Unlike other football associations that had representatives at the World Cup, the Portuguese Football Association allowed its clubs to play an extended version of the cup instead of friendly matches. And according to everything shown, it seems that Sporting had the most of it. Lately, they have been showing a fantastic game and it seems that hardly any team in Portugal can stop them. Since November, they have only victories, without a single draw, which is certainly very difficult to do in any league in the world. In the aforementioned cup, Sporting won the first place without major problems with a great goal difference of 13-0. In the first elimination game, they had, at least on paper, the most difficult opponent because Braga was waiting for them. However, what the Sporting players did to their big rival will be remembered for a long time. Already after the first 45 minutes, the result was an incredible 5-0 for Sporting. They seemed unstoppable in the first half, and what can especially please all the fans of this team is that Sporting played distinctly team football, without any unnecessary holding of the ball when organizing the attack. All three attackers scored goals (Trincao, Paulinho and Edwards) along with the great Pedro Goncalves and it is certainly encouraging that they are getting into shape at a time when they have to chase the points gap behind the other teams if they want to take a place that guarantees them participation in European competitions. In the last 6 games, Sporting has a really impressive goal difference of 23 goals scored and only one conceded, and on the home field in the last 5 matches they scored 19 goals and did not concede any! What the players need in this match is to find motivation against the worst team in the league and if they succeed, Pacos Ferreira will have a real result disaster.

As for the visitors, it is extremely difficult to say anything praiseworthy about their play so far this season. They are in the last place in the table with only two points won after 13 rounds played and are the only team in the entire league without a single win in the championship. On average, they concede two goals per game, but there is a good chance that that average will significantly worsen after this match. They have to look for their chance against the teams from the lower part of the table, and certainly not against the currently best team in the league. In 24 competitive games, as far as they don't know about victory, they have 8 tied games and 16 defeats. They achieved draws against teams of similar quality as them, while in meetings with much better opponents they always experienced defeats, often without scoring a goal. It is very difficult to expect greater resistance from the guests in this match because according to everything shown so far, they can be satisfied if they do not concede more than 4 goals in this match. The last 6 meetings between them went to Sporting, of course, and Pacos Ferreira did not manage to score a single goal in those matches. If Sporting breaks through the visitors' block in time, I believe that we can see two or three goals in the first half, which will only bring us a calmer end to the game.

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与其他有代表参加世界杯的足球协会不同，葡萄牙足球协会允许其俱乐部参加加长版的杯赛，而不是友谊赛。从所展示的一切来看，似乎体育队在这方面做得最好。最近，他们展示了一场精彩的比赛，似乎在葡萄牙几乎没有任何球队可以阻止他们。自11月以来，他们只取得了胜利，没有一场平局，这在世界上任何联赛中都是很难做到的。在前面提到的杯赛中，里斯本竞技以13-0的净胜球优势毫无问题地获得了第一名。在第一场淘汰赛中，至少在纸面上，他们遇到了最难对付的对手，因为布拉加在等着他们。然而，体育运动员对他们的劲敌所做的一切将会被人们长久地铭记。开场45分钟后，竞技队就取得了令人难以置信的5-0的比分。他们在上半场似乎势不可挡，尤其能让这支球队的球迷高兴的是，体育队踢出了明显的团队足球，在组织进攻时没有任何不必要的控球。所有三名攻击手(Trincao，保利尼奥和爱德华兹)以及伟大的佩德罗·贡萨尔维斯都取得了进球，这当然是令人鼓舞的，他们正在恢复状态，如果他们想要获得一个保证他们参加欧洲比赛的位置，他们必须追赶与其他球队的积分差距。在过去的6场比赛中，竞技队有令人印象深刻的净胜球，他们进了23球，只丢了1球，而在最近的5场主场比赛中，他们进了19球，没有丢球!球员们在这场比赛中需要的是找到对抗联赛中最差球队的动力，如果他们成功了，帕科斯·费雷拉将会有一个真正的结果灾难。

至于客队，本赛季到目前为止，他们的表现很难有任何值得称赞的地方。他们在13轮比赛后仅获得2分，排在积分榜的最后，是整个联赛中唯一一支没有赢得一场冠军的球队。他们平均每场丢两个球，但这场比赛后，平均丢球率很有可能会大幅下降。他们必须在面对积分榜上排名靠后的球队时寻找机会，当然不是面对目前联赛中最好的球队。在24场比赛中，在他们不知道胜利的情况下，他们有8场平局，16场失利。他们在与实力相当的球队交手时取得了平局，而在与实力强得多的对手交手时却总是遭遇失败，而且往往一球未进。在这场比赛中很难期望客人们有更大的阻力，因为根据目前所显示的一切，如果他们在这场比赛中不失球超过4个，他们就会感到满意。他们最后6次交手都是在竞技，当然，帕科斯·费雷拉在那些比赛中一球未进。如果竞技能及时突破客队的封锁，我相信我们可以在上半场看到两到三个进球，这只会给我们带来一个更平静的比赛结局。