Tiago Petinga/Lusa
Draw. The derby of the Light Stadium between Benfica and Sporting ended with an equal ball, so the title’s decision is for the last journey.
The “lions” are in advantage and, if they win the Vitória SC at home (or equal the result of the “eagles” at home) are two national champions. In any case, this was a great quality game, intense, with occasions, emotions and an environment of those who should always be like this.
Exciting from the beginning
Great environment at Estádio da Luz and first part of great quality. Sporting only needed a draw to enter the last round of Benfica in the title fight, but did more than that and marked very early, in a strong and placed shot from Francisco Trincão from outside the areawith only four minutes played.
Benfica set off on the “lion” and, from now on, and created various bids of danger, but either the last pass did not come out in condition, or the shot was poor. The insistence on the moves in the center of the land was of quiet resolution by the Alvalade class.
The game continued boiling in the second half, with Benfica pressing with great intensity in the attack and even tied in 63 minutes. O Golo Foi de Kerem Aktürkoğlu, Mas A jogada magistral foi de vangelis pavlidiS, to fick everything and everyone in the large area, totaling four complete dribbles, before watching the Turkish. And after 76 minutes, Pavlidis hit the post. The game was crazy, but over the minutes, with stops and substitutions, began to lose intensity and no more goal came.
The game in 5 facts
1. Game with many duels
This was a very intense, fighting, resting game. Proof of this not only the many fouls (38) and the many duels, with both teams to set records of duels earned this time in the League: 79 for Benfica, 83 for Sporting.
2. A lot of benfiquista craving in dribble
Benfica tried everything, their players left for one against one without fear, but maybe that’s why they made a lot of dribbles. In all, it was 37 tempted dribbles, the team’s top this season, but the “incarnates” also equaled the maximum incomplete (24).
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The intensity with which Benfica played this game led the team to commit many fouls. In all there were 24, the team’s record this season, wanting the previous one was 19.
4. Sporting without contemplation
Benfica’s pressure was intense, sometimes resorting to the intersection and Sporting had no problem driving the danger pragmatically. In all, the “lions” performed 44 reliefs, ten (!) More than their previous maxim in the test.
5. “Lion” with minimum passes
With less ball than Benfica, Sporting also eventually made few passes due to the “incarnate” pressure. The “eagles” allowed only 3.2 passes to those of Alvalade until they performed a defensive action (PPDA), so the “lion” recorded its minimum passes performed in the test (278) and complete (220).
Better in the field
In the face of Benfica’s pressure, Diomande. The Central made a great game, with 15 defensive actions, highlighting three tackles, seven reliefs and three shot blocks. A mainstay.
