Topic: Portuguese League - Liga Portugal 2023/24 - page 4. (Read 5289 times)

The match between Benfica and Braga is a big match in the Portuguese League that holds a long rivalry. For this kind of match you can see how intensed it was as the drama and excitement was never lacking in the match as the fans were both pleased whilst watching their team play. The match was pretty quite intensed and fierce and you can see that in the scoreline.

 ⁠Benfica though were able to go through to be able to secure a last minute win in the match despite all odds. They could find the back of the goal and you can see how frustrated the Braga players were after that goal. Talking about Di Maria, yes that foul was pretty hard and ordinarily, you’ll think he’ll be out already because of the weight of the inuury.

 Well he was able to still continue unharmed and that shows how strong he is. For the match between Vitoria Guimaraes and boavista, there was a red card in that match for Boavista which left them frustrated and the home team were able to take advantage of that event. Now this gives the home team the advantage to be able to get to an European competition next season and with the right mentality, it’s going to be quite possible.

 The match between Porto and Sporting was another thrilling match that still had its excitement, Porto were able to maintain the lead until Sporting were able to get a come back goal that got the match to draw. The goal scorer was really up and doing in the match and that showed his ability to be able to step in, with this result the match was able to keep up Sporting stand for the title as good strength. Well going forward I think this league truly has its own excitement and it’s becoming fun to watch now.

I think that if that Sporting player hadn't been sent off (which he was sent off well), Sporting would probably have scored the third goal. They were playing very well in the last 20 minutes of the game, and after equalizing they had everything they needed to score a 3 goal.

I already thought that I lost my bets because for 85 minutes Sporting played poor game and didn't had any moments in whole game. But then, I have no words. This probably summarizes Porto season and why they're 18 points behind Sporting. Still, don't get why Gyokeres was realeased only after substitution.
If there was doubts about Sporting becoming champions, now it's all clear. 3 rounds remaining and they're playing against weak teams.

Congratulations, you were right in your prediction, both teams scored and the game had 4 goals. It was a game in which Porto started very well, scored the first goal, caused danger to Sporting's defense and in the 1st half Porto scored the second goal and they came out of the 1st half winning without conceding a goal. I confess that I really thought that the game was already won and that in the 2 half all the port needed to do was continue playing as well as they were doing in the 1 half. When the 85th minute arrived I immediately thought that the game would end with Porto's victory, because Porto were winning the game by 2 goals. But I was shocked when I saw Sporting's goal in the 86th minute and in less than 1 minute Sporting scored the second goal, the Porto coach's irritation was visible on the field. With this draw from Sporting, I think Sporting is champion. I no longer see any remaining team being able to make Sporting lose points. Gyokeres was Sporting's hero in the game against Porto

There are three rounds left, and Sporting is 5 points ahead of Benfica, it seems to me that during this time Benfica will not be able to change anything. Both teams have not the most difficult opponents, and even if Sporting loses one game, it will not be enough. Moreover, Sporting is in excellent shape and they didn’t even lose to Port away, Győkeres scored a double in two minutes, and it looks like he will be the league’s top scorer.

If Porto had completed this match without conceding a goal in the last minutes, they would have had the chance to get an important win for themselves and maybe for Benfica.They are now in a race with Braga and will play the other matches in stress despite being 1 point ahead.

Benfica managed to beat Braga at home.Braga, who was ahead at half time, could not withstand Benfica more and was defeated with 3 goals in the second half.The competition between the teams is heating up with 3 weeks left until the end of the league.Braga is right in the middle and while there is 1 point difference between Porto and Guimaraes, the point difference between them is 2. It seems that who will finish 3rd, who will finish 4th and who will finish 5th will continue excitingly until the last week.

Porto is long gone from the title fight yet I have to agree with you that the way how they lost the lead as they conceded 2 goals in just 2 minutes in minutes 87th and 88th while they were leading 2-0 from quite a long time.I think the players thought they had already won the game and let their guard down,something that totally devastated them in the end.Sporting showed that they were still in the game and although they would have been still 4 points ahead even if they had lost,the fact that they are 5 points with just 3 games left to play is better.

Porto lost an important 3 points by drawing 2-2 in a match in which they led 2-0.Porto, who led 2-0 in the first half with goals from Evanilson and Eduardo, could only get 1 point from this match with the goals they conceded towards the end of the match.They had the potential to beat their opponent, but unfortunately they could not stop the consecutive goals scored by Gyökeres in the last minutes.Porto could not open the point difference with Braga with this draw, while Sporting could not maintain the point difference with Benfica.2 Since both teams have different goals, this match was of great importance for both teams.I don't think the draw was a score to be happy about for both teams.

