English
Santa Clara edged out Rio Ave with a narrow 1-0 victory in a tense match played at the Estádio de São Miguel in Ponta Delgada, Azores. The lone goal came in the 36th minute, courtesy of Vinicius Lopes, assisted by Diogo Calila. The game was characterized by its physicality, resulting in a total of five yellow cards: two for Santa Clara (Serginho and Araujo) and three for Rio Ave (Tiknaz, William, and Amine). Despite Rio Ave’s higher possession (57%), Santa Clara proved more clinical in front of goal, registering 10 shots on target compared to Rio Ave’s 4. Statistics show a numerical superiority in shots (10 to 4) and corners (6 to 2) for Santa Clara, despite Rio Ave’s higher possession. However, the Santa Clara victory was hard-fought and reflected the competitive balance of the match.
Substitutions rio ave: at minute 42 B. Aguilera Zamora came in and D. E. Tiknaz went out., at minute 42 V. Sousa came in and T. Morais went out., at minute 66 Fabio Ronaldo came in and Kiko Bondoso went out., at minute 78 A. Hassan came in and M. Neto went out., at minute 78 Amine came in and J. Novais went out.
Substitutions santa clara: at minute 69 F. Venancio came in and Matheus Pereira went out., at minute 69 P. Ferreira came in and G. Klismahn went out., at minute 76 Lucas Soares came in and Diogo Calila went out., at minute 76 B. Almeida came in and Serginho went out., at minute 87 Daniel Borges came in and Vinicius Lopes went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Santa Clara
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