Sporting today beat Sporting de Braga (5-0) at home, at the end of the 18th round of the 1st Football League, giving second place to FC Porto, who defeated Marítimo (2-0) and surpassed the minhotos.
The comfortable victory allows the greens and whites to move closer to the podium, with 35 points, now five from Braga, third with 40 and seven from the dragons, who took advantage of the slip by Artur Jorge’s team to move into second place to rise.
AI Liga is led by Benfica, which has 50 points and one game more than the three closest pursuers, after winning Tuesday in Arouca (3-0).
As in the League Cup, in which they also triumphed 5-0, the Lions put in a great performance and took advantage of several mistakes by the Arsenal players, with Japan’s Morita scoring twice, in the 9th and 46th minutes, in the the latter thanks to a succession of several fouls by the outsiders’ defense and a backward pass from 18-year-old Chermiti, who replaced the suspended Paulinho.
END | Sporting 5-0 Braga
Leos again apply “manita” to Minho
In total, SCP scored 13 goals against SCB in 22/23
Morita, Edwards and Pot in the spotlight
Reviews and analysis at https://t.co/QZuwKyufuG#Ligabwin #LigaPortugalbwin #SCPSCB pic.twitter.com/ebtJLw8Gfh– Goal (@_Goalpoint) February 1, 2023
Soon after, defender Niakaté protested to the referee and received a second yellow card in the 49th minute, robbing the Minho team, who failed to threaten Antonio Adán’s goal again.
Englishman Marcus Edwards increased the score, in the 61st minute, with Matheus Reis scoring a great goal, in the 86th minute, and Pedro Gonçalves scoring a full hand, in the 90+3 minute, from the penalty spot, under whistles from the state, who asked that another player score.
In a game with many goals and little history, Pizzi made his debut for the Minho team, in the 82nd minute, and for the Uruguayan Coates to request the fifth yellow card, and the resulting suspension in the next round, making the captain from Sporting was ruled out. the game with the Rio Ave and fit for the derby with FC Porto.
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Liga Portugal bwin (#18) | Sporting 5-0 SC Braga#LigaPortugalbwin #SCPSCB https://t.co/dr2eFAPh9r pic.twitter.com/ilyHgwoqMV– VSPORTS (@vsports_pt) February 1, 2023
Source: DN
