Topic: Portuguese League - Liga Portugal 2023/24 - page 25. (Read 4586 times)

Porto wo against league newcomers Farense, but it was tough game for them. It was quite typical game between big team and underdog, but we can't say that Farense didn't had their moments. Even after Porto made score 2:1 on 100th minute, Farense had great moment to score, but their shot was saved by Diogo Costa.

IMO, Di Maria is great signing, despite that few recent seasons wasn't great for him. He is 35 years old already, but he still can be 90 minutes player and seems that his role in Benfica will be very important.

Benfica ended up winning the game, with 2-0, after the substitutions made by the coach. What I've seen in these two championship games is that the coach is still doing a lot of tests, and that has generated greater difficulties for the team. I don't know if this is intentional or not, but he probably prefers to risk more now, in order to make the team more competitive later in the season.

Now, when it comes to divestment in the team, I don't agree with you. Only two really important players would leave: Grimaldo (end of contract) and Gonçalo Ramos (sale). It can be tricky to find replacements, but I don't think it's too complicated a task. What I've seen is players who did very well the previous season, and this season they still aren't in shape, as is the case with João Mario.

In addition, signing Di Maria - who despite the idea continues to play very well, means that they are disinvesting in the squad.

Watched Benfica - Estrela game. Benfica dominated it, they were better team on pitch as expected, but it wasn't easy game for them at all. And it's already trend that all main title contenders struggle in few first rounds. Referee decided not to give penalty against Benfica after VAR review. I think it was right decision because for such handball it would be cheap penalty. In the end Estreal players looked visibly tired and weren't capable to try to make score  1:1. Benfica scored 2nd goal and closed the game.
Porto - Farense game will be played on Sunday.

well, until the moment I'm writing this post, there are only a few games left to close the round, so I'll talk about the games that have already ended and the games that are still being played. braga played against Chaves, it was a game with many goals and braga won the game, in this game braga scored 4 goals but conceded 2 goals, i think that despite this very important victory achieved by braga in this game, they need to improve their defense of them, in the last game, Braga also conceded a goal. yesterday Sporting won its game against Casa Pia, it was Sporting's second game in the league and also the second victory that they achieved with a lot of difficulties, so I don't see Sporting as a strong candidate to win the League

gil vicente who played against vitoria and unfortunately lost, with this result vitoria has 2 consecutive victories, they still haven't lost in 2 games played in the league. while gil vicente has a victory and a defeat. boa vista is playing against portimonense while i write this post of mine and boa vista has already scored 3 goals and has not conceded a goal until the moment i write this post of mine, so i see boa vista coming out with victory in this game, i doubt it very much that the Portimonense will be able to come out victorious in this game knowing that even in the 1st half they are losing by a difference of 3 goals.

we have the Benfica game that is currently playing, funny that Benfica had an odd of 1.08 if they won in this game, it was as if all bookmakers were very confident that Benfica would easily win in this game, but what is being seen on the field and another thing, for example the 1st half has already ended and benfica didn't score a goal, so it's being a difficult game for benfica that even has more possession of the ball but in 14 shots only 2 shots were on target, honestly this benfica didn't will be champion this season as expected from benfica. this is because whenever benfica wins the league in the following season it beats its best players and plays poorly. Tomorrow we will have the match between Porto and Farence, in my opinion I only foresee one result in this game, which will be an easy victory for Porto. I see Porto being champion this season

Here's the second journey, what can we expect?


MATCH DAY  2:
^{18.08. 20:15} Casa Pia vs Sporting
^{19.08. 15:30} Vit. Guimarães vs Gil Vicente
^{19.08. 18:00} Chaves vs Braga
^{19.08. 20:30} Benfica vs Estrela Amadora
^{19.08. 20:30} Portimonense vs Boavista
^{20.08. 15:30} Estoril vs Rio Ave
^{20.08. 18:00} Porto vs Farense
^{20.08. 20:30} Vizela vs Arouca
^{21.08. 20:15} Famalicão vs Moreirense
_{Info: day.month. time (Lisbon time)}

