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Liga Zon-Sagres results: Fc Porto - Sc Braga

In a big football match, FC Porto won the Sporting Braga 3-2 and extends the distance to the closest title's rivals . At 4th matchday, Benfica is 9 points behind the leader, and with Sporting Lisbon and Sporting de Braga getting five points of the blues-white.

A game that will be remembered by all for a long time. It had all the ingredients to be a great game and the teams tried to cook it in an exemplary manner. The five goals are proof of that.
The Braga confirmed tonight at the Dragon to be a serious contender for the title. FC Porto is following unstoppable by leading the league with 12 points.

The stadium of the Dragon very well composed witnessed the first direct confrontation between the two main title contenders. The Braga in case of victory came to the top of the qualification, and has always been throughout the game a team that wanted to win, but they had to confront a strong Fc Porto, which now breathes tranquility and desire to win.

Twice the blues-whites had to chase the result. Hulk was a great figure in a game where debuted Otamendi in Andre Villas-Boas' squad. A journey where FC Porto won points for Sporting, Benfica and SC Braga.

The Braga scored first in the game in charge of a direct free-kick, -Luis Aguiar, shoot in exemplary manner and made the first goal of the night. 16 minutes had elapsed.
FC Porto after beeing losing immediately pushed the Sc Braga, but the goal arrived only the 33rd minute. Incredible Hulk's big move to the right, crossing and goal from Varela. The show was nice but the best came in the second half.

Both teams had as objective to win.The second half started the same way as the first had ended: with the Porto field, but with Braga peeking always Helton's goal.
Until after 61 minutes, Lima shoot from afar, for a great goal from the Brazilian striker. Was made it 2-1 for the Minhos.
The audience of the dragon always pulled for the team, and maybe that's why only for two minutes the Dragons were at a disadvantage. At 63 minutes did the Hulk 2-2 and fans were delirious.

Only gave FC Porto and the team demonstrated a capacity and willingness to achieve the winning goal, which eventually came on 70 minutes through Varela.
At a time when Andre Villas-Boas had already exhausted the replacements, Hulk who was instrumental in this victory of FcPorto, ended the game with many physical difficulties, but didn't want to leave the pitch, wich may reveal the spirit that lives nowadays in the Dragon.

At the end of the meeting André Villas-Boas highlighted the good game that 'the two best teams in the league " did. Fc Porto's Coach devalued also the advantage for the main title contenders, "I think it's too early to do math," said the coach.

Domingos Paciencia was a heartbroken coach at the end of the match. The technician found that the Porto took full advantage of the mistakes of Braga, -"Everyone saw that we handed the victory to FC Porto," referring to defensive mistakes of Braga. Although defeated, Domingos leaves the Dragon head up with the certainty that "Above all Braga proved that is a team that knows what it does."



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