| Event | Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira (Portuguese Super Cup) | ||||||
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| Date | 10 August 2013 | ||||||
| Venue | Estádio Municipal de Aveiro,Aveiro[1] | ||||||
| Man of the Match | Lucho González (Porto)[2] | ||||||
| Referee | Artur Soares Dias (Porto)[3] | ||||||
| Attendance | 29,100[4] | ||||||
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The2013 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira was the 35th edition of theSupertaça Cândido de Oliveira, the annualPortuguesefootball season-opening match contested by the winners of the previous season's topleague andcup competitions (or cup runner-up in case the league- and cup-winning club is the same). It took place on 10 August 2013 at theEstádio Municipal de Aveiro inAveiro,[5] and was contested betweenPorto, the2012–13 Primeira Liga winners,[6] andVitória de Guimarães, the2012–13 Taça de Portugal winners.[7]
Played in front of a crowd of 29,100, theDragões defeated theVimaranenses 3–0. A fifth-minute goal from newly acquired wingerLicá, a headed goal from Colombian centre forwardJackson Martínez on 17 minutes and a volleyed strike before the end of the first half by Argentine midfielderLucho González saw Porto defeat the opposition comfortably and thus raise the club's tally to 20 trophies in this competition (57.1% of wins).[8][9][10][11]
2013 was Porto's 29th appearance in the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira and eighth consecutive presence since 2006. They entered the match as the record 19-time winners (1981, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003,2004,2006,2009,2010,2011,2012). In2012, they defeated the2011–12 Taça de Portugal holdersAcadémica de Coimbra 1–0.[citation needed]
It was the third Supertaca appearance for Vitória de Guimarães and first since2011, when they lost 2–1 against Porto.[citation needed]
The two teams had previously met on 153 different occasions, with Porto leading the series with a 97-22-34 record.[citation needed] Before the Supertaça, the last meeting between both sides was in the domestic league on 2 February 2013, with theDragões defeating theVimaranenses 4–0 at theEstádio D. Afonso Henriques. A hat-trick from Colombian centre-forward Jackson Martínez and a header fromEliaquim Mangala provided Porto with the three points.[citation needed]
RTP broadcast the Supertaça on TV and Radio (RTP1 andAntena 1) for the third consecutive year.[12] As it happened in previous years, a HD broadcast was available on1080i resolution onRTP HD, which was available on most Pay-TV providers at that time.
Porto qualified for the 2013 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira by winning the2012–13 Primeira Liga.[13] The Primeira Liga title was primarily contested between Porto andBenfica. Three games from the end of the season, Benfica had a four-point advantage over theDragões.[citation needed] The next fixture saw Benfica drop two points at home toEstoril, while Porto picked up three points away toNacional which would close the gap to two points and allow the title decision to be resolved in theClássico game at theEstádio do Dragão.[14][15] In a must-win game, Porto'sKelvin scored a dramatic injury time goal which claimed all three points and put Porto one point ahead of their rivals with one game to go. Kelvin's late winner would mark the first time Benfica would suffer a loss in the 2012–13 Primeira Liga campaign.[16][17] Porto won their final league game away toPaços de Ferreira, with goals fromLucho González andJackson Martínez which claimed the league title for a third consecutive season, which was their 27th overall.[18][19]
Vitória de Guimarães qualified for the Supertaça by winning the2012–13 Taça de Portugal for the first time in the club's history.[citation needed] The Guimarães outfit progressed through six rounds to reach the final for a second time in three seasons. Their first cup tie saw them easily defeat lower league oppositionVilaverdense 6–1, with braces fromHillal Soudani,Marcelo Toscano andRicardo Pereira.[citation needed] The next two rounds saw Primeira Liga opposition and two consecutive penalty shootouts for theConquistadores.[20][21] After two successful cup ties which were won on penalties, the quarter-finals saw rivalsBraga stand in their way. Vitória de Guimarães won the tie 2–1 after a third consecutive game which went to extra-time. Uruguayan midfielderJean Barrientos scored both goals to allow his side to progress to the semi-finals.[22] For the semi-finals which were contested over two legs, they were drawn againstBelenenses, who at the time was the lowest-ranked side in the competition. Vitória de Guimarães won both ties (3–0 on aggregate) to progress to the final.[23][24] In the cup final,Benfica were the opponents. The match was primarily dominated by theEncarnados from the start, with Benfica scoring first with a first-halfNicolás Gaitán goal. In the second half, the match looked destined to be won by Benfica but a quick attack play and a goalkeeping blunder by Benfica'sArtur would see two goals in two minutes near the end of the game in which the underdogs would hold on for their first cup triumph after five previously failed attempts.[25]
Artur Soares Dias ofPorto was named asreferee for the match on the 8 August.[26] For the Supertaça, Soares Dias was assisted by Rui Tavares and João Silva of Porto, while the fourth official was Rui Silva ofVila Real.
Tickets for the Supertaça went on sale on the 22 July.[27][28] TheFPF allocated tickets for both finalist clubs with prices for the game varying between €5 and €15.[27][28]
ThePortuguese Football Federation (FPF) announced in June 2013, that the 2013 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira was to take place at theEstádio Municipal de Aveiro inAveiro.[29] The Estádio Municipal de Aveiro hosted the Supertaça competition for a fifth consecutive year in a row after previously hosting the2009,2010,2011 and the2012 editions. All of these four finals all consisted of Porto winning the competition.
The Estádio Municipal de Aveiro is the home stadium ofBeira-Mar. It holds a capacity for 30,127 spectators. The stadium was built in 2003 and replaced theEstádio Mário Duarte which was Beira-Mar's home stadium from 1930 until 2003. The stadium was used for two games atUEFA Euro 2004.
TheVimaranenses went into the Supertaça without newly acquired strikerMoussa Maâzou. Vitória's Maâzou was missing due to holding talks withFIFA over disputes concerning unpaid wages by his former clubÉtoile du Sahel.[30]
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