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31/10/09
FC Porto put in another pale display on Friday and dropped two home points to lowly Belenenses, whose resolute defending was enough to restrict an uninspired Porto attack to a single goal.
But it was Belenenses that scored first, the mobile Lima running through on goal practically from the kick-off for the second half and beating Hélton in the one-on-one. On 63 minutes, Fárias
hit home a loose ball to spare Porto's blushes, but the whistles from the crowd were a clear message: portistas are not enjoying the current patch of form.
FC Porto: Helton, Sapunaru (Rodriguez 53), Bruno Alves, Rolando, Álvaro Pereira, Fernando, Belluschi (Falcao 45), Raul Meireles, Mariano (Guarín 79), Farías, Hulk.
Belenenses:
Nélson, Mano, Rodrigo Arroz (Devic 44), Diakité, Barge, Gabriel Gomez, Celestino, Ivan, José Pedro (Fellipe Bastos 51), Lima, Fredy (Cândido Costa 77).
28/10/09
Sporting were asleep for the whole of the first 45 minutes at Guimarães
on Tuesday, allowing Vitória to dominate the game. Even so, it was Sporting that had the ball in the net through Caicedo, but it was disallowed for a dubious offside. and it was Sporting that went in front on 82 minutes, Liedson feeding
Matias Fernandez for a simple tap-in to an open goal. But Sporting could not keep it together long enough to secure the three points, and in added time, a poor headed clearance from Daniel Carriço fell to sub
Rui Miguel who teed it up for himself and sent it bouncing in past Rui Patrício's left hand from 20 metres to make it 1-1.
Vitória de Guimarães: Nilson, Andrezinho (Jorge Gonçalves 87), Moreno, Lazzaretti, Alex, Flávio Meireles, João Alves (Rui Miguel 87), Desmarets, Nuno Assis, Targino (Roberto 70), Douglas.
Sporting: Rui Patrício, Abel, Tonel, Carriço, Grimi (Pereirinha 45), Miguel Veloso, João Moutinho, Vukcevic (Saleiro 78), Matias Fernandez, Caicedo (Postiga 59), Liedson.
27/10/09
Benfica applied yet another thrashing to opponents at the Luz on Monday, beating Nacional 6-1. It was a closely-fought contest in the first half, with Benfica going in 2-1 up. On 17 minutes,
Aimar threaded a through ball on the left to Fábio Coentrão, starting after César Peixoto was injured in the warm-up, and his low cross was tapped in by Cardozo. Edgar Costa, in an offside position
from a pass by Rúben Micael, equalised for Nacional on 27 minutes, but Coentrão was in evidence again five minutes from half time, curling in a cross from deep on the left for Saviola
to beat his markers to the ball and nod in.
Four minutes into the second half, the game was practically over when Aimar faked a foul in the box and Cardozo scored from the spot. On 63 minutes, Coentrão once again centred, Cardozo fumbled, but
Saviola
picked up the loose ball and clipped it past Bracali's left hand. If things were bad for Nacional at 4-1, they got worse when captain Patacas was sent off for a second yellow five minutes from time. And then Benfica got their fifth, a free-kick from David Luíz that Braccali could only parry, with Benfica sub
Nuno Gomes following up to tap in. In added time, Nacional were reduced to nine when João Aurélio was deemed to have fouled Ramires as he entered the area, and Cardozo
got his hat-trick with a second penalty.
Benfica: Quim, Maxi Pereira, Luisão, David Luiz, Fábio Coentrão, Javi Garcia, Ramires, Aimar (Carlos Martins 72; Nuno Gomes 79), Di Maria, Saviola (Rúben Amorim 72), Cardozo.
Nacional: Bracali, Patacas, Halliche, Felipe Costa, Tomasevic (Pecnik 57), Cléber, Luís Alberto, Ruben Micael (Leandro Salino 72), Edgar Costa (Mateus 46), João Aurélio, Edgar Silva.
Benfica take over the top spot, which they last occupied just under 300 days ago, on equal points (22) with Sporting Braga. Next weekend will see a crunch Sporting Braga v Benfica at 'The Quarry'.
26/10/09
FC Porto kept in touch with the top on Sunday with a 3-2 win over Académica, but it was not an easy mission against a side that had a new coach (André Villas Boas) and were obviously
up for it.
