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A champion is made of boring victories and fallen from the sky. Sporting defended a punch from Defendi on the ball and, sequentially, on the head of Feddal, which earned a penalty in the opinion of the referee and the VAR. Sporar made it 1-0 over Farense in the first minute of clearance and led at Christmas nearly twenty years later.
This was “the” move of a game. Free from Tabata, Defendi leaves the goal and hits the ball and ends up hitting Feddal, who was going in the opposite direction to try to dispute the ball. In the same play, further back, there is a “package” that seems illegal: Filipe Melo reaches out to catch Coates and hits him on the neck; However, at the beginning of the play, the Sporting center-back was pulling his rival’s shirt.
Sporting has 3 points.
The match was tied until minute 90 but a penalty dictated the victory of the “lions” of the capital. Sporting will spend Christmas at the helm.Liga NOS I Sporting 1-0 Farense#Call us #SCPSCF pic.twitter.com/UDAw3mPa0c
– VSPORTS (@vsports_pt) December 19, 2020
In other words, at 86 minutes, it all came down to one play and one injustice: the punishment for Defendi. The goalkeeper came out to hit the ball and hit it, did not change the trajectory of the arm, ended up hitting an opponent; but Feddal legitimately jumped in the direction of the ball (and the goalkeeper) and ends up getting hit. That is, some controversy.
The game, before, highlighted the quality of Farense more than that of Sporting. Responsible for the quality of the visiting team. The Algarvians managed to make the leader nervous. And not because they set up a field hospital before the goal, defending at all costs.
But, yes, because they knew how to stop the lions’ virtuous machine: the winger Porro and Nuno Mendes had no room to lose their balance; The arrows Nuno Santos and Pedro Gonçalves barely saw a goal. And Palhinha and João Mário were manipulated most of the time.
The game even started with the best goal chance of the whole game: Gauld, who arrived in Portugal via Sporting, insisted, gained rebounds and entered the area; In Adam’s face, he shot low and hard, but Leo’s keeper made a beautiful save.
Sporting felt uncomfortable throughout the game. And the first part ended without shooting, one of the few that did, on goal. He did manage to hit the post: Tiago Tomás, with a slight angle, shot Defendi’s right post on the last play before the break.
The scene changed right at the restart: Porro found Pote in the box, but the league’s top scorer couldn’t beat Defendi. Pedro Gonçalves, it must be said, was a little more to the right of the area.
Farense began to shorten in the second half, although without despairing. The sports pressure served, at least, to stop the poisonous exits of the opponent.
In the end, the launch of the punch in the desperation of Sporting, who passed the game with the attack blocked by the quality of Farense. Sporar did not hesitate and scored the only goal of the match.
It was the first time this season that Sporting scored less than one goal in national competitions (He was 23 years old in nine League matches; 10 in two Portuguese Cup matches; and two in the League Cup match).
The main responsible was Farense, who in the last three games lost twice with goals in the last minutes: 1-0 in Braga and 1-0 in Alvalade. With Belenenses, he drew. And he added two wins in a row at home (3-1 to Boavista; 2-1 to Marítimo).
Sporting secured the lead at Christmas nearly two decades later. The last time he was champion: 2001/2002. And since then he has never won a championship.
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