Re: Portuguese bwin.com Liga
the three "grandes" won as expected
sporting won and was the best team. i didn't see the whole game but from what i saw sporting was clearly better. the penalty was clear but as for the red card i'm not sure... in benfica's game there was an equal situation and the red only showed a yellow card. but anyway, by the way the game was heading i think sporting would have won even withou costinha being sent off
liedson scored again with a fantastic header and brought justice to the game
porto crushed leiria and didn't even have to play that well. i don't think this leiria will eliminate leverkusen unless hey improve a lot. regarding porto, they're in great shape, won the 3 games against the teams which had won against porto last year and are ahead of the superliga. quaresma isn't playing well and adriano is injured but porto has managed to win the matches. the player that is impressing the most is meireles, his fitness and condition are impressive he runs the whole game as if it as only started.
in my opinion the ref had no influence in the game. porto's 2nd goal was illegal but bosingwa's wasn't so it made no difference
benfica, hasn't played well yet but in the 2nd half we already showed some good football. nacional didn't look strong as in past years but they have good player i think they'll improve. di maria and cardozo played well but for me the best players on the pitch were petit and rui costa. 1st win, i think things will start to run better on the championship, now the team is estable and will only improve but there's much work to be done
maritimo is surprising me but i doubt they'll be able to keep it up, although they have good players and an experienced manager
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