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 | | Porto won the derby against Sporting8.10.2012 |
Porto won with 2:0 at home against Sporting (Lisbon) in the Portuguese Cup derby. The goals for the "dragons" realized the two Colombians Jackson Martinez and James Rodriguez. The victory equalized "blue and white" with Benfica at the top of the ranking, as both teams have 14 points after six games played this season.
Martinez opened the scoring in favor of Porto in the tenth minute, taking advantage of passing of Danilo.
In the second half Lucio Gonzalez missed a penalty and failed to realize the second goal in the door of citizens. In the 72nd minute Sporting stuck with ten people because of red card for Marcos Rojo.
Six minutes before the end of the regular time Rodriguez was accurate from penalty judged for violation of Khalid Boulahrouz against Jackson Martinez in the box.
After the sixth round Sporting is 11th in the standings with a total of only six points. On Friday, the management of "green lung" fired coach Ricardo sa Pinto.
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