Sporting 2-0 Rio Ave: Lions take a step closer to Jamor | OneFootball

Sporting beat Rio Ave 2-0 at Alvalade tonight in the first leg of the Portuguese Cup semi-final. First-half goals by Geny Catamo and Viktor Gyökeres (penalty) put the hosts firmly in control of the tie.

The Lisbon club will be wondering how they did not score more in the second half after Gyökeres hit the post, Catamo had the ball in the net only to see it ruled out for a narrow offside, and chance after chance went begging.

Rio Ave are still alive in the competition but will need a huge improvement in the second leg to have a chance of turning around the result. The return match will be played in Paços de Ferreira on 22 April given that Rio Ave’s home stadium in Vila do Conde was badly damaged in the recent Storm Martinho and cannot be used again this season.