Sporting comes in with everything and sip Candelaria... in play behind closed doors

Sin spines. Sporting entered the best way in this year's edition of the national championship of hockey on skates and, already on Tuesday night, swung, with five goals unresponsive, in the reception to the Azoreans of Candelaria, newly promoted to the maximum echelon, in the inaugural journey of the competition.

Contrary to what was expected, the game at the João Rocha Pavilion in Lisbon had to be played behind closed doors due to the state of time associated with the passage of the depression Charles, which provides serious weather conditions for the next few hours.

Sporting came to this match after the defeat in the derby against the eternal rival Benfica in the Antonio Livramento Super Cup, which marked the official start of the season. Despite the previous disappearance, the superiority of green and white has been very evident since the first minutes.

They were only two minutes away when the team's first goal emerged, which is directed by Edo Bosch. In a defensive-attack transition conducted with mastery by Nolito Romero, Diogo Barata appeared in the right corridor and inaugurated the marker. Despite this more negative entry, the Candelaria, who traveled from Pico Island, tried to counter this initial offensive impetus of lions. What was worth to the islanders was the Argentinean Santino Facca, in a monumental display between the poles, preventing the margin from firing.

To fulfill the first season in the entire Azores archipelago, the young man, 22 years old, was delaying a new goal of Lisbon with a couple of great interventions. However, Santino Facca was unable to avoid what happened at minute 11. After several highlights in the area following bids played by João Pina, Rafa Bessa was the most enlightened and threw to the bottom of the goal. At 13 minutes, the arbitration team still cancelled a goal for João Pina, but, in the conversion of a major penalty, at 16 minutes, Nil Cervera did not shake and signed the 3-0 with which he reached the interval.

♪ Facca shining and swirling ♪

In the complementary stage, Sporting maintained the great offensive production and ended up reaching the goal at 30 minutes, moments after the start of the second part. Facundo Bridge accelerated on the left flank, pulled an opponent out of the way and shot Facca without a chance. Danilo Rampulla would close the count at 37 minutes, at the reload at the first shot of Diogo Barata. In the other area, António Marante stopped Joel Martín's direct freeway.

Despite the five goals of disadvantage, Candelaria was seeking to score the goal of honor and only did not achieve it due to good defenses of António Marante. On the contrary, Santino Facca continued to shine, closing the match by stopping a major penalty from Danilo Rampulla.

With this triumph, the green and white team assures the first three points, the same as Oliveirense, Ockey of Barcelos, HC Braga and Youth Pacense who also won this inaugural round. The journey is complete on Wednesday, with the Classic between FC Porto and Benfica scheduled for 20 hours (Time of Continental Portugal).