The sport did not fail and he was the new leader

Sporting de Portugal beat Río Ave 2-0 on Monday, with goals from Paulinho and Marcus Edwardsallowing them to climb to the top of the Portuguese League, although with the same points as Porto.

Two goals in a tremendous first half were enough for the ‘lions’ to add a new victory in the championship, their fifth, against a Rio Ave team that barely interfered with Madrid’s goal. Antonio Adam.

The first goal came in the 10th minute and was the work of Paulinho. It all started with a start from very fast Marcus Edwards, who served the ball to the Japanese Hidemasa Moritawho entered the area and made a lateral pass for the Portuguese striker to score his fifth goal of the season.

After being at the source of the first goal, Edwards He scored the second in the 26th minute. The Englishman again used his speed to get into the area near the baseline and from there he took a shot from a tight angle that eluded the Rio Ave defenders, who were waiting. a cross from a position parallel to the goal.

Comfortable with the result, Sporting slowed down in the second half, but got a scare in the 50th minute, when Rio Ave made it 2-1 to Costanha, which was however disallowed due to a strict offside.

Trincao, whistle

In the 62nd minute, Ruben Amorim gave an entry to the former player of Barcelona Francisco Trincao, who, lacking confidence, once again showed a disappointing performance and was booed by his fans.

With the victory, the ‘lions’ reached the lead, which Boavista gave away when they lost on Sunday against Braga (4-1), and they did it with a better goal difference than a Porto that beat Gil Vicente on Saturday (2-1).

On Friday, Benfica-Porto

In this sixth matchday, champions Benfica, third, one point behind the lead, beat Portimonense 1-3 and will host Porto in Da Luz on Friday in an exciting classic .