Sporting comes back with the infallible Luis Suárez

The Uruguayan Rodrigo Zalazar and the Colombian Luis Suarez They led Sporting this Friday to come back from their visit to Braga (2-3) at the start of the eighth day of the Portuguese Primeira Liga.

The classic between Sporting de Braga and Sporting de Portugal did not start in the best way for the visitors, since in the 41st minute the Mallorcan coach’s team Carlos Vicens took the lead on the scoreboard thanks to an own goal by the goalkeeper Rui Silva, former Betis player.

Triple key change

With the score against and Braga’s superiority at the beginning of the second half, Sporting turned to Suárez and the Uruguayans Maxi Araújo and Zalazar, who had started the game on the bench due to their recent commitments with their national teams.

These changes had immediate effect and the tie came in the 66th minute thanks to Suárez, who scored with a header to make it 1-1 and added his seventh consecutive game, including one in the Champions League, scoring with the green and white shirt. He has seven goals in the league championship, one behind Vangelis Pavlidis (Benfica), maximum achiever.

Second own goal of the match

The 1-2 was scored in the 71st minute, with another own goal, but with merit for Rodrigo Zalazar, much booed in his reunion with his old team.

The ‘charrúa’ born in Albacete started from the right wing towards the area and, when he crossed low, he saw how the Braga goalkeeper, Bernardo Fontes, It marked the second own goal of the night.

Zalazar was once again the protagonist in the 82nd minute, when he went from his field to the rival area and scored the final 1-3, although after the goal he was substituted due to discomfort in his thigh.

After two days with draws, Sporting returns to the path of victory and rises to second place, with 18 points, two more than Benfica, who will face Vitória de Guimarães on Sunday, while Braga (7th) moves away from the goal of getting on the podium.