After a frustrating first half, in which the Porto players heard some uncommon whistling from the crowd, the breakthrough was made by the ugly duckling of the Porto side, Mariano
González, with a header from the edge of the box on 64 minutes that fooled Rui Nereu. Mariano crossed for Farías
to get the second three minutes later, and it looked plain sailing from there on in. But Académica refused to lie down, and Miguel Pedro
scored with a swinging shot from outside the area fifteen minutes from time. But just when it looked like Os Estudantes might make a game of it, Farías
got a second, although he looked to be in an offside position. A goal from close range by Sougou
in added time, after he had controlled the ball with his hand, was too late to turn things around for the team from Coimbra.
F.C. Porto: Helton, Fucile (Sapunaru 4), Rolando, Bruno Alves, Álvaro Pereira, Raul Meireles (Guarin 68), Fernando, Rodríguez (Farias 57), Mariano, Falcao, Hulk.
Académica:
Rui Nereu, Pedrinho, Berger, Orlando, Emídio Rafael, Nuno Coelho (Éder 70), Cris, Tiero (Diogo Gomes 83), Sougou, João Ribeiro, Lito (Miguel Pedro 66).
Manuel Fernandes' début as coach of
Vitória de Setúbal brought a good crowd to the Bonfim and took Vitória out of the relegation places after a 1-0 win over Leixões. It could have been a more comfortable score, with Vitória hitting
the bar twice, the first a scandalous miss by Luís Carlos, but a Keita shot on 36 minutes was enough to separate the sides.
Vitória de Setúbal: Nuno Santos, Zarabi, Collin, André Pinto, Zoro, Vasco Varão (Álvaro Fernandez 64), Sandro, Kazmierczack, Hélder Barbosa, Luís Carlos (Alan 71), Keita (Rui Fonte 75).
Leixões: Diego, Laranjeiro (Jean Sony 62), Nuno Silva, Tucker, Nélson, Braga (Fábio Espinho 68), Wénio, Bruno Gallo (José Manuel 50), Hugo Morais, Tiago Cintra, Pouga.
Marítimo, with Mitchell Van Der Gaag making his league début as coach, saw off Paços de Ferreira, Ulisses Morais ditto, 3-1 in Madeira. Ozeia
put through his own goal on 38 minutes, and Djalma added another to give Maritimo a 2-0 lead going into the break, with Paços losing Manuel José to a red card. The Angolan striker
got another, two minutes into the second half, and Paços response from Leonel Olimpo on 71 minutes was just not enough.
Marítimo: Peçanha, Paulo Jorge, João Guilherme, Fernando, Alonso (Briguel 82), Bruno, Roberto Sousa, Marcinho, Manú, Baba (Kléber 77), Djalma (Claúdio Pitbull 64).
Paços de Ferreira: Cássio, Baiano, Ricardo, Ozeia, Jorginho, Manuel José, Leonel Olímpio, Pedrinha (Filipe Anunciação 46), Cristiano (Carlitos 77), William, Ciel (Mário Rondon 46).
25/10/09
Two records were broken at Rio Ave on Saturday: Rio Ave's of not conceding a goal at home (although they remain unbeaten), and visitors Sporting Braga's of straight wins. The game finished
1-1 and Braga can now be caught by Benfica if they beat Nacional on Monday.
Braga dominated the first half and could have gone in front after just five minutes, Meyong forcing Carlos into a fine save with a powerful drive from inside the box. But it was Rio Ave that took the lead,
João Tomás, against his former club, clearly bringing down centre back Moíses in midfield before taking the ball on and chipping it over the oncoming Eduardo. On the half hour, Braga were level with a superb
goal, a sweeping move taking the ball to the right wing where Paulo César crossed low for full back Evaldo to knock in at the near post.
The second half saw a much more aggressive Rio Ave side and a Braga who became increasingly desperate and ragged as the game wore on. The result was a fair one overall, but Braga coach Domingos Paciência
was justified in complaining about the manner of Rio Ave's goal.
Rio Ave: Carlos, José Gomes, Gaspar, Fábio Faria, Sílvio, Vítor Gomes, André Vilas Boas (Adriano 57), Wires, Bruno Gama (Tarantini 85), João Tomás, Sidnei (Chidi 67).
