Sporting-Sp. Braga

OR The year 2021 began, sportingly, in the best way. Sporting and Sporting de Braga strewn with stars A beautiful to show on Saturday afternoon, in a match on the 12th round of the First League, but it was the lions who entered the new year with reasons to celebrate. Pedro Gonçalves (55 ‘) and Matheus Nunes (78 ‘) was the service scorer in Alvalade, but the outstanding players are not limited to the goals scored.

More importantly, Sporting managed to consolidate the leadership and maintain the pressure on their rivals Benfica and FC Porto. The lions have already accumulated a total of 32 points and remain secure in the first place of the championship.

But let’s go to the protagonists.

To figure

Pedro Gonçalves was even playing another uninspired game. After an absolutely disastrous first half at the individual level, Pote appeared in the second half, more specifically at 55 minutes, to score the first goal of the game and put the lions in front of the scoreboard.

After three games away from goals, and good performances, let’s say, behold, Pedro Gonçalves was once again decisive and put the lions ahead in a phase in which Sp. Braga seemed closer to gaining full control of the party.

The surprise

If there were doubts yesterday, they were resolved. Antonio Adam He has a lot of quality to start with at Sporting. The Spanish goalkeeper has signed several important interventions, but he must be causing nightmares for one player in particular: Ricardo Horta. In the first half, he was denied a hat by not being fooled and in the second half he ‘filled the net’ and again denied the goal to one of the great figures of Minho. These are the goalkeepers that are worth points and Adam did not escape the responsibility of an important capital gamencia.

The disappointment

Galen It was the great surprise promoted by Carlos Carvalhal in the Sporting de Braga eleven, but it ended up being largely canceled by Pedro further away. After you’ve been injured and to do nothing to predict that he would launch in Alvalade, the Brazilian winger tried to give Minho speed and daring, but almost always crashed into the Spanish wall erected by further away. Night to forget.

Ruben Amorim

He returned to base eleven of this time and ended up being rewarded for the high effectiveness of his team. In addition, he has merit for the way the defensive process is increasingly oiled and for the precise way in which the substitutions operated. thrown out Matheus Nunes and seven minutes later the Brazilian midfielder scored and drove with the game in Alvalade.

Carlos Carvalhal

With some losses in defense, due to the outbreak of COVID-19-19, Carvalhal did not stop surprising by placing in the eleven two players who were physically limited in the last week: Sequeira and Galen. In the first half he saw his team throw Sporting against the ropes, but the lack of efficiency was something that ended up paying dearly in the second 45 minutes.

OR referee

Fábio Very true he was on a mission to referee a difficult game full of debatable plays. He chose to follow the evaluation of the WHERE in all offers, protecting yourself in this way. Turbulent night.