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| Monday, 24 October 2011 22:40 |
Dazzling Sporting hit Gil for sixSporting 6-1 Gil Vicente A scintillating second-half performance pushed Sporting up into third place after they put six past Gil Vicente thanks to goals from Daniel Carrico (pictured), Ricky van Wolfswinkel, Diego Capel and Valeri Bojinov, the latter two each with a brace. Roberto provided Gil Vicente’s consolation.
The big surprise in Domingos Paciencia’s selection was the inclusion of both Matias Fernandez and Elias in the same side with Elias taking the central role and Matias on the right. Gil Vicente were without defender Claudio who had played every game and was the top scorer for the Barcelos side before this tie.
As has become habitual this season, Sporting scored early on, with the two centre-backs creating the goal. Seven minutes were on the clock when Gil Vicente failed to deal with a corner and the ball broke to Anderson Polga, who crossed for captain Carrico to head into the net. Gil Vicente looked menacing on break, using their pace in attack whenever possible with Laionel in particular causing problems for the Sporting defence.
Sporting held possession well but could not create many clear-cut chances in the first half. One of the best of them involved a neat interchange between Joao Pereira and Matias Fernandez, with the Portugal right-back attempting a deft chip that forced goalkeeper Adriano into a superb save to tip the ball over the crossbar. Gil Vicente suffered a setback after 25 minutes as Pedro Moreira, on loan from Porto, was forced off with an injury and replaced by Guilherme. However, the performance of substitute Guilherme, another loanee, from Braga, was impressive for the remainder of the game and softened the blow of the injury
Floodgates openedPaulo Alves’ side started the second half the brighter but when Ricky van Wolfswinkel won a penalty after 57 minutes, which he emphatically converted, it triggered what would be a goal-filled end to the game. It took just four minutes for Sporting to get a third, this time Joao Pereira’s ball in from the right hand side found the head of Diego Capel. Capel’s header had enough power behind it to ensure it went in despite Adriano’s valiant attempts to save.
That goal made Sporting’s victory almost certain and Domingos Paciencia soon made a change, replacing Matias Fernandez with Andre Carrillo. The young Peruvian has impressed so far in his time at Sporting and he made an instant impact off the bench.
Carrillo made a determined run into the box just moments after coming onto the pitch, and he found himself one on one with Adriano. His shot was well saved by the Brazilian keeper, but Diego Capel was on hand to easily nod in a fourth goal for Sporting.
Gil Vicente soon pulled one back after substitute Roberto impressively headed in a Luis Carlos cross for a consolation goal. In the scheme of things it was a deserved goal for the Gilistas who still attacked whenever they could. Another four minutes passed and Sporting had another goal. This time Valeri Bojinov got his first goal for Sporting after another driving Carrillo run found the Bulgarian in space. His low shot snuck just under the body of Adriano – unfortunate for the Gil Vicente goalkeeper who had a very good game.
Sporting and Valeri Bojinov weren’t finished there though and with the last kick of the game Bojinov grabbed his second and Sporting’s sixth from an Insua cross, with Carrillo again involved, to ensure a thumping win and keep the Lions’ winning run going. Domingos Paciencia’s side have now clocked up nine successive victories.
Sporting:
Rui Patricio, Joao Pereira, Polga, Daniel Carrico, Insua, Elias, Rinaudo (Diego Rubio, 70), Schaars, Matias Fernandez (Carrillo, 63), Van Wolfswinkel, Diego Capel (Bojinov, 74)
Goals:
[1-0] Daniel Carrico, 7 [2-0] Wolfswinkel, 58 (pen) [3-0] Diego Capel, 62 [4-0] Diego Capel, 65 [4-1] Roberto, 75 [5-1] Bozhinov, 79 [6-1] Bozhinov, 92 Richard Cole
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Would he make a better option for the seleccao than the hapless Rolando? Paulo Bento also knows him very well from his time at Sporting so im thinking he might be a better option. Any thoughts?
Sporting winning at home is huge. A 30,103 gate for Gil Vicente is impressive.
This score line will only bring more out to the games.
I feel sorry for Gil Vicente. They've played entertaining football. Hopefully results will start coming their way again.
Not to say that they are clear favorites to win anything, but I think this win is important because it puts them in line with the Classic "Big 3" in Portugal with a huge win over a mid table team.
Winning games 2-1 or 2-0 is one thing, but completely dominating a mid-table team (6-1 is pure domination) shows that a team is in great form. It was really, really important that with all of the changes made and money spent before this season that Sporting was able to turn things around and demonstrate that their poor form in recent years was not a show of terminal decline.
If Sporting can pull out at least a second place finish, or even go deep in the Europa League, it will reaffirm that Sporting is a force to be reckoned with, and form a distinct break from the dark years of the past several seasons.
Good job Paciencia! Lets keep them coming and give them something to talk about in the Europa League.
1. Head to head points,
2. Head to head goal difference,
3. Head to head away goals scored,
4. Goal difference,
5. Number of wins
Sporting is looking good. I keep scanning the roster to make sure I see at least 2 portuguese players to my surprise I saw 3...lol...
Next season with 3 possible in CL will give portugal an opportunity to move ahead of France since the bonus pts will kick in.
Forca Domingos