Sporting Braga:
Eduardo, João Pereira, Moisés, André Leone, Evaldo, Alan, Vandinho, Mossoró (Osvaldo 81), Hugo Viana, Paulo César (Adriano 76), Meyong (Matheus 61).
In Lito Vidigal's first game in charge at União de Leiria,
his side beat Naval with two goals in a six-minute period in the first half. Carlão got the first on 15 minutes, and strike partner Cássio
the other on 21. There were just 946 spectators at the 25,000 capacity Municipal stadium.
União de Leiria: Djuricic, Hugo Gomes, Bruno Miguel, Diego Gaúcho, Paulo Vinicius, André Santos, Pedro Cervantes, Silas, Pateiro (Ouattara 80), Carlão (Tiago Luís 89), Cássio (Vítor Moreno 71).
Naval: Peiser, Carlitos (Michel Simplício 53), Gómis, Diego, Daniel Cruz, Bruno Lazaroni, Godemeche, Alex Hauw (Baradji 46), Camora (Ouattara 77), Kerrouche, Marinho.
24/10/09
The Liga was back in action on Friday for the 8th jornada, Belenenses and Olhanense
both putting in scrappy performances that produced some chances but little coherent football. Belenenses tried their luck mainly from long range in the first half and Ventura was forced to make a couple of good saves, but it was Olhanense that got the ball in the net in the second half through Castro … only to have the goal disallowed for offside. The final result of
0-0 was a faithful reflection of the balance in the game … and the absence of anything approaching clinical finishing on either side.
Belenenses: Nélson, Barge (Fellipe Bastos 74), Rodrigo Arroz, Diakité, Tiago Gomes, Gomez (André Almeida 62), Mano, Celestino, Fredy (Igor 78), Ivan, Lima.
Olhanense: Ventura, Miguel Garcia, Anselmo, Sandro, Carlos Fernandes, Tengarrinha, Castro, Rui Duarte, Ukra (Nwokolo 78), Rabiola (Rui Baião 83), Paulo Sérgio (Rui Baião 83)
13/10/09
Nacional beat Belenenses 1-0 in Lisbon on Monday in a game that was delayed from the 6th jornada. It was an interesting, open affair, with Belenenses having most of the possession but
banking mainly on deep crosses and dead-ball situations, while Nacional defended stoutly throughout and broke viciously. It was on one of these breaks that they got the only goal of the game, moving swiftly down the
left-hand side before Salino broke into the area, shot past Nélson's right hand, the ball rebounded off the post and Anselmo
was on hand to knock it in to the open goal. Nacional had various other occasions to score, but it was Belenenses who had more, invariably thwarted by a resolute Bracali in the Nacional goal.
The result takes Nacional up to 5th, on equal points with Sporting in 4th, while Belenenses remain in 14th.
Belenenses: Nélson, Cândido Costa (Igor 73), Arroz, Diakité, Tiago Gomes, Gomez (Ivan Santos 63), Barge, Celestino, José Pedro, Lima, Adu (André Almeida 45).
Nacional:
Bracali, Patacas, Felipe Lopes, Clebão, Nuno Pinto (Wellington 66), Leandro Salino, Cléber, Rúben Micael, Abdou, Edgar Silva (Amuneke 56), Anselmo (Pacheco 72).
06/10/09
Benfica remained in touch with top team Braga on Monday, beating Paços de Ferreira 3-1 on their own turf. It was a devastating first half display from Benfica: David Luíz
headed in at the near post from a Carlos Martins corner on three minutes, Carlos Martins himself scored with a swerving shot from 35 metres on 22, and Óscar Cardozo
curled in a perfect free kick from 20 metres five minutes from half time. It could have been a rout had it not been for a couple of excellent saves from Cássio.
It was a different game in the second half, though, with Benfica sitting back on their lead and Paços finding a bit of fire. They pulled one back on 68 minutes, Cristiano feeding Maykon
in front of goal, but Paços had left themselves too much to do, and Benfica hung on relatively comfortably for the win.
Benfica: Quim, Rúben Amorim (César Peixoto 68), Luisão, David Luiz, Shaffer, Javi Garcia, Ramires, Fábio Coentrão, Carlos Martins (Felipe Menezes 45), Saviola (Weldon 77), Cardozo.
