Two Portuguese coaches, two different fortunes. On the Wolverhampton side, Bruno Lage had yet to win any Premier League games. On the Fulham side, Marco Silva had only one loss and had one last day on the market offered by Kurzawa, Willian, Daniel James and Vinícius. This Saturday, both were tested again at the same time.
At home, Bruno Lage’s team received Southampton, a team that had just beaten Chelsea. In London, Fulham headed to Tottenham’s ground for a capital derby against a team that has always been at the top of the table. For Lage, the Wolves were “prepared” and would take advantage of the “signs they have been giving” lately. For Silva, the team had to remain “humble” and have “courage”.
set up to #WOLSOU
Let’s go! ???? pic.twitter.com/9tzi28Qwc9
— Wolves (@wolves) September 3, 2022
Starting at Wolverhampton, Bruno Lage kept the entire Portuguese midfield, with Matheus Nunes, João Moutinho and Rúben Neves, but launched Podence to the detriment of Gonçalo Guedes and He opted for the reinforcement Kalajdžić in attack, and Raúl Jiménez began entering the substitute bench but was even out of the call, guessing a physical problem of the Mexican. On the other hand, Ralph Hasenhüttl could already count on Maitland-Niles, a young man on loan from Arsenal on the last day of the summer market, who started on the bench.
The most Portuguese team in England went into the break to win and, almost naturally, with a goal spoken in Portuguese: a quick transition, a huge pass from Matheus Nunes on the right and Podence, totally alone at the far post, only needed one touch to open the scoring (45+1′). Lage moved at the beginning of the second half, releasing Guedes and then also Traoré and Hwang, and the result did not change again, with Wolverhampton beating Southampton (1-0) and finally achieving their first victory in this edition of the Premier League. .
THEY CAN ???? Banzunu made it to the papers????
???????????????????????????????????? @premierleague | @Wolves 1×0 @SouthamptonFC#PremierELEVEN #NowSSeriously pic.twitter.com/d0mXwD5pcL
– ONCE Portugal (@ElevenSports_PT) September 3, 2022
In London, at Fulham, Marco Silva launched João Palhinha in the starting eleven and had reinforcements Willian, James and Vinícius on the bench. On the other hand, Antonio Conte kept the usual team, with Son and Richarlison in support of Harry Kane, and also put Eric Dier in the defensive sector. Tottenham was always superior in the first half, reaching half-time winning naturally thanks to a goal from Højbjerg (40′) assisted by Richarlison. The Brazilian striker, who curiously came to England at the hands of Marco Silva, first to Watford and then to Everton, was clearly the ‘most’ element of the spurs and it was making a difference.
In the second half, after the Portuguese coach made his debut for Willian and James, Harry Kane increased the lead in the last quarter of an hour (75′) and left the match apparently closed. A goal from Mitrovic already in the last 10 minutes still relaunched the game but Tottenham ended up holding the lead and sealing the win. Fulham lost for the second time in the Premier League, the spurs remains undefeated (2-1).
It ends in defeat.#TOTAL pic.twitter.com/faE47mifDH
— Fulham Football Club (@FulhamFC) September 3, 2022
Source: Observadora
