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Sporting Braga vs Sporting CP Lisbon Report

Tom Kundert, January 16 2012,
Braga scored a crucial win over Sporting on Sunday night to leapfrog their rivals from Lisbon and move up into 3rd in the table - the last place giving access to next season's Champions League.
There was little goalmouth action in the first half, with Rui Patrício's save from Marcio Mossoró the closest either side came to breaking the dealock.

The second half started with a bang as Sporting midfielder Matias Fernández was unlucky to see his shot cannon back off the post.

Braga took the lead shortly afterwards as Hélder Barbosa got on the end of a Lima pass and opened the scoring.

Lima himself scored Braga's second in the 64th minute, capitalising on a mistake by Sporting centre-back Alberto Rodriguez.

The visitors gave themselves hope of taking something from the game when Carrillo pulled a goal back on 74 minutes, but Braga held on without much difficulty to secure all three points.

Sporting Braga vs Sporting CP Lisbon

Date: Sunday, 15 Jan 2012
Time: 15:15 ( US/Eastern )
Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Live/Repeat: Live
Venue: Estádio AXA (Braga)

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