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Braga Absolutely Dominates Arouca in a Match Marked by Early Dismissal
Arouca, Portugal – SC Braga convincingly defeated Arouca in a Primeira Liga match that was defined from the early stages. The early dismissal of J. Fontan, after receiving two yellow cards in the 15th minute, completely conditioned the development of the game.
Braga, with an overwhelming 85% possession, controlled the pace of the game from start to finish. Despite R. Horta missing a penalty in the 26th minute, the team quickly opened the scoring, thanks to an own goal by N. Mantl, also in the 26th minute.
R. Horta made up for his previous error by scoring a goal in the 31st minute, extending Braga’s lead. Another own goal, this time by Alex Pinto just before halftime, further consolidated Braga’s dominance.
In the second half, Braga continued to press and G. Lagerbielke sealed the match with a goal in the 71st minute. Arouca, with one player less and a testimonial possession of 15%, could barely trouble the opponent’s goal, adding only two shots, one on target and one off target. Braga, on the other hand, generated 18 shots, six of them on target.
The match, marked by Braga’s numerical and tactical superiority, leaves Arouca in a difficult situation in the standings.
Substitutions arouca: at minute 20 A. Sola came in and O. Fayed went out., at minute 46 D. Simao came in and E. van Ee went out., at minute 46 H. Lee came in and Puche went out., at minute 46 Alex Pinto came in and A. Dante went out., at minute 73 D. Nandin came in and A. Trezza went out.
Substitutions sc braga: at minute 60 Gorby came in and D. Rodrigues went out., at minute 60 V. Gomez came in and L. Lelo went out., at minute 60 R. Horta came in and J. Moutinho went out., at minute 72 Vitor Carvalho came in and P. Oliveira went out., at minute 78 F. Grillitsch came in and Gabriel Moscardo went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Arouca
SC Braga
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