Sp. Braga beat Santa Clara today, in an eight-goal match (5-3) and returned to triumph after last week’s defeat to Benfica. In the match for the 32nd round of the I Liga, the team from Braga took the lead early on, with a goal from Ricardo Horta, in the 10th minute, but Santa Clara, who needed to win to discuss immediate maintenance, reacted and made it into equalized in the 17th minute, by Matheus Babi, from the penalty spot.
Artur Jorge’s team recovered from the blow to reach half-time with a 3-1 lead, after goals from Niakaté, at 35′, and Abel Ruiz, at 45’+5′, allowing the Azores to return to equalize make in the last part of the match. match, with Matheus Babi’s brace, at 70′, converting another penalty, and a goal from Boateng, at 85′. At the risk of seeing Sporting, fourth, approach, Sp. Braga returned to the attack and Bruma, at 87′, and Pizzi, at 90′ + 4′, closed the accounts of the match.
With the win, Braga remains in third place, with 74 points, two less than FC Porto, second and which today still hosts Casa Pia, while Santa Clara is 18th and last, with 19 points, a formation that can only fight for the 16th place , making him the playoff maintenance, currently occupied by Marítimo, with four points more.
Source: DN
