Leaders of the season, Porto and Benfica, drew synchronously with the score 1: 1. Sergio Conceisão's team at home lost points in a battle with strong rival Rio Ave. Mehdi Taremi answered Chancel Mbemba's goal with an accurate shot. “Benfica” also met on a visit with “Setubal”, which is in the second part of the standings. The reigning champion missed in the first minute of the second half, but soon earned a penalty, which was converted by Luis Pizzi. The Portugal midfielder could bring the Lisbon Eagles a strong-willed victory and regain the lead, but he failed to convert the second penalty in the match. Braga strengthened its position in third place. In their field, “gunsmiths” confidently coped with one of the outsiders, “Portimonensi”. The fourth line is occupied by the Lisbon “Sporting”. In his first match as head coach, Ruben Amorim won a tough victory over the main outsider of the season, “Aves”, who, moreover, from the 20th minute played with ten men after two deletions. Among other events of the tour, we note the success of “Guimaraes”, which coped with “Pasush” on the road and caught up in points with “Famalican”. FNK tells about the main events of the 24th round of the Portuguese primaira.
"Rio Ave" survived on "Dragau"
“Porto” in his field took “Rio Ave”. The hosts actively started the meeting and could open an account already in the 5th minute. Jesús Corona went down the right flank, shifted the ball under his left foot and hung it in the center of the opponent's penalty area, from where Sergio Oliveira struck a dangerous blow on goal with his head, but the experienced Polish goalkeeper Pavel Keshek rescued Rio Ave. Sergio Conceição's charges continued to attack, and in the 18th minute they opened the scoring after a corner kick. Alex Telles took a corner from the right flank, Danilo Pereira shot his head on goal, Keshek hit the ball to the side, the rebound was won by Shoya Nakajima, who rolled a game round to hit Chancel Mbemba, who scored his first goal for Porto with a powerful shot. After that, the “dragons” relaxed a bit, and the players of “Rio Ave” only added to the activity. As a result, in the 32nd minute, the guests restored the status quo. Mehdi Taremi played the “wall” with his partner, skillfully handled the ball on the line of the penalty area, “Porto”, with one movement left the defender and skillfully shot Augustin Marchesin. A couple of minutes later, the guests earned a free-kick in the dragons' half. After playing the ball, Nuno Santos fired a powerful shot from 30 yards, so Marchesin had to try hard to help his team out. The second half began with attacks by Porto. At the 62nd minute, Sergio Conceição's charges had a real chance to come out ahead in the score again. Moussa Marega connected Jesús Corona on the right flank, the Mexican famously hung right on Tikinho Soares, the Brazilian seemed to shoot for sure, but the ball flew just a few centimeters over the crossbar. Three minutes later, Marega won the fight against the defender of the guests, picked up the game shell, dragged it forward and delivered a powerful blow to the far corner - it turned out a little inaccurate. In the end, the Porto players staged a real assault on the Rio Ave goal, but they did not manage to escape the victory - a 1: 1 draw. At the end of the tour, the "dragons" scored 60 points and retained their leadership in the standings. Riu Ave got 38 points and the fifth line.
Benfica could not cope with Setubal
Due to a misfire, “Porto” could break into first place, “Benfica”, and the Lisbon “eagles” were very close to their goal, but luck turned away from the team of Bruno Lage. “Setubal” in his field actively began a duel with the reigning champion. The hosts even created a one-hundred-percent goal-scoring chance, which Zekinya missed, who shot at the far “nine” with one touch from a vantage point, but he lacked some centimeters to print the gate of Odysseas Vlachodimos. After that, “Benfica” seized the initiative and created several dangerous moments at once. Andreas Samaris, Franco Servi and Luis Pizzi could have scored, but they failed. And already in compensated time for the first half, “Benfica” earned a corner on the right flank, followed by a wonderful canopy on Samaris, who struck his head into the far corner, and the ball slipped a few centimeters from the bar. Barely began the second half, as “Setubal” carried out a quick attack through the right flank, and Carlinos brilliantly figured out the penalty area of \u200b\u200bLisbon. The Brazilian skillfully handled the ball with one touch, and sent it into the net with the second. Less than five minutes later, Benfica earned a penalty. Jose Semedo played with a hand in his own penalty area, receiving his 13th yellow card of the season. Luis Pizzi approached the penalty spot, who calmly scattered the ball and Georgy Makaridze in different corners, scoring his 14th goal of the season. At the 75th minute, Jorge Arthur played with his hand in his own penalty area. The main referee of the match, João Pinheiro, awarded the second penalty to Setubal. And here Luis Pizzi failed. The leader of the “eagles” struck in the lower left corner, but failed to hit the goal, and Makaridze guessed the direction of the ball. In the 81st minute, “Benfica” carried out a cool attack. Tomas Tavares shot from the right flank, and Alejandro Grimaldo, who came running, struck a crushing blow on goal - Makaridze made a crazy save. In the 88th minute, the team's rookie Diego Sousa could have brought victory to Benfica, but the goalkeeper of Setubal again coped with the blow of the substitute Brazilian. As a result, a 1: 1 draw was fixed. On account of the “eagles” 59 points and second place, the team of Julio Velazquez 28 points and 12th line.
