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Boavista climbed to 6th in the Liga betandwin.com Monday with a 2-1 win over strugglers Académica, who tumble to second from bottom with only two points from five games. Fary put Boavista on the road on five minutes with a simple header at the back post from a Diogo Valente corner. Just ten minutes later, though, Luciano jumped on a loose ball and prodded it home from close range after William had parried a Fernando shot. It was left to the 'Golden Boy' João Pinto to settle it for Boavista on the hour, volleying home from ten metres after Areias had met a cross to head back and tee him up. Sporting moved to within a point of FC Porto at the top of the Liga Sunday with a 1-0 win at home to Vitória de Setúbal. The game was skewed on 20 minutes when Vitória's 'keeper Moretto was sent off for bringing down Deivid, through on goal (when in fact it looked to be Bruno Ribeiro who had brought him down). But Sporting missed the chance to take the lead when Liedson stroked the penalty within the reach of substitute 'keeper Marco Tábuas. Sporting got their goal on 35 minutes when Deivid chested down a cross from Paíto, strode past his marker and shot under the body of the oncoming Tábuas. Sporting should have capitalised on the lead and the numerical superiority, but they did the opposite and appeared to wilt as the minutes ticked by, much to the disapproaval of the 30,000 crowd. The substitution of Liedson for defender Beto ten minutes from time was the last straw, and the final whistle brought whistles and white handkerchiefs from the Sportinguistas in the stands, angry at coach José Peseiro's perceived lack of boldness. Sporting Braga and Nacional both missed a chance to join FC Porto at the top, both with 0-0 away draws, at Estrela da Amadora and União de Leiria respectively. Naval, in their first ever season in the top division, continued their confident start with a 1-0 win at home over Rio Ave, Nélson Veiga netting on 35 minutes. Gil Vicente moved up to sixth place with a 2-0 win over Paços de Ferreira . Gregory and Williams got the goals in the first half. An at-times inspired FC Porto beat an on-the-night subdued Belenenses 2-0 Saturday, and the margin could have been greater but for an excellent display by Belenenses 'keeper Marco Aurélio, making his 200th consecutive appearance for the club. His Porto counterpart Vítor Baía kept Belenenses out in an early flurry of opportunities for the Lisbon side, notably with a tip-over of a looping long-range volley from Paulo Sérgio. But it was Porto who took the lead with a maginificent goal on 18 minutes, Benni McCarthy picking up a pass from Diego on the edge of the box and swivelling to confound his marker Pelé and clip the ball low into the left-hand corner past Marco Aurélio's right hand. Belenenses rarely got to grips with Porto's marking and general dynamism, and it was the Dragons who scored again, (an off-side) Jorginho latching onto a back-heel by McCarthy to choose his spot with only Marco Aurélio to beat. FC Porto will remain top, whether shared or not, only the rest of the jornada's games will tell. Earlier in the evening, Vitória de Guimarães had proved to be the less inept of the two as they beat Marítimo 1-0 at home, the useful Saganowski knocking in from close range after Mário Sérgio had taken advantage of an infantile mistake by Manduca on the right to cross low. Benfica made it two clear wins on the trot Friday, with an aggregate score of 7-1, five of the seven being scored by Nuno Gomes. Penafiel were the unlucky ones this time, and if they thought that they might stand toe to toe with the Lisbon giants, their presumption was knocked out of them within 12 minutes of the start, Nuno Gomes and Simão netting loose balls from set pieces. Simão's goal was a cracking half-volley after his free kick had bounced back off the wall. Benfica almost fatally took their foot off the gas in the second half, and on 80 minutes Penafiel's Marco Ferreira headed in from close range after a sweeping move upfield. But just three minutes later, a moment of inspiration from in-form Nuno Gomes, flashing home a cross shot after he had been put through by Petiti on the right, restored the two-goal cushion at 1-3 and it was plain sailing from there on in. On a more negative note for Benfica, the squad had stayed Friday night in a hotel in Porto ... and in the early hours of Saturday, the team coach was vandalised. Sporting missed the chance to go clear top of the Liga betandwin.com Monday when they went down 1-2 in Madeira to Nacional. The Lisbon Grande dominated for much of the game and went in front early in the second half, Brazilian striker Deivid unleashing a corker from a full thirty metres that flew into the top right hand corner of the net. On 67 minutes, however, a free-kick from the right was met by Sporting's Luís Loureiro, challenging for the ball with Alexandre Goulart, and the Sporting player succeeded only in glancing a header past his own 'keeper. Then on 79 minutes, Miguelito crossed from deep on the left for André Pinto to hit it first time and in. Earlier in the evening, Belenenses had dispatched luckless Vitória de Guimarães 3-1 in Lisbon. It was Vitória who went in front on 16 minutes through Benachour , but the northern side's fortunes dipped dramatically thereafter. Meyong equalised on 20 minutes from the spot, the same player headed in from a corner ten minutes into the second half (bringing his total for the season to five and making him the Liga's top scorer) and Silas effectively finished Vitória off ten minutes after that with a neat strike from a José Pedro pass. Vitória are in deep trouble, with no points from their four games and a goal difference of 2-10. At the weekend, Benfica registered the most resounding result, a 4-0 trouncing of a weak União de Leiria at the Luz. Nuno Gomes scored a hat-trick, following on from central defender Anderson 's scrambled goal on just three minutes. FC Porto could do no more than draw 0-0 at the Estádio Municipal de Braga against what is going to be a very difficult Sporting Braga. Paços de Ferreira beat Académica 2-1 at home with goals by Júnior and Geraldo in the last minute, sandwiching an equaliser by Marcel just before the break. Manú put Estrela da Amadora in front on 16 minutes at Rio Ave, but the home side clawed the game back with an equaliser by Gaúcho on 27 miutes and a winner by Marquinhos ten minutes from time. Vitória de Setúbal got all three points at home to Gil Vicente thanks to a Pedro Oliveira free kick on 14 minutes. Mancuso got Marítimo's first goal in their 2-2 draw at home to Penafiel, but then Roberto equalised five minutes into the second half, and in a burst of goals on 80 minutes, Youssouf put Marítimo in front again, and Roberto equalised again to give Penafial their first point of the season. The result led Marítimo to sack coach Juca. The team has just two points from four games. On Friday, Naval had squeezed a 2-2 draw out of Boavista at home. Guga put the visitors in front after only four minutes, Naval levelled on ten through Bruno Fogaça, Fary restored Boavista's lead on 37 but Cadu put through his own goal from a free-kck on 58 to give Naval another point in their quest to survive in the top division.
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