Good evening and welcome to our LIVE coverage of Benifica v Sporting Braga, in the first leg of their Europa League semi-final at the Estadio da Luz, Lisbon!

FULL TIME! The referee blows the final whistle, and Benfica finish the first leg with a 2-1 victory! Braga will be more than happy with the result, however, as their away goal could yet prove vital! Thanks for joining out LIVE coverage tonight!

We'll have three minutes of stoppages here, and both teams look to have thrown their last punches

Braga try to break again, with Vandinho on the right. The Braga captain charges towards the edge of the area and SHOOTS! It's a tired-looking shot, high and wide of the right post

Alan drives down the left for Braga, but his shot from range is blocked early

The all-Portuguese final is very much on, by the way, as

The pace of the game has completely slowed now, after those changes. You get the impression that both teams would be quite happy with this result

BENFICA SUB: Javier Saviola off, Airton on

BRAGA SUB: Lima off, Kaka on

The corner is lifted to the back post... and SAVIOLA HITS IT ON THE VOLLEY! High and over the bar

Jara lifts a tremendous ball over the Braga defence to Cardozo, who brings it under before winning a corner off Paulao

The ball is pinged diagonally towards the Braga left, and Pereira's limp header falls to Lima in acres of space! Lima carries the ball to the edge of the area, and SHOOTS! Straight at Roberto

Pereira receives the ball wide right, before playing back to Saviola whose sloppy low ball forwards it easily cut out

Coentrao almost makes a mess of clearing the ball from the back, but he just about hacks it clear ahead of the onrushing Lima

Just over 10 minutes remaining in this match, and Benfica would love one more goal to take back to Braga. The visitors, on the other hand, might just be happy to settle for their away goal...

The ball eventually finds Miguel Garcia wide right, who cuts inside and SHOOTS FROM RANGE! Well wide, and a real waste of possession with plenty of Braga players busting a gut to get forwards

The corner is lifted to the far post... and the ball's eventually hacked clear by a black shirt. Braga look to counter again!

Benfica look to counter, and they immediately win a corner - to be swung in from the left

Roberto is forced to make a save low to his right after a speculative effort from range, but it was going wide of the near post. Poor decision-making from the Benfica keeper

Aimar thinks he's outsmarted Rodriguez to latch onto a high ball to the right wing, but the referee sees a little shove in the back and awards the Braga man a free kick

Pereira does brilliantly as he hares along the right wing, holding up the ball and eventually winning a throw. He's had a tremendous game tonight