Leixões goes ahead in the Portuguese Cup with a rout in Alentejo
The Matosinhos team won 5-0 at Vasco da Gama’s house, in Vidigueira, in the district of Beja.
Leixões, from the II League, advanced to the third round of the Portuguese Cup, after a quiet 5-0 rout at Vasco da Gama, from Vidigueira, in the district of Beja.
The Serbian central Calasan, at 39 and 5 minutes, forward Tiago Morais 42, Brazilian midfielder Rafael Freitas, at 67, and the forward Zé Eduardo, at 82, built the victory for the north.
In a game that started at the beginning and with few opportunities for control, Leixões only managed to control the game, but only managed to arrive after Moisés Conceição and Erivaldo exchanged opportunities in the attack.
In the 39th minute, following a corner on the right, Moisés Conceição, who had just moved to the left side of the attack, crossed again to the Alentejo area and central Calasan, with a header, opened the scoring.
Leix took advantage of the good moment and, in the 42nd minute, scored again, with Tiago Morais shooting towards the back of the goal, after the assistance of Erivaldo, the same player who, two minutes later, in the kicking of a penalty, increased the defense of goalkeeper Eduardo Barão.
In time, the team from the city of Matosinhos minutes was better than projected and second created good chances to increase the advantage, such as the shot from the middle of the Ivorian Zag, at 53.
The third attempt ended up coming, in the 65th minute, after a corner from the left side, with Zag making a first shot from the edge of the penalty area and Calasan, with a subtle touch, deflecting towards the back of the goal.
Leixões scored two more goals, at 67, by Rafael Freitas, with a long shot, and at 82, by Zé Eduardo, touching the goal line, while, at 70, Emmanuel Eze did not take the best opportunity for the home team, when they only had the goalkeeper in front of them.