Africa-Press – Cape verde. The Travadores beat Académica da Praia by 2-1 today, at Estádio da Várzea, taking the lead in the South Santiago regional football championship, with 35 points.
The three goals of the match were scored by central defenders, all in the first half of the match.
Lacraia, from Académica da Praia, opened the scoring with an own goal, then Alvinho made it 2-0 and Paulo reduced, with a penalty.
With this 2-1 result, Travadores lead the championship, with 35 points, two more than Académica, which suffered its first defeat in the championship and lost the lead.
In the first match of the afternoon, Unidos do Norte beat Tira Chapéu, by 1-0, and started to add 12 points, moving away from the relegation zone.
Matchday 14 results:
Thursday 16th: Benfica 1 – Boavista 5;
Friday the 17th: Relâmpago 0 – Bairro 2;
Saturday 18th: Desportivo 0 – Celtic 1 and Vitória 1 – Sporting da Praia 1;
Sunday 19th: Tira Chapéu 0 – Unidos do Norte 1 and Travadores 2 – Académica da Praia 1;
In the classification, Travadores lead with 35 points, followed by Académica (33), Celtic (29) Boavista and Bairro (28), Desportivo (22), Sporting (21), Unidos do Norte (12), Vitória (10), Relâmpago (09), Tira Chapéu (08) and Benfica, without any points.
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