Guimarães edges past Arouca in a thrilling encounter
Arouca, Portugal – Guimarães secured a 1-0 victory over Arouca in a Portuguese Primeira Liga clash that took place at Estádio Municipal de Arouca on Sunday. The match was punctuated by a series of yellow cards and the sending-off of an Arouca player, but an early goal by N. Oliveira was enough to decide the final score.
The game started at a high tempo, with Arouca dominating possession for the majority of the match. However, Guimarães proved more clinical in attack, and in the 14th minute, N. Oliveira capitalized on a pass from Kaio Cesar to make it 1-0.
From that point onward, Arouca pressed forward in search of an equalizer, but they found Guimarães’s defense resolute. The home side were hampered by a string of yellow cards, culminating in the dismissal of M. Rocha in the 81st minute. Despite playing with a man down, Arouca continued to pursue an equaliser but ultimately failed to breach the Guimarães defense.
The win allows Guimarães to collect valuable points at the start of the season, while Arouca will need to bounce back from this defeat.
Match statistics:
* Arouca: 64% possession, 8 shots (0 on target, 4 off target), 6 corners, 13 fouls, 7 yellow cards, 1 red card
* Guimarães: 36% possession, 10 shots (4 on target, 3 off target), 5 corners, 11 fouls, 2 yellow cards, 0 red cards
Key match events:
* 14′: Guimarães – N. Oliveira goal (Normal Goal), assisted by Kaio Cesar
* 22′: Arouca – Weverson yellow card
* 43′: Arouca – A. Trezza yellow card
* 47′: Arouca – M. Rocha yellow card
* 48′: Guimarães – B. Gaspar yellow card
* 62′: Arouca – D. Simao yellow card
* 75′: Arouca – H. Araujo yellow card
* 76′: Arouca – Jason yellow card
* 76′: Guimarães – Tiago Silva yellow card
* 81′: Arouca – M. Rocha yellow card
* 81′: Arouca – M. Rocha red card
Substitutions guimaraes: at minute 68 Manu came in and T. Handel went out., at minute 68 J. Ramirez came in and N. Oliveira went out., at minute 68 N. Santos came in and Samu went out., at minute 79 Ze Carlos came in and Tiago Silva went out., at minute 85 T. Arcanjo came in and Kaio Cesar went out.
Substitutions arouca: at minute 70 H. Araujo came in and A. Trezza went out., at minute 70 P. Gozalbez came in and D. Simao went out., at minute 77 Quaresma came in and Weverson went out., at minute 89 V. Morozov came in and T. Fukui went out., at minute 89 Alex Pinto came in and Jason went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
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