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24/09/05

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.

20/09/05

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.