ád io ▁Ant ón io