the games have started, the first game that I will comment on will be about the match between braga and chamalicao, this was a game in which i predicted that braga would be able to win the game, but braga despite being the first team to score a goal very early on, surprisingly they conceded 2 goals and lost the game, it was a rather shocking outcome in my opinion. Braga had an early advantage and could at least have managed to come out with a draw, but going out with a defeat in such a scenario was something quite shocking. then there was the game between gil vicente against portimonense, in this game gil vicente scored 5 goals and did not concede a goal, it was a spectacular victory and an incredible way to start the league. Casa Pia also won in their game against Farense, in this game it was evident that Casa Pia was superior and scored 3 goals and did not concede a goal, this was also an excellent way for Casa Pia to start the league

sporting won in their game against vizela, it was a game that honestly i would say that despite sporting having won this game has a taste of defeat, i say that because sporting was able to score 2 goals early and in two minutes he scored 2 goals and until the 74th minute they were winning without conceding a goal, but it's unbelievable that at the 75th minute the guys conceded 1 goal and 2 minutes later they conceded the second goal, honestly it was a bucket of cold water for all the players and the coach, having an outcome like that makes the fans sad and sporting was lucky to score the 3rd goal in the final minutes of the game. the sporting player Viktor Gyökeres is an excellent striker, he managed to create opportunities to score a goal, it was an individual merit of his, but sporting's defense was horrible

rio ave won at home in a game in which its opponent was reduced to 10 players very early, with that rio ave had a chance to win the game. Arouca who played against Estoril and managed to win, that was a game in which they had 7 goals, what is most interesting in this game is that at 10 minutes Estoril scored a goal and was winning the game, until 20 minutes when Arouca scored the equalizer, but at 37 minutes arouca was left with only 10 players and estoril scored the second goal, 8 minutes later arouca scored the second goal and the game was again in a tie. then estoril scored the 3rd goal and focused on the advantage again, but to estoril's misfortune and that 3 minutes later arouca scored the equalizer and at 90 + 6 minutes arouca scored again, with that arouca won the game

Porto started to lose in the game against Moreirense, but Porto made an effort and won the game. on the other hand, its biggest rival benfica lost in a game with red cards and controversy. With this scenario I see Porto with much more chances of becoming champions, we will see in the next round how Benfica will do

I think Braga was a bit tired from the Champions League game no matter that they won it 3-0 the first leg and most probably they are already looking up in the return leg which will be played exactly today so most likely they conserved their forces for this encounter which is extremely important for them as if they qualify which most likely they will do they will go directly in the group stages of the Champions League and this will be a huge achievement for them and that is why I don't consider the first game lost at  home from Braga as a huge surprise result,sure it is a surprise result but not that big of a surprise.

We saw 2 different results in yesterday's season opening match between two teams that were in the championship race last season.Porto started the second half defeated with a goal early in the second half and won the match 2-1 with 2 goals in 7 minutes. Porto dominated the match and won the first match away from home.
In the Boavista-Benfica match, last season's champion Benfica was defeated away. In the first half, Benfica led 1-0 with di maria's goal despite a good game. At the beginning of the second half, Benfica lost its offensive power as they were reduced to 10 men with Musa's red card. Despite leading 2-1 in the 75th minute, Benfica lost 3-2 with 2 goals in the last minutes and started the season with a defeat.

Probably I managed to lost money on one of their loses this season, could foreseen this is maybe only lost match this season, and it had to be one that i was waiting for money

after scoring for a second lead 1:2, I thought it is a done deal, but Boavista managed to equalize, and then score a winner in overtime, with 10 men on the pitch
hurts, but congrats to black/white team from Porto city

Rodger Schmidt, the head coach of Benfica, is doing an excellent job of establishing his squad from its competitors. Benfica lost to Boavista FC; the visitors were very unlucky in the game; after putting out all of their primary operations to win the game, it turns out that they are still considerably behind. Benfica's hesitant performance would have come from Petar Musa's red card in the frontline; they couldn't replicate the same enthusiasm level they had in the first half. We expected a draw tie, but Boavista stepped up and made the difference in extra time.

First round was very interesting and difficult for main contenders. Boavista win against Benfica is probably main upset. After Musa from Benfica god red card and score become 1:1 few minutes later, things didn't looked good for Benfica. They managed to take a lead again, but Boavista didn't gave up. Score become 2:2 on 90 minute and when it already looked that it will be final score, Boavista caught Benfica on counter attack, Bozenik scoring his 2nd goal.
Porto win was difficult, but it was different kind of game. Moreirense scored their only goal with 1 shot on target in total.