Sporting thrashed Rio Ave 4-0 in Vila do Conde, in a match where all goals were scored in the first half. The visiting team showed clear superiority from the start of the match, building a comfortable lead before halftime.
Flávio Gonçalves opened the scoring at 5 minutes, establishing early on the lions' superiority. Geny Catamo was the author of the second goal of the night, contributing to the growing advantage of the Lisbon team.
The individual highlight of the night belonged to Luis Suárez, who scored a brace in the match, scoring two goals and rounding off the thrashing. With this result, Sporting reinforced their league position in the Portuguese league.
Rio Ave, the home team, could not counter the offensive power of the visitors, who finished the first half with a four-goal advantage with no reply.
