Portuguese Football in English
Braga 1-0 Porto
Ricardo Horta’s last second strike gave Braga the Taça da Liga on home soil in a hugely enjoyable final.
Both sides hit the woodwork and had chances to win it in the 90 minutes. However, it was Braga who snatched the cup with one of the last kicks of the game to win the trophy for Rúben Amorim’s side and continue his dream start in charge of the first team.
Portugal is a beautiful country that also happens to have some of Europe’s best football teams. This shouldn’t come as a surprise because some of the world’s best football players in the last 15 years are from this country.
Apart from the fact it is interesting to watch, many people like the Primeira Liga because it provides them with a lot of betting opportunities. However, unless you follow the matches up close, choosing a team to bet on is going to be difficult, especially nowadays. That’s why we want to show you which are the best football teams in the country.
The clubs below are known as “The Big Three”, which is a nickname given to the most successful Portuguese football teams. Once you read the article, take a look at the Betenemy online catalogue, where you will find bookmakers that have good odds for most football teams from Portugal.
Sporting and Vitória ousted in semi-finals
One week after the two teams met in the Primeira Liga (Braga winning at the Dragão), northern rivals Porto and Braga will go head to head again to decide who lifts the 2019/20 Portuguese League Cup.
Braga, who are hosting the final four stage of the tournament, beat Sporting 2-1 on Tuesday thanks to a last-minute Paulinho goal.
Tonight, Porto beat Vitória Guimarães by the same scoreline, but not without more late drama as Ivo Vieira’s side thought they had equalised in the 95th minute, only for the goal to be ruled out by VAR.
Liga NOS 2019/20 officially reached the halfway point in a dramatic weekend of action. Sporting lost the Lisbon derby against Benfica in what could be captain Bruno Fernandes’ final game for the club, while Porto lost ground on the defending champions as Braga stunned them at Estádio do Dragão, all taking place on Friday night.
However there was also a significant clash at the opposite end of the table as bottom two sides Aves and Portimonense battled it out. The former ended the match in triumph and saw a standout performance from a young rising star in Portugal, 21 year old Zidane Banjaqui, who is the PortuGOAL Figure of the Week.
Benfica have opened up a seven-point gap at the top of the Primeira Liga table with a 2-0 derby win over Sporting, taking advantage of FC Porto’s earlier loss versus Sporting de Braga at home on Friday night.
Having threatened to overturn a one-goal deficit at the Estádio do Dragão, a late blow from Paulinho earned Braga all three points in a 2-1 victory for Rúben Amorim’s men.
More late drama back in Lisbon powered Benfica onto a 14th consecutive league victory, with Rafa Silva getting his name to both goals in a 2-0 triumph over bitter rivals Sporting. Here's how Friday's Primeira Liga double-header unfolded.
