FC Porto stretches lead at the top as Academica Coimbra collapse - Liga ZON Sagres recap
The Portuguese League continued as Liga ZON Sagres leaders, FC Porto and Academica Coimbra locked heads on Sunday, 20 March at Estadio De Dragao. Porto came out as 3-1 winners over the struggling Coimbra side that stretched their lead on top of the table
over the second placed Benfica.
The home side went in, full of confidence and adapted an attacking approach over their opponents. The Portistas went in with a 4-3-3 formation with Silvestre Varela, Radamel Falco and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Hulk-c16436 forming a formidable forward line-up. The visitors, on the other
hand, went in with a 4-4-2 formation with Modou Sogou and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Diogo-Valente-c11338 starting upfront for A Briosa.
The League leaders started the game as favourites and were in charge from early in the tie. The visitors tried their level best to get ahead of the hosts in terms of possession and ball control but found themselves struggling. Jefferson http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Mendes-c25206 Melo Diogo
got himself in the referee’s book as early as the 12th minute after committing a poor foul. The game continued in the midfield and tackles kept on coming. This time it was the Brazilian, Maicon, who got himself booked in the 28th minute.
The home team looked in total control but it was the visitors, who against the run of play, scored first after defender, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/David-Addy-c10415 netted in his team’s first goal past the goalkeeper Beto. The home side started pressing forward but the visitor’s resolute
defence did not allow The Portistas to get level as the first half drew to a close.
The second half was an example of some fine play from the home side. The Academica side came under immense pressure right from the start as tackles started flowing early in the piece. Goal scorer, David Addy got booked after just five minutes going into
the second half. The game was getting dirty in the middle as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Freddy-c14144 Guarin in the 55th
minute. From then onwards, Porto did not allow any space for the visitors and gained complete control of the match. Maicon, registered his name in the score sheet when he netted his shot past Beto in the 63rd minute to get the home side up 2-1.
The visitors tried to equalise but this time, the home side did not break. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Silvestre-Varela-c33505, brought his side up 3-1 in the 74th minute, leaving the visitors in tatters. With just a few minutes remaining on the clock, the Academica side went through
the motions as Porto registered their twenty second win of the season.
With this win, Porto get themselves sixteen points clear of the second placed Benfica while Academica Coimbra stayed thirteenth with twenty five points. Coimbra are going to host Portimonense SC in their next game on Saturday, 25 March, while http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Porto-c39186 will
travel away to take on Benfica on Sunday the 3rd of April.
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