Sporting de Braga, from the I Football League, defeated Rebordosa, from the Portuguese Championship, 2-0 on Thursday in the third round of the Portuguese Football Cup, with Minho’s side imposing the ‘law of the strongest’.
Despite not putting in a stunning performance, the Braga team accomplished their mission well, with goals from Rony Lopes in the 10th minute and Álvaro Djaló in the 62nd minute against an opponent weakened by the expulsion of Hugo Alves right after 48 minutes . minutes.
Given the commitment with Real de Madrid for the Champions League, the coach of the Minho team, Artur Jorge, presented on Tuesday an ‘eleven’ with some less used players, repeating only the starting roles of Adrián Marín and José Fonte. , regarding the last match, against Rio Ave, for the championship.
Due to so many changes, the match even started evenly, with neither team able to impose themselves, being very stuck in midfield in football and with little initiative.
But in the first attack, the ‘arsenalistas’ showed total effectiveness, with Vítor Carvalho improvising as a right back in this match and Rnny Lopes, who delivered a treacherous shot into the box, serving for the opening goal after 10 minutes.
The early goal had consequences for the Portuguese champion team, which lost some of the nerve with which it faced the challenge, allowing the Braga team to impose territorial dominance, but without much crack in the final definition.
Rebordosa tried to counter with a long shot from Pipo in the 26th minute, which goalkeeper Tiago Sá held, and with an individual play from Miguel Mota managed to erase the threefold difference between the two teams.
In the last minutes of the opening phase, it was the locals who became the most dangerous, leaving serious threats in front of the other goal with shots from Djadjó and Miguel Mota, the latter forcing Tiago Sá to defend attentively to maintain the 1-0 until of rest time.
The return to the second half went poorly for Rebordosa, who was reduced to 10 units in the 48th minute, with the expulsion of Hugo Alves due to the accumulation of yellow cards, after stepping on Abel Ruiz in a ball dispute.
With numerical superiority, Sporting de Braga approached the opposite goal and after attempts from Roger and Rony Lopes, they finally scored a second goal in the 62nd minute, through the newly introduced Álvaro Djaló.
The Hispano-Guinean needed just three minutes on the pitch to take advantage of a compromising loss of possession from Rebordosa and deliver an impossible shot to goalkeeper Pedro Soares.
Despite the new setback, Rebordosa, who had not yet lost an official match this season, remained determined and even threatened the goal of honor in the 77th minute with a shot from Diogo Almeida, which hit the crossbar of the team goal. primary divisions.
In injury time, Sporting de Braga also returned the threat and scored another goal, with a shot on Pizzi’s post, not enough to make the final 2-0.
Game at the Monte Azevido sports complex, in Rebordosa.
Rebordosa-Sporting de Braga, 0-2.
At halftime: 0-1.
Tags:
0-1, Ronny Lopes, 10 minutes.
0-2, Álvaro Djaló, 62.
Teams:
– Rebordosa: Pedro Soares, Edgar Teixeira, Miguel Mota (Paulo Jorge, 63), Rui Filipe, Rui Pacheco, Tó Jó (Aboubakkar, 63), Luís Gonçalves (Guilherme Couto, 81), Hugo Alves, Miguel Silva, Pipo (Pedro Pauleta, 72) and Dinis Djadjó (Diogo Almeida, 72).
(Alternates: Rui Mota, Aboubakkar, Paulo Jorge, Rodrigo Pinto, Guilherme Couto, Diaby, Djousse, Pauleta and Diogo Almeida).
Coach: Arlindo Gomes.
– Sporting de Braga: Tiago Sá, Vítor Carvalho (Diogo Fonseca, 46), José Fonte, Paulo Oliveira, Adrián Marín, Castro (Pizzi, 59), João Moutinho (Djbril Soumaré, 75), André Horta, Rony Lopes (Ricardo Horta , 80), Abel Ruiz and Roger (Álvaro Djaló, 59).
(Alternates: Bernardo Fontes, Álvaro Djaló, Zalazar, Joe Mendes, Ricardo Horta, Pizzi, Simon Banza, Diogo Fonseca and Djibril Soumaré).
Coach: Arthur Jorge.
Referee: Bruno José Costa (AF Viana do Castelo).
Disciplinary measure: yellow card for Vítor Carvalho (20), Hugo Alves (28 and 48) and Castro (55). Red card due to accumulation of yellow cards for Hugo Alves (48).
Attendance: approximately 5,000 spectators.
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Source: DN