Paços de Ferreira: Cássio, Baiano, Ozéia, Danielson (Cristiano 32), Jorginho, Ricardo, Manuel José, Leonel Olímpio, Maykon (Roncatto 78 [Carlitos 84]), Ciel, Leandrinho.
Nacional jumped eight places in the table after beating Vitória de Guimarães 2-0
in Madeira. Nacional were by far the better team overall, but needed two penalties to mark their superiority. On nine minutes, Ruben Micael was brought down by Alex, Edgar
Silva netting from the spot. Then on 25 minutes, Custódio was adjudged to have handled, and Edgar got his second, also from the spot. Vitória coach Nelo Vingada will be under pressure now to keep his job.
Nacional: Bracalli, Patacas, Felipe Lopes, Clebão, João Aurélio, Cléber, Leandro Salino, Ruben Micael (Pedro Pacheco 88), Pecnik (Halliche 46), Mateus (Edgar Costa 71), Edgar Silva.
Vitória de Guimarães: Nilson, Alex (João Alves 61), Moreno, Lazaretti, Desmarets, Flávio Meireles (Douglas 37), Custódio, Marquinho (Jorge Gonçalves 46), Nuno Assis, Targino, Roberto.
05/10/09
FC Porto dominated Olhanense in the Algarve on Sunday to win 3-0. An unmarked Falcão headed in from close range on 14 minutes, and Bruno Alves
headed in at the back post on 45 to give Porto a comfortable lead going into the break. Hulk hit the post twice in the second half, but he was more effective when he fed Falcão
five minutes from time for his second, Porto's third. Argentinian midfielder Tomás Costa, on as sub for Belluschi, broke his nose in a challenge with Guga.
Olhanense: Bruno Veríssimo, Miguel Garcia, Sandro, Eder Baiano, Carlos Fernandes, Castro, Rui Duarte, Rui Baião (Guga 46), Ukra, Rabiola (Zequinha 81), Toy (Nwokolo 46).
FC Porto:
Helton, Fucile, Rolando, Bruno Alves, Álvaro Pereira, Fernando, Belluschi (Tomás Costa 78), Raul Meireles (Valeri 88), Mariano (Guarin 57), Falcao, Hulk.
Porto are now five points behind Braga but five points clear of Sporting, who could only draw 0-0 at home to Belenenses. José Pedro and Grimi both forced good saves from Rui Patrício and Nelson
in the first half, but neither side got much nearer scoring. At the end, Sporting were met once again with whistles and white handkerchiefs from the crowd.
Sporting: Rui Patrício, Abel, Tonel, Daniel Carriço, Grimi, Adrien, Angulo (Yannick 57), Vukcevic (Pereirinha 57), João Moutinho, Liedson, Hélder Postiga (Caicedo 66)
Belenenses:
Nelson, Mano, Diakité, Beto, Tiago Gomes (Gabriel Gomez 14), Celestino, Barge, José Pedro, Fredy (Fellipe Bastos 85), Yontcha (Freddy Adu 65), Lima
Leixões beat União de Leiria 3-2 after twice being behind in an exciting game at the Estádio do Mar. The inevitable Carlão
put União in front on 19 minutes, placing his shot from just inside the area. Léo headed Leixões level from a corner ten minutes later, and that was the way the two teams went in at half-time. Benítez
put through his own goal on 69 and perennial sub Zé Manuel made it 2-2 on 72. Then deep into added time, Mamadou handled in the area and Hugo Morais gave Leixões the points from the spot.
Leixões: Diego, Laranjeiro, Joel, Tucker, Benítez (Zé Manuel 71), Wênio (Sony 65), Cauê, Hugo Morais, Léo (Ruben 59), Tiago Cintra, Vinh.
União de Leiria: Djuricic, Bruno Miguel, Mamadou, Diego Gaúcho, Paulo Vinicius, André Santos, Panandetiguiri, Pateiro (Ronny 84), Silas (Kalaba 46), Cássio (Tiago Luís 65), Carlão.
