Jornada 6: It’s A Big Week For Those Called ‘Braga’

Porto are out of first place already in what probably amounts to their shortest run at the top since I can remember. Unreal. Benfica are actually above both of the other “Big 3″ at this point, sitting third on 12 points after a 2-1 win over Naval this past weekend…

Trofense 0 – 0 Académica
Belenenses 1 – 1 V.Guimarães
Porto 2 – 3 Leixões
Marítimo 1 – 1 Rio Ave
Nacional 1 – 0 V.Setúbal
Benfica 2 – 1 Naval
P. Ferreira 0 – 0 Sporting
Braga 5 – 0 E. Amadora

Heroes of the Week — Braga (the midfielder who plays for Leixões) and Braga (the team) — After Lisandro knotted the match at two for Porto in the 60th minute, midfielder Braga put Leixões ahead for good by scoring his second goal of the game in the 78th. See his heroics with the YouTubage below…

Annnd Braga (the team) smoked formerly high flying Estrela da Amadora 5-0. Practically everyone got involved in the scoring, including Hugo Gomes (clearly not Nuno’s brother: this guy was actually able to find the back of the net) of E.d.Amadora who opened his opponents’ account with an own goal you can peek at for yourself below.

Goats of the Week — Sporting (And I’m Thoroughly SICK of Putting Them Here) — Can you tell I write the Sporting blog as well? It’s not Porto this week. They got beat by a team that’s clearly going through a hot spell and they actually managed to SCORE. TWICE. Sporting, on the other hand, decided to hand Paços de Ferreira their second point of the season. They must have been intimidated by the almost half filled stadium, which was teeming with a whopping 2,077 spectators. Yeah, that’s it.

Clean Sheets of the Week — Rui Patrício (Sporting), Paulo Lopes (Trofense), Eduardo (Braga), Peskovic (Académica), Bracali (Nacional), and Cássio (Paços de Ferreira).

Table (After 6 Matches Played)
1.) Nacional – 13
2.) Leixões – 13
3.) Benfica – 12
4.) Porto – 11
5.) Sporting – 10
6.) E. d. Amadora – 10
7.) V.Guimarães – 9
8.) Naval – 8
9.) Marítimo – 8
10.) Braga – 8
11.) Académica – 8
12.) V.Setúbal – 7
13.) Rio Ave – 6
14.) Belenenses – 3
15.) Paços de Ferreira – 2
16.) Trofense – 1

The league looks like it might actually shape up to be quite the tight race this year. I know it’s way too early to call it super exciting, but we can always hope!

Category: Super Liga