Benfica goes to Braga, Sporting and FC Porto host opponents from the second half of the table (in the case of the Dragons, the last placed team, who have not yet won), but the level of pressure they experience in this last round of the League of the calendar year is the same. The same as always. José Mourinho defined Benfica's games in the championship as finals yesterday, in a press conference, and they are — but not only those of the Eagles. The difference in values between the three candidates for the title and the others is such that any mistake could be fatal, whether in Braga or at home to Rio Ave or Aves SAD. Because they will be rare, and if in the past there was the idea that two points lost in December could well be recovered, now, at least this season, it is easy to doubt that. Just look: in 15 games, FC Porto won 14 and only drew, at home, with Benfica; Sporting won 12, drew with SC Braga and Benfica and lost at Dragão. And Benfica, which has not yet lost, finds itself eight points behind the leader, and three behind second place, due to home draws with Casa Pia, Rio Ave and Santa Clara, in addition to the other two against their rivals. At this time, last season, 38 points (Benfica) were enough to lead the championship, Sporting and FC Porto had 37. Now, the lions' 38 points mean they are five points behind in first place... Whether in Braga or at home against opponents in the lower half of the table, losing points is prohibited, and any slip-up could cost the championship. And it is with this pressure that teams have to know how to live. Until you see, they have achieved it — in the case of Benfica, only in the last few weeks, and Mourinho's analysis of the team's improvements, after Lukebakio's injury, was right on target. But the truth is that we have seen the big ones — the three — shake more than the results indicate. That FC Porto only lost two points in the championship after what was seen in their receptions against SC Braga or Estoril or in their trip to Moreira de Cónegos; that Sporting won 12 games considering what happened in the Azores, with Santa Clara, or in Famalicão; That Benfica didn't lose even more points, remembering the difficulties in Madeira, with Nacional, or in the reception to Gil Vicente — are signs of the psychological strength of the title candidates. Whoever manages to maintain this strength will be champion, more than whoever plays better or worse, because the worst is often enough to win in our League.