Braga eliminated from the Portuguese Cup by Vizela
Vizela qualified this Thursday for the third time for the quarter-finals of the Cup of Portugal, winning 1-0 against Sporting de Braga, holder of the present, who played an hour in numerical inferiority.
Nuno Moreira, at nine minutes, scored the only goal of the match, allowing Vizela to return to this stage of the competition, which they reached on two occasions, in 1983-84 and 1988-89, having fallen at Sporting’s ground in both editions. .
Sporting de Braga, which last season had raised the previous one for the third time, played with one less player since the 29th minute, when Abel Ruiz saw the direct red card, having been reduced to nine in the last minutes, by the expulsion of André Horta .
On Monday, in the quarter-final draw, in addition to Vizela and the winner of the derby between FC Porto and Benfica, there will be Tondela, Portimonense and Sporting, from the I League, Mafra and Rio Ave, from the II League, and Leça, of the Championship of Portugal. The fourth games will be played between January 11th and 13th, 2022.
game sheet
Game at the Estádio do Futebol Clube de Vizela.
Attendance: 1487 spectators.
Referee: Nuno Almeida (AF Algarve).
– Vizela: Pedro Silva, Igor Julião (Koffi Kouao, 53), Bruno Wilson, Aidara, Kiki, Marcos Paulo, Alex Méndez (Evrard Zag, 78), Samu, Kiko Bondoso, Nuno Moreira (Francis Cann, 78) and Cassiano (Kévin Zohi , 86).
Coach: Álvaro Pacheco.
– Sporting Braga: Matheus, Tormena, Raul Silva (Bruno Rodrigues, 46), Diogo Leite (Roger, 67), Yan Couto, André Horta, Lucas Mineiro (Al Musrati, 46), Francisco Moura, Lucas Piazón (Mario González, 46), Ricardo Horta and Abel Ruiz.
Coach: Carlos Carvalhal.
Goal: 1-0, Nuno Moreira, 9 minutes.
Discipline: yellow card for Francisco Moura (45 + 3), Igor Julião (51), Bruno Rodrigues (79) and Ricardo Horta (89). Direct red card for Abel Ruiz (29) and André Horta (89).
