This Sunday, leaders Sporting moved five points clear of their 20th Portuguese football title with a 2-2 draw with Porto, completing Victor Gyokeres’ double in the 31st round of the I League season.
The Swede, the tournament’s leading scorer, came on at half-time and scored in the 87th and 88th minutes, marking his 18th consecutive game without defeat (16 wins and two draws) after Evanilson (7) and Pepe (7). They scored 41 goals for the Dragons a day after Andre Villas-Boas replaced Pinto da Costo as Porto president.
With three rounds to go, Sporting, who had won eight in a row and finished with 10 due to Marcus Edwards being sent off (90′), had 81 points to Benfica’s 76 as Porto isolated themselves in third place. with 63 points.
Upon his arrival at the stadium, Andre Villas-Boas was greeted with applause. Porto’s new president sat in the seat he usually occupies as a fan.
Moments before the match, the crowd looked at the presidential stand and applauded Pinto da Costa.
Pepe scores in the 41st minute
Galeno scores in the 46th minute
Ghiokeres scores in the 87th minute
Ghiokeres scores in the 88th minute
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Live game
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92′Martim Fernandez
LeavesD. Namaso
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End of the game
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90′
Morten Jylmand (Sporting) receives a yellow card for challenging Romario Baro. -
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90′Marcus Edwards is sent off with a red! The Sporting winger caught up with Galeno, who he slapped after a header between them.
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89′The match was interrupted due to the fault of (Sporting)..
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88′It’s 2-2! Incredible… Dieukeres again, now deflecting into the small area after a great shot from the right by Marcus Edwards.
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87′This is the goal! Sports results thanks to Gyokeres! Great goal! A long pass from Coates, a Nuno Santos cross from the left and the Swede’s header into the small area, giving Diogo Costa no chance to defend. Score 2-1! Sporting continues to argue about performance…
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86′Bowl
LeavesMarcus Edwards
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80′Francisco Conceição
LeavesRomario Baro
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79′Evanilson
LeavesM. Taremi
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76′Yellow card shown to Wendell for bringing down Pote!
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70′Pote shoots from outside the area with his right foot after a pass from Morten Hulman.
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69′Corner, Porto. Courtesy of Trincao.
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67′The opportunity was missed by Goncalo Inacio, who headed in from the center of the penalty area. Help from Nuno Santos with a cross into the penalty area.
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66′Corner, Sporting. Courtesy of Galen.
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65′Corner, Sporting. Contributed by Francisco Conceicao.
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65′The chance was intercepted, Hidemasa Morita (Sporting) headed in from the center of the penalty area. Help from Nuno Santos with a cross into the penalty area.
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65′Corner, Sporting. Courtesy of Pepe.
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63′Corner, Sporting. Contributed by Ze Pedro.
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61′Paulinho
LeavesHidemasa Morita
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61′Ousmane Diomande
LeavesNuno Santos
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51′Jeremiah Saint-Just
LeavesEduardo Filipe Quaresma Vieira Coimbra Simões
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51′Francisco Conceicao plays from the left and the Dragons striker manages to gain space to shoot, but he shoots with a weak right foot and in the image of Israel.
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46′The match is interrupted to help Galeno.
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Beginning of part 2
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IntervalDaniel Braganza
LeavesVictor Dieukeres
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45 minutesNico Gonzalez scores! Alan Varela’s help with a cross into the penalty area after a free kick and a header from the Spanish midfielder at the last opportunity of the first half.
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45 minutesSaint-Just is shown a yellow card for pushing Galen.
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44′Francisco Conceição wastes what could have been the third of the dragons. Israel defends the Porto striker’s first shot, which then hits the side goal on the rebound.
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44′Trincao’s shot into the left side of Diogo Costa’s goal, which he defended without much difficulty.
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40 minutesThis is the goal! Porto scores thanks to Pepe! The score is 2:0 in favor of the Dragons! Great play from Martim Fernandes on the right flank, who gets around several Sporting players and feeds Pepe, who enters the penalty area and shoots home to Israel. A move that, oddly enough, started with a difficult ball in the Dragons defense.
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39′Front shot from Pote to the side! The pass came from Trincao on the left side of the Sporting attack.
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37′Corner, Porto. Contributed by Ousmane Diomande.
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33′Great move from Evanilson! The striker received Galeno’s pass and broke through the Sporting defense with a powerful shot into the Israeli side goal.
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25 minutesTrincao plays on the right, Paulinho hits the ball to the first post, and the ball calmly stops in the hands of Diogo Costa.
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21 minutesPlay was stopped to help Evanilson as the Dragons protested a penalty while Diomande was in the box. Referee Nuno Almeida twice emphasized with gestures that VAR had already warned him and this was not a reason for a foul.
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18 minutesAlan Varela’s pass broke through the entire Leonin defense and Pepe dealt with it poorly, but still managed to shoot into the side goal.
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17 minutesZhenya Katamo shoots with his left foot from outside the penalty area after a pass from Morten Julman.
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16 minutesCorner kick by Pote and Paulinho headed towards the first post, the ball went just above the goal.
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15 minutesCorner, Sporting. Contributed by Francisco Conceicao.
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13 minutesCorner, Sporting. Contributed by Otavio.
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11 minutesTo the clouds! The opportunity is missed by Francisco Conceicao, who shoots very high with his left foot from the center of the penalty area. The pass was from Nico Gonzalez.
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10 minutesOffside, Porto. Otavio made a deep pass, but Galeno was in the wrong position.
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9′Sporting’s first dangerous approach to Diogo Costa’s goal. Pote shoots with his right foot from outside the penalty area into the side goal after a pass from Paulinho.
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7′It’s a goal for Porto! Evanilson shoots with his right foot from the center of the penalty area into the lower right part of the goal. Help for Pepe after an attack that began with a serious mistake by Israel, who literally gave the ball to Francisco Conceicao.
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7′The shot was deflected into the lower left corner of the goal. Evanilson (Porto) strikes with his right foot from outside the area. Assistant Nico Gonzalez.
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Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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