After the 3-0 in Braga, in the first game, the Minho team already won 4-0 in the 20th minute, scoring every four minutes: Pizzi (08), Bruma (12), Álvaro Djaló (16) and Al Musrat (20). Backa Topola reduced by Rakonjac (40), which established the final score.
Artur Jorge’s team reacted strongly to the home defeat for the championship with Famalicão (2-1) on Friday and are in the ‘Champions’ play-offs for the third time in their history, after 2010/11 (with Sevilla) and 2012/13 (Udinese), and on both occasions Sporting de Braga defeated their opponents and reached the group stage.
Now Braga will decide this passage with the French from Marseilles or the Greeks from Panathinaikos.
With José Fonte, Niakaté and Pizzi back in the ‘eleven’, also note the start of Adrián Marín (absolute debut) on the left side of defense and Álvaro Djaló up front instead of Borja and Abel Ruiz respectively.
The Serbian team started even better in the first minutes and showed the desire to score early, but the first time they reached the opponent’s goal, Sporting de Braga scored and then left for 12 devastating minutes that immediately condemned the game and, if there were any, doubts, the play-off.
On the first goal, Ricardo Horta saw Victor Gómez appear on the right, the Spanish full-back giving Pizzi the first shot that fired into the ‘heart’ of the penalty area to count (08).
The effectiveness of the ‘Arsenalist’ continued shortly after, also benefiting from the ‘softness’ of the opponent’s defence, with Bruma, assisted by Ricardo Horta, finishing with a cross (12).
Three minutes later, Álvaro Djaló subtly deflected Ricardo Horta’s pass from the right (16) and four minutes later it was Al Musrati’s turn to shoot from outside the box, completing a move involving the Minho attack was – the ball even hit a defense and into the goal for the fourth time.
Backa Topola was a completely stunned team and their coach tried to reorganize it, but Sporting de Braga just didn’t score more goals due to an omission at the time of definition.
The honorary goal for the Serbs in the game – and in the tie – came in the 40th minute, with Marko Rakonjac taking advantage of the space provided by Braga’s pair of centre-backs to finish off the individual move with a good shot.
With the tie decided, and already thinking about Saturday’s game in Chaves for the second round of the championship, Artur Jorge made a triple substitution at half time, with Salazar, Roger and Rony becoming Lopes and later Joe Mendes deployed. and Soumare.
The game naturally sank into rhythm, with Sporting de Braga controlling the game and always being closer to the fifth goal – like Rony Lopes, in the 90th minute – than the home side to the second.
Source: DN
