Goals from Nuno Santos, in a spectacular shot, Salvador Agra, in his own goal, and Paulinho gave Sporting victory at the reception to Boavista (3-0), in a match of the 24th round of the Portuguese First League.
Ruben Amorim made five changes to the starting line-up that drew with Arsenal (2-2) in the first leg of the Europa League round of 16. Franco Israel replaced the injured Antonio Adán and Diamonde replaced St. Juste, while Matheus Reis retired in place of Gonçalo Inácio. In midfield came Ugarte, who freed Pedro Goncalves to take over from Trincao, and up front Chermiti relegated Paulinho to the bench.
Playing at home, Sporting came into the game stronger and in the first minute Chermiti, with his back to goal and with his head, after receiving the ball from Morita, on the right he shot at Bracali’s goalpost, and over the line Onyemaechi prevented the goal.
With more speed, both from the players and in the movement of the ball, the Lions pushed Boavista to the last third of the field and after 17 minutes they reached 1-0 with a goal from Nuno Santos, after a combination between Chermiti and Edwards.
The Englishman broke through the area and returned the ball to the striker; this came out late and it was Nuno Santos, between the box and the line of the box, who ‘switched’ legs and shot the ball into the top left corner of the Boavisteira goal.
The goal seemed to stun or reassure Sporting and allowed Boavista to reach the lion’s area more often, albeit without consequences. The chess players didn’t know how to take advantage of this phase and would be surprised in a quick attacking move by Nuno Santos, on the left, who crossed for Pedro Gonçalves. As he prepared to set up the shot, Salvador Agra appeared to intercept him, but the checkered striker would eventually shoot the ball into his own goal, in the 43rd minute.
Thinking about Arsenal…
Despite the entry of Massa and Bruno Lourenço to replace Ibrahima and Salvador Agra respectively at the start of the second half, Boavista did not improve their performance and Sporting remained more assertive when it came to attacking.
In the 50th minute, Ricardo Esgaio hit the crossbar of Bracali, a goalkeeper who saved Marcus Edwards’ effort in the 52nd minute and showed signs of wanting to improve the result and do better than he had done up to that point.
Reflecting on the match with Arsenal, in London, in the 57th minute Rúben Amorim eliminated Matheus Reis and Pedro Gonçalves and put Gonçalo Inácio and Trincão on the field, a player who initially brought more irreverence to the offensive actions of the emblem of Alvalade , but then lost its spark.
Still, and with the offensive run of the game leaning more towards Sporting’s side than Boavista, a team that only had two shots throughout the game (none of them boxed), the Lions would eventually reach 3-0, 90 . ‘+3’, via Paulinho.
Talongo launched Ricardo Esgaio, on the right, and he crossed low in front of the attacker, who was in the small area, to push the ball and seal the result, consolidating Sporting in fourth place, with 50 points, while the chess team is ninth. , with 30.
Source: DN
