Runner-up Valongo committed the original feat of eliminating Sporting in the quarter-finals of the Champions League, with a score of 3-2, to return to secure the ‘socks’, similar to what happened last season in which he faced Oliverence, curious. Some of its members are moving on next season.
Sporting took advantage of the best opportunity to score in the first half from a penalty kick, but Gonzalo Romero’s shot hit the defense of goalkeeper Zano Edo, one of the match’s numbers (6 ‘). The first goal came only in the 30th minute, when goalkeeper Angelo Girão was deceptively low. Valongo threatened the goal so much that Rafael Bessa ended up opening the scoring.
The goal changed the game, which became faster and more open in the last 15 minutes. Sporting responded and equalized with Gonzalo Romero, in a counterattack with the help of Joao Soto (34).
But Valongo moved up again in the sorting after Joao Almeida’s blue card. Called on to convert the direct free kick, Facundo Navarro beat Angelo Girão with an unstoppable shot (36 min). Sporting’s 10th foul allowed the Argentine striker from Valongo to raise the score with another direct free kick (45).
Sporting also benefited from a free kick from Falongo’s 15th foul, and this time Gonzalo Romero was able to beat Zano Edu (46). One goal away from equalizing, Leon Falongo’s side choked on attack.
A minute from the end, Sporting took advantage, leaving goalkeeper Angelo Girao for a field player, Matias Platero, but Valongo did not give up. Sporting suffered its second defeat in the final stage, after losing in the Portuguese final of Tassa last weekend.
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