2021 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

2021 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira Vodafone
EventSupertaça Cândido de Oliveira
(Portuguese Super Cup)
Sporting CP Braga
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Date31 July 2021
VenueEstádio Municipal de Aveiro
Man of the MatchPedro Gonçalves (Sporting CP)[1]
RefereeJoão Pinheiro[2]
Attendance7,710[note 1]
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The 2021 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira was the 43rd edition of the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira. It was played between the champions of the 2020–21 Primeira Liga, Sporting CP, and winners of the 2020–21 Taça de Portugal, Braga, on 31 July 2021. Sporting CP won the match 2–1 to secure their ninth Supertaça title overall and the first since 2015.[3]

Venue

Estádio Municipal de Aveiro

The Portuguese Football Federation announced on 27 July 2021 that the Estádio Municipal de Aveiro would host this season's Supertaça with 33 percent of its capacity filled by supporters of both clubs.[4]

This was the eleventh time the Supertaça was played at the Estádio Municipal de Aveiro, having hosted all Supertaça matches but two since 2009, both of them played at Estádio Algarve, in 2015 and 2019.

Background

The match marked the return of spectators to Portuguese football for the first time after a year and a half of absence, and was noted by the two captains of Sporting CP and Braga, Sebastián Coates and Ricardo Horta, respectively, by a message that saluted the supporters before the kick-off of the game.[5]

Match

Details

Sporting CP2–1Braga
 Report
Attendance: 7,710[note 1]
Sporting CP
Braga
GK 1 Spain Antonio Adán
RB 25 Portugal Gonçalo Inácio
CB 4 Uruguay Sebastián Coates (c)
LB 3 Morocco Zouhair Feddal downward-facing red arrow 80'
RM 47 Portugal Ricardo Esgaio
CM 6 Portugal João Palhinha Yellow card 17'
CM 8 Brazil Matheus Nunes Yellow card 49'
LM 5 Portugal Nuno Mendes
RF 28 Portugal Pedro Gonçalves Yellow card 44' downward-facing red arrow 83'
CF 21 Portugal Paulinho downward-facing red arrow 69'
LF 10 Cape Verde Jovane Cabral downward-facing red arrow 80'
Substitutes:
GK 81 Portugal Luís Maximiano
DF 2 Brazil Matheus Reis upward-facing green arrow 80'
DF 13 Portugal Luís Neto
DF 16 Portugal Rúben Vinagre
FW 7 Brazil Bruno Tabata upward-facing green arrow 83'
FW 11 Portugal Nuno Santos upward-facing green arrow 80'
FW 19 Portugal Tiago Tomás upward-facing green arrow 69'
Manager:
Portugal Rúben Amorim
GK 1 Brazil Matheus
RB 15 Portugal Paulo Oliveira
CB 34 Brazil Raul Silva downward-facing red arrow 46'
LB 5 Portugal Nuno Sequeira Yellow card 87'
RM 70 Brazil Fabiano Silva
CM 8 Libya Ali Musrati
CM 10 Portugal André Horta downward-facing red arrow 54'
LM 90 Brazil Galeno downward-facing red arrow 69'
RF 21 Portugal Ricardo Horta (c)
CF 9 Spain Abel Ruiz downward-facing red arrow 81'
LF 27 Brazil Fransérgio Yellow card 45+2' downward-facing red arrow 81'
Substitutes:
GK 12 Portugal Tiago Sá
DF 3 Brazil Vítor Tormena Yellow card 62' upward-facing green arrow 46'
DF 13 Portugal Tiago Esgaio
MF 7 Portugal João Novais Yellow card 90+1' upward-facing green arrow 81'
MF 78 Portugal Roger Fernandes upward-facing green arrow 69'
FW 19 Spain Mario Gonzalez upward-facing green arrow 54'
FW 99 Portugal Vítor Oliveira upward-facing green arrow 81'
Manager:
Portugal Carlos Carvalhal

Man of the Match:
Portugal Pedro Gonçalves (Sporting CP)[1]

Assistant referees:[6]
Tiago Costa
Nuno Eiras
Fourth official:
Gustavo Correia
Video assistant referee:
André Narciso
Assistant video assistant referees:
Ricardo Santos
Vasco Santos

Match rules[7]

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Seven named substitutes, of which up to five may be used during regular time.[note 2]

Notes

  1. ^ a b The match was played in front of a limited attendance due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal.
  2. ^ Each team was given only three opportunities to make substitutions, excluding substitutions made at half-time.

References

  1. ^ a b "Pedro Gonçalves eleito "Homem do Jogo Sagres"" [Pedro Gonçalves elected Sagres Man of the Match]. fpf.pt (in Portuguese). Federação Portuguesa de Futebol. 31 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  2. ^ "João Pinheiro dirige Supertaça" [João Pinheiro directs the Super Cup]. fpf.pt (in Portuguese). Federação Portuguesa de Futebol. 31 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Sporting CP conquista Supertaça" [Sporting CP wins Super Cup]. fpf.pt (in Portuguese). Federação Portuguesa de Futebol. 31 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Supertaça vai ter público" [Super Cup will have an audience]. fpf.pt (in Portuguese). Federação Portuguesa de Futebol. 27 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Capitães celebram regresso do público" [Captains celebrate the return of the public]. fpf.pt (in Portuguese). Federação Portuguesa de Futebol. 31 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Relatorio de Analise de Jogo" [Game Analysis Report] (PDF). fpf.pt (in Portuguese). Federação Portuguesa de Futebol. 31 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  7. ^ SAPO (28 May 2020). "Final da Taça com cinco substituições e Supertaça sem prolongamento". SAPO Desporto (in Portuguese). Retrieved 1 December 2020.