benfica were drawn to play at home against desportivo das aves in the fifth round. despite desportivo das aves being a second division side, benfica's coach jorge jesus opted for a strong starting line-up with first team regulars artur, ezequiel garay, maxi pereira and nicolás gaitán being selected over players who had primarily been used by jorge jesus for the cup competition. jesus' strong starting xi would pay off as benfica would demolish the opposition 6–0, with a hat-trick from óscar cardozo, a brace from rodrigo and a second-half penalty from lima. the "encarnados" faced cup holders académica de coimbra at the estádio cidade de coimbra in the quarter-finals. for a second consecutive cup match, jorge jesus utilized another strong side to take on the coimbra side. benfica would defeat their opponents 4–0. benfica's passage to the next round was pretty much sealed within the first twenty seven minutes, after ola john opened the scoring and brazilian striker lima would score two. argentine winger eduardo salvio would close the scoring in the second half.