Africa-Press – Cape verde. The Sporting team beat Travadores 2-1 yesterday, with two games to go before the end of the championship in Santiago Sul.
Despite the defeat, Travadores continue to lead the championship, with 46 points, one more than Sporting and Académica, the latter that won 1-0 against Unidos do Norte on this 16th round.
In the history of the game, the Travadores came in better and scored at the beginning of the match, through midfielder Edson, through a shot at the entrance of the penalty area.
After successive failures, first by Tozé and then by Alex, the leonine striker Sérgio, came on the scene and turned the result, drawing at the end of the first half and scoring the 2-1 goal at the beginning of the second half.
Title that runs away for 19 years
At a time when there are two days to go before the championship ends, the Travadores depend only on themselves to win the title that has eluded the red team for 19 years.
On the next round, Travadores face Boavista, out of the race for the title, and end the championship against Vitória, which already has guaranteed maintenance.
In the first match of the afternoon, Desportivo da Praia beat Vitória by 4-1.
Matchday 20 match results:
Thursday 14: Celtic 5 Eugenio Lima 0 and Boavista 4 Bairro 0
Saturday 16: Benfica 3 Fiorentina 0 and Unidos do Norte 0 Académica 1
Sunday, 17: Desportivo 4 Vitória 1 and Sporting 2 Travadores 1
In the standings, Travadores lead with 46 points, followed by Sporting and Académica (45 points), Celtic and Boavista (42 points), Desportivo (34 points), Vitória, Bairro and Benfica (17 points), Eugénio Lima (13 points) , Unidos do Norte (10 points) and Fiorentina (08 points).
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