Sporting vs Porto was very unfortunate match because Sporting had to accept draw and share points with Porto, this was clearly loss for Sporting even though they were still at the top of the standings with difference of 5 points from Benfica.
What was really surprising was that Sporting fell behind with 2 goals to Porto in the first half but it was quite impressive that in the second half Sporting was able to score 2 goals as well to avoid defeat.
Porto game was really great even though they had lost in terms of dominance of the game and possession of the ball.

Benfica experienced different thing, who managed to win against Braga and this victory gave Benfica full points to get closer to Sporting, Braga itself failed to match Porto who was in third position.
However, the difference between Braga and Porto is now 1 point, where previously they had the same points, there is still possibility that Braga can fight for the top 3 positions this season.

If to look just at final score, it may look like easy game for Benfica, but actually it was so complicated as Benfica only took a lead on 85 minute. That red card and hard fould only show frustration of Braga player when his team is losing. Fortunately Di Maria wasn't injured because it could have ended much worse.
Watched about of Vitoria Guimaraes - Boavista yesterday. Wasn't most exciting game, red card didn't let Boavista to fight for positive result. While Guimaraes is still fighting for place in UEFA tournament.
Porto - Sporting already started, went witg BTTS and over 2.5 goals. Sporting can make another step towards title, while Porto needs win to get ahead of Braga. A bit strange that Gyokeres is left on bench.

Benfica 3-1 Braga

On paper it was a complicated game for Benfica and when the game started and Braga scored the first goal, I immediately thought it would be a game in which Benfica would lose, because Braga were playing very well and created opportunities for they scored goals, they just didn't score many goals because Benfica's goalkeeper did very well in that game and he is to be congratulated. Benfica's defense was easily broken by Braga's attackers and the 2 half ended with Braga's victory. which in my opinion was a deserved victory. but in the 2nd half, benfica started the game well by scoring the equalizer early

With that, I immediately became hopeful that Benfica would come out victorious in this game. But the minutes of the game were passing and I didn't see any more goals, when the 84th minute of the game arrived and Benfica scored the second goal, I was convinced that Benfica would win this game. Then came the red card for the Braga player and in my opinion the referee acted very well in giving the red card.

The Braga player put emotions into the game and because of his anger he committed an unnecessary foul:



When a player has this type of attitude, it hurts the whole team, with the expulsion of the brada player because of his bad attitude, it made it easier for Benfica to score the third goal. Also the Braga player will not play in the next game. Now Benfica needs to pray for Sporting to lose tomorrow and in the next game and Benfica would have to win in all the next games if they want to be champions. It is still possible for Benfica to dream of the title 

Benfica has a golden moment to shorten the distance with Sporting although I doubt that would be enough in order for them to have even a remotely slim chance of winning the Liga Portugal this season.Of course I am assuming a lost game of Sporting against Porto which is very difficult to happen for the simple reason that Porto is not the Porto of recent years where they have always been fighting for the title themselves so I don't see that Sporting is going to lose this game.I think in the end if Sporting wins the title it will be the most righteous outcome as they have been playing better than any other team during this season so I don't complain as they fully deserve it.

These are two matches of the top 4 team and of course this match is quite interesting for all Portuguese football fans, they will see big teams meet to compete for victory.
Benfica is the favorite in the match against Braga and Sporting is the favorite in the match against Porto, after all Sporting maintains its position to win the title this season and Benfica is runner-up.
For several seasons these four team have also been the most dominant because they are the strongest team and always occupy positions 1 to 4 alternately, Benfica itself is the most successful team in winning titles.
This season, Sporting has the opportunity to win the title after last season the title was won by Benfica and Sporting only finished in the top 4.

On this match day 31 we will have two big games: Porto vs Sporting and Benfica vs Braga.
Let's say these are the decisive games of the season. What will be the results?


MATCH DAY 31:
^{26.04. 20:15} Gil Vicente vs Arouca
^{27.04. 15:30} Casa Pia vs Chaves
^{27.04. 15:30} Vizela vs Rio Ave
^{27.04. 18:00} Benfica vs Braga
^{27.04. 20:30} Vit. Guimarães vs Boavista
^{28.04. 15:30} Portimonense vs Moreirense
^{28.04. 18:00} Estoril vs Famalicão
^{28.04. 20:30} Porto vs Sporting
^{29.04. 20:15} Estrela Amadora vs Farense
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