04/10/09
Sporting Braga made it seven wins out of seven on Saturday, beating a combative Vitória de Setúbal 2-0
in Braga. After an early scare, with the powerful Keita through on goal but seeing his shot blocked by Eduardo, Braga had the majority of the play, illustrated by a flowing move on the half hour that saw Nuno Santos saving from Mossoró. Their cause was helped on 35 minutes when the busy
Luís Carlos was sent off for a second yellow, but they were still chancing their arm, Hélder Barbosa forcing a save from Eduardo on 40 minutes.
Inevitably, Braga took the lead on the hour, Paulo César finishing off with a toe-poke a sweeping move down the right between João Pereira and Mossoró. Two minutes later, Kazmierczak saw his free
kick from 25 metres crash against the bar. It was Vitória's last real chance, and the icing on Braga's cake came in added time, Hugo Viana
finishing off after Nuno Santos had made a fine double-save from Adriano and Mateus.
Braga will remain top whatever happens in the other games this weekend.
Sporting Braga: Eduardo, João Pereira (Filipe Oliveira 63), Moisés, Leone, Evaldo, Vandinho, Hugo Viana, Alan, Mossoró, Paulo César (Matheus 88), Meyong (Adriano 76).
Vitória de Setúbal:
Nuno Santos, Brigues (Zarabi 71), Zoro, André Pinto, Rúben Lima, Sandro, Djikinée, Kazmierczak, Luís Carlos, Hélder Barbosa (Regula 56), Keita (Diouf 80).
Naval
won their second game in three under new coach Augusto Inácio, 3-2 at home to Rio Ave. Wires
put Rio Ave in front from the spot on 36 minutes, but Naval drew level four minutes later in the same way through Diego. In-form Kerrouche
gave Naval the lead ten minutes into the second half, but it was all square again on 63 through Sidnei. Then six minutes from time, Kerrouche
got his second to give Naval the three points and inflict the first defeat of the season on Rio Ave.
Naval: Peiser, Zé Mário (Carlitos 46), Gómis, Diego, Daniel Cruz, Lazaroni, Godemèche (Michel Simplício 72), Alex Hauw (Baradji 66), Camora, Kerrouche, Marinho
Rio Ave: Carlos, José Gomes, Gaspar, Fábio Faria, Sílvio, André Vilas Boas, Wires (Adriano 59), Ricardo Chaves (Vítor Gomes 59), Bruno Gama, Sidney, João Tomás (Bruno Fogaça 69).
03/10/09
In his first game in charge, caretaker coach Mitchell Van der Gaag saw his Marítimo side win in style (4-2) at bottom club Académica. It was the Madeiran side's first win in
four games, a run that saw previous coach Carlos Carvalhal sacked.
Things started badly for Marítimo, with 'keeper Peçanha stretchered off after a goalmouth collision. But with his first touch of the ball, his substitute Marcelo cleared the ball long and low, Djalma
received it and was fouled, but Marcinho was following up to strike it crisply past Ricardo from the edge of the box. They were two up before half-time, Djalma involved once again, crossing from the left for
Babá, unmarked, to head in.
Early in the second half, Académica were back in the game, Sougou hitting the post following a free-kick, Marcelo saving from the rebound and Miguel Fidalgo
following up to tap in. But they were out of it again on 68 minutes when Babá beat everyone to the ball from a corner for his second, Marítimo's third. They made it four on 82 minutes when captain Bruno
, returning after injury, shot from outside the area. Sougou gave Académica a hint of hope a minute later, nudging the ball past the oncoming Marcelo, but there was not time to do any more.
At the end of the game, Académica announced that coach Rogério Gonçalves had been dismissed. Assistant coach Zé Nando takes over.
Académica: Ricardo, Pedrinho, Amoreirinha, Orlando, Emídeo Rafael, Amaury Bischoff (Miguel Fidalgo 45), Nuno Coelho, Cris, Miguel Pedro, Vouho (Lito 45), Sougou
Marítimo:
Peçanha (Marcelo 12), Paulo Jorge, João Guilherme, Fernando Cardoso, Alonso, Olberdam, Bruno, Marcinho (João Luis 93), Manú (Briguel 64), Babá, Djalma.
FC Porto will travel to the Algarve to face
Olhanense on Sunday in a leased 48-seater executive Airbus A 319, costing the club 40,000 euros.
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