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| Saturday, 09 April 2011 23:23 |
Stunning Yannick Djalo brace earns Sporting winSporting 2-0 Academica Two wonderfully taken first-half goals from Yannick Djalo and a series of outstanding saves from Rui Patricio gave Sporting a welcome three points against Academica at the Alvalade tonight.
It was only the Lisbon club’s second victory in 13 games, but it allowed the Lions to reclaim third place in the table, at least until Braga play Vitoria Guimaraes on Monday.
On a warm night in the Portuguese capital, good skill from Helder Postiga teed up an early chance for Zapater, but the Spaniard produced a weak shot that was easily gathered by Academica goalkeeper Peiser.
Both sides had goals ruled out for offside in quick succession. Carreno bundled the ball into the net from close range but the linesman had already raised his flag, and shortly afterwards Vukcevic nodded in a rebound after Polga’s header had thumped against the post, but again the officials made the correct decision in chalking off the goal.
Sporting and Portugal goalkeeper Patricio made an excellent diving save in the 25th minute to deny Hugo Morais, and his opposite number Pieser then athletically tipped over Polga’s header.
Spectacular strikeAn evenly contested game suddenly turned in Sporting’s favour with two quick-fire goals. In the 31st minute there did not seem much on as the ball fell to Yannick Djalo to the right of the box, but the striker cracked an unerring angled shot that arrowed into the top corner of the Academica net.
Watch Yannick’s superb opening goal:
Two minutes later Vukcevic dinked an excellent pass over the last defender for Yannick to run onto and produce a clinical lob over Peiser to make it 2-0.
Academica almost got straight back into it as Bischoff’s free-kick seemed destined for the top corner, only for Patricio to pull off a breathtaking leaping save. On the stroke of half time Bischoff held his head in disbelief as another perfectly struck free-kick, this time heading for the bottom corner on the opposite side of Patricio’s net drew another fantastic save from Sporting’s number one.
The second half began in exactly the same manner as the first, with Zapater making a mess of an excellent scoring opportunity. As the match deteriorated in quality, the chances dried up. Academica substitute Grilo had the best of them in the 69th minute, but could only head Diogo Valente’s inviting cross wide from close range.
Sporting were far from convincing but will be delighted to get a victory under their belts. As Andre Santos pointed out after the match, “a 3rd place finish, which is our main objective, is in our own hands.”
Goals:
[1-0] Yannick Djalo, 31
[2-0] Yannick Djalo, 34
by Tom Kundert
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Our players have the good feet, but they lack true footballing brains. Coaches need to refine these talents, and teach them a good mentality because that is what good, consistent form is based on; knowledge and esteem.
I didn't watch the match, so I'll go with everyone saying he looked great. But in matches that I've watched him, I just saw a guy that had pace down the line and not much else. If that didn't get him past the defender he got pushed off the ball easily. He's showed poor decision making and no creativity.
Can he still develop into an all around player? Yes. But he isn't Seleccao material yet.
In any case, a much needed win for Sporting.
and i want to share the other good news too..that eduardo play awesome against juventus,not as his usual..
and please somebody tell me that Yannick is truly a Centre forward..position that we're looking for right now
I really hope Bento can persuade Simao back onto our National team because it could be very important to our qualification campaign incase CR gets injured. We need this type of player with the leadership and experience on the frontline who can score important goals when our strikers go invisible.