Sporting overcome Vitória SC with two goals in the second half

This Monday, the Sporting visited Vitória de Guimarães and won 2-0 for the 29th round of the Portuguese Primeira Liga. Pedro Gonçalves and Arthur Gomes scored the goals in the match, in the second stage.

With the result, Sporting reaches 61 points and remains calm in fourth place. Looking up the table, the club is seven points behind Braga, third and first in the Champions League qualifying zone. Vitória SC, on the other hand, is in seventh place with 41 points and is eight points away from reaching the G5 and playing for a place in a continental tournament.

Sporting’s next game is against Famalicão, at home, on Sunday, at 4:30 pm (Brasília time). Vitória now faces Marítimo, away from home, on Saturday, at 11:30 am. Both games will be valid for the 30th round of the Primeira Liga.

🎙️ 90 +2′ GOLOOOOOO!!! great goal @oarthurgomes in the final minutes of the match 👏
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— Sporting Clube de Portugal (@Sporting_CP) April 24, 2023

The game

The match started better for Sporting, who had much more possession of the ball and created more opportunities, despite being scarce throughout the first half. Even though they weren’t superior with the ball at their feet, Vitória de Guimarães were the ones who came closest to opening the scoring in the first 45 minutes, after André Silva pushed for the goal in a Michael Johnston cross, but VAR annulled the move for offside.

Right at the beginning of the second half, to ward off the scare taken, Sporting finally opened the scoring after three minutes with Pedro Gonçalves. With the advantage on the scoreboard, the visiting team did not give the home team more chances and insisted on killing the game in the 49th minute, with Arthur Gomes. Earlier, at 42, Sebastián Coates, from Sporting, had a goal annulled by VAR.