Braga hold third place
“Braga” at home met with one of the outsiders, “Portimonense”. Already in the 2nd minute, “gunsmiths” could open an account, but the ball after a powerful shot by Ricardo Horta hit the post. On the 8th minute Paulinho was close to the goal, but the crossbar already helped the guests. Well, in the 31st minute, the guests' gates were still printed. Paulinho jumped one on one with the opponent's goalkeeper, but did not beat him. Instead, he rolled the ball towards Francisco Trinkau, who sent the ball into the net without any resistance. At the 37th minute, he almost scored Ricardo Esgay, and at the last minute of the half, “Braga” organized their second goal. Ricardo Horta burst into the penalty area from the right, swung the defender's feints and shot on goal. Portimonense's Japanese goalkeeper Shuichi Gonda hit the ball in front of him, and Raul Silva, who scored his first goal of the season, was the first to hit the ball. Right after the break, the “gunsmiths” made the score big. Francisco Trinkau shot from the right flank, and Ricardo Horta calmly sent the ball into the net. The rest of the match was a mere formality. “Braga” acted relaxed, allowing the guests to score a prestige goal in stoppage time. Substitute Ailton Boa Morte burst into the penalty area from the right, beat the defender and sent the ball into the goal. “Braga” won with a score of 3: 1 and scored 46 points. Red and white are confidently in third place. "Portimonensi" has 16 points and the penultimate line.
“Sporting” overpowered the outsider in the majority
Lisbon “Sporting” at home took “Aves”. The main outsider of the season could hardly count on a positive outcome for himself, but the “lions” had to try to get their three points. This match was the debut for Ruben Amorim as head coach of Sporting. The 35-year-old has replaced Silash in this position, who was fired after leaving the Europa League. The fight began with a removal. Ruben Macedo in the center of the field attacked Wendel with a straight leg and saw a red card in front of him. It was only the 11th minute ... This “Avesh” was not enough and at the 20th minute the guests were left with ten men. Luis Fernando, who already had a yellow card, missed his opponent in the center of the field, fell and grabbed his leg with his hand. For the breakdown of the attack, the Brazilian received a second yellow card, which instantly turned into a removal. So "Avesh" remained with ten men. It seemed that in such a situation, “Sporting” will defeat their rival, but in fact, the victory of the “lions” was not easy. On the 34th minute, the white-greens played a beautiful combination, as a result of which Andrazh Sporar struck an aimed blow into the near corner, but the ball rolled near the post. At the 44th minute, the Slovenian striker was obliged to score, but the game round after his excellent hit to the far “nine” flew a few centimeters over the crossbar. Already in the added time to the first half, Luciano Vietto struck a long-range cannon strike - the ball hit the crosspiece. Well, in the second half, “Sporting” still broke the resistance of an outsider. In the 62nd minute, Marcos Akunya found Wendel's opponent to the left of the penalty area, he hung right on Sporar, who opened the gate of the French goalkeeper Quentin Benardo with his head. Five minutes later, the ball hit the hand of Aves captain Afonso Figueirede, who was in his own penalty area. The judge appointed a penalty, which was converted by Vietto. There were no more dangerous moments in this match. 2: 0 - Ruben Amorim starts with a win. Sporting has 42 points and 4th place. "Avesh" has 13 points and the last line in the standings.
"Guimaraes" caught up with "Famalikan"
In other matches of the tour "Tondela" and "Boavista" drew 1: 1. Ronan in the 25th minute brought the hosts ahead, but Gustavo Dulanto immediately scored a return goal. “Belenensis” and “Famalikan” went their separate ways, dispensing with goals scored. “Moreirense” coped with “Maritimu” at home, scoring one goal in each half. First, Fabiu Abreu scored, for whom this accurate shot was the 10th of the season, and then the young midfielder Filipe Soares scored. “Lived Vicente” after the goal of Bozhidar Kraev was close to a home victory over “Santa Clara”, but missed it towards the end of the match. Finally, “Guimaraes” achieved a guest victory over “Pasush”. In the 10th minute the scoring was opened by Elder Ferreira, who hit the gate of his former team. But then the guests' strong-willed success brought goals from João Teixeira, who scored a brace. Guimaraes scored 37 points and is in 6th position, ahead of Famalican in terms of additional indicators.