PONTA DELGADA, Portugal (Interstat) — Benfica defeated Santa Clara 2-1 on Monday at Estádio de São Miguel, using second-half goals from Vangelis Pavlidis and Gianluca Prestianni. Pavlidis scored in the 62nd minute, and Prestianni added Benfica’s second in the 68th. Gianluca Prestianni had a goal and an assist for Benfica. Fernando scored Santa Clara’s goal. Vangelis Pavlidis added a goal and received a yellow card in the 59th minute. The match produced 10 yellow cards, six for Benfica and four for Santa Clara. Benfica protected the one-goal lead. Benfica improved to 2-0 in the competition and 4-2 across all competitions. Santa Clara moved to 1-1 in the competition and 1-2 overall. Benfica’s Prestianni was substituted in second-half stoppage time, and Pavlidis came off in the 82nd minute. Santa Clara made four substitutions, while Benfica made five. The result followed Benfica’s recent wins over Omonia and Celtic and Santa Clara’s recent road loss at Mafra.