2021 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

2021 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

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Event	Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira (Portuguese Super Cup)
Date	31 July 2021
Venue	Estádio Municipal de Aveiro
Player of the Match	Pedro Gonçalves (Sporting CP)
Referee	João Pinheiro
Attendance	7,710
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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.

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.

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.

Match

Details

31 July 2021 20:45 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Sporting CP	2–1	Braga	Estádio Municipal de Aveiro, Aveiro Attendance: 7,710 Referee: João Pinheiro
	Cabral  29' Gonçalves  43'	Report	Fransérgio  20'

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: Rúben 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) Assistant referees: Tiago Costa Nuno Eiras Fourth official: Gustavo Correia Video assistant referee: André Narciso Assistant video assistant referees: Ricardo Santos Vasco Santos

Match rules 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.

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