Sporting scores seven goals in the Lisbon derby and returns to the top

Leões crushed Belenenses with seven unanswered goals and five shots on target; The leadership is once again shared with SC Braga, who also defeated Fundão on Saturday

The Estadio Pavelhão João Rocha hosted the Lisbon derby in which Sporting started as strong favorites and justified it against Belenenses, second-to-bottom and who could not resist Leonen's superiority, which was already evident in the first half, with three goals and… four balls into the posts, He asserted himself, of course, in the second, with four more goals and an undeniable 7-0 lead.

The balance of the score between the two Lisbon neighbors only lasted for the first five minutes of the match, in which Belenenses succeeded in creating danger in two rounds, as did Sporting, which opened the scoring in the fifth minute… and the path led to the team achieving an undeniable victory thanks to a ball that changed its direction at the right time. By Hugo Neves, near goal, after returning a powerful pass from Tateño.

From then on, there was remarkable dominance by Sporting and an extraordinary desire to hit the woodwork which began in the ninth minute with an extraordinary move in which Rafa Felix hit both posts before the ball got stuck behind the neck of the visiting goalkeeper, Carlos Paulo. And soon after, in the 11th minute, it was Wesley who hit the right post with a headed effort.

To Sporting's dismay, there were no two without three, and in the 12th minute, Pani Varela also hit the left post after a fine cross from the left, seconds before the Green and Whites were finally able to overcome the 2-0 mismatch. , set up by Tainan, who was sent in by a handy throw-in from goalkeeper Henrique Ravagnin, had space to advance and shot well.

The 2-0 score gave more justice to the sporting performance, but El Mekawy made another save for the local team, this time in the 17th minute against a long-range attempt from Alex Merlin, trying to take advantage of the absence. A goalkeeper from Belenenses, who at that time played in a 5×4 formation. The third goal did not happen at that moment, but was confirmed moments later, with Zeke T turning in a perfect shot after being passed by Joao Matos also in the front area.

The difference between the two teams arose even before the end of the first half, and the second half confirmed Sporting's defeat, which was increased in the 24th minute by Rafa Felix, who scored his first official goal with the green and white team in a move that insisted on goal. He reached the goal line in the 29th minute after a very good pass from Zeke, who caught the ball and made a table to distribute it, so Wesley fired it into the blue net.

Until the end, Sporting still reached the sixth goal, through Diogo Santos, who did not waste in the good position in which Hugo Neves passed unattended, and Tainan scored the seventh goal, 24 seconds before the bell and not before throwing… the iron for the fifth time. .

A modified defeat justified the superiority of the Lions, who in this way remained attached to the Braga team in the lead, after crushing the Minho Fundao team (5-1). In turn, Belenenses remains in penultimate place, eight points behind the first team in the Salvation Zone (Fundau), and finds itself forced to regain nine points out of the remaining twelve to play in the regular stage of the tournament in order to avoid relegation to the second division, and join Candoso, Who has already relegated to the lower level and is still without points.