2021 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

2021 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira Vodafone
EventSupertaça Cândido de Oliveira
(Portuguese Super Cup)
Date31 July 2021
VenueEstádio Municipal de Aveiro
Man of the MatchPedro Gonçalves (Sporting CP)[1]
RefereeJoão Pinheiro[2]
Attendance7,710[note 1]

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

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
  • Cabral 29'
  • Gonçalves 43'
Report
Sporting CP
Braga
GK 1 Antonio Adán
RB 25 Gonçalo Inácio
CB 4 Sebastián Coates (c)
LB 3 Zouhair Feddal  80'
RM 47 Ricardo Esgaio
CM 6 João Palhinha  17'
CM 8 Matheus Nunes  49'
LM 5 Nuno Mendes
RF 28 Pedro Gonçalves  44'  83'
CF 21 Paulinho  69'
LF 10 Jovane Cabral  80'
Substitutes:
GK 81 Luís Maximiano
DF 2 Matheus Reis  80'
DF 13 Luís Neto
DF 16 Rúben Vinagre
FW 7 Bruno Tabata  83'
FW 11 Nuno Santos  80'
FW 19 Tiago Tomás  69'
Manager:
Ruben Amorim
GK 1 Matheus
RB 15 Paulo Oliveira
CB 34 Raul Silva  46'
LB 5 Nuno Sequeira  87'
RM 70 Fabiano Silva
CM 8 Ali Musrati
CM 10 André Horta  54'
LM 90 Galeno  69'
RF 21 Ricardo Horta (c)
CF 9 Abel Ruiz  81'
LF 27 Fransérgio  45+2'  81'
Substitutes:
GK 12 Tiago Sá
DF 3 Vítor Tormena  62'  46'
DF 13 Tiago Esgaio
MF 7 João Novais  90+1'  81'
MF 78 Roger Fernandes  69'
FW 19 Mario Gonzalez  54'
FW 99 Vítor Oliveira  81'
Manager:
Carlos Carvalhal

Man of the Match:
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.

See also

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.