When a team gets off to a good start to the season, with an extended winning streak, the omens of doom come quickly. “That’s only until they lose for the first time”, “after the first loss you see”, “they haven’t played real opponents yet” — the phrases are many and varied and always seem to anticipate the worst. If Benfica is still in that phase, because they haven’t lost yet, Sp. Braga has already started the next step.
After eight consecutive wins and nine games in a row without losing, Minho suffered their first loss of the season on Friday, against FC Porto and at Dragão. And if the weekend will be of evident recovery, with a reception to Desp. Two keys in which victory is mandatory after the dragons have equaled second place in the Championship, served this Thursday to prove that the heralds of doom were and are wrong.
The motto is given: it is one for all and all for Taremi (the FC Porto-Sp. Braga chronicle)
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Source: Observadora