SC Braga 1 - 1 FC Union Berlin
Braga scorers: Álvaro Djaló (51’)
Union Berlin scorers: Robin Gosens (42’)
Venue: Estádio Municipal de Braga, Braga, Portugal
Referee: Clément Turpin (France)
| Starting XI | Notes | Subs | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matheus | Tiago Sá | ||
| José Fonte | Lukáš Horníček | ||
| Sikou Niakaté | 30’ | Serdar Saatçı | 36’ |
| Víctor Gómez | 33 82’ | Paulo Oliveira | |
| Cristian Borja | Josafat Mendes | 82’ | |
| João Moutinho | André Horta | 82’ | |
| Rodrigo Zalazar | 45+1’ 82’ | Adrián Marin | |
| Álvaro Djaló | 51’ 82’ | Pizzi | |
| Ricardo Horta | André Castro | ||
| Vitor Carvalho | 36’ | Abel Ruiz | 68’ |
| Simon Banza | 68’ | Rony Lopes | |
| Roger Fernandes | 82’ |
Manager: Artur Jorge (Portugal) | 90+3’
| Starting XI | Notes | Subs | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fredrik Rønnow | Alexander Schwolow | ||
| Robin Knoche | 3’ | Yannic Stein | |
| Diogo Leite | Paul Jaeckel | ||
| Jérôme Roussillon | Leonardo Bonucci | 45+3’ | |
| Josip Juranović | Janik Haberer | ||
| Robin Gosens | 42’ | Brenden Aaronson | 78’ |
| Lucas Tousart | 39’ | Christopher Trimmel | |
| Rani Khedira | 54’ 78’ | Alex Král | 78’ |
| Aïssa Laïdouni | 78’ | David Datro Fofana | 62’ |
| Kevin Volland | Laurenz Dehl | ||
| Kevin Behrens | 62’ |
Manager: Nenad Bjelica (Croatia)
1’: We’re off!
3’: Robin Knoche comes in late with a challenge on Horta
15’: Braga wins a corner but the shot is not threatening, goes harmlessly wide
16’: SAVE! Rønnow makes himself big and smothers the chance! Banza denied!
28’: Big chance for Danza!! But his header goes just wide!!
30’: A RED CARD! Sikou Niakate lands right on Behrens’s ankle! Terrible challenge! The ref gives a yellow, but VAR upgrades it to red!
33’: Víctor Gómez commits a foul on Laïdouni to stop a promising buildup for Union Berlin
36’: Braga substitution: Serdar Saatçı on for Vitor Carvalho
37’: Volland’s header goes up into the air.
39’: Lucas Tousart goes down in the box, gets the card for diving! Oh, on replay absolutely deserved, tripped over nothing but air, awful flop. He misses the next game.
42’: GOAL UNION BERLIN!! He’s one on one with the keeper at the near post and smashes it past him into the net!
45+1’: SAVE! Braga denied several times with blocks on the line! Rodrigo Zalazar wants a penalty for handball, doesn’t get it, yells at the ref but we’ll see if VAR changes the decision. …It does not.
45+3’: Leonardo Bonucci somehow also got a card on the bench. He’ll miss the next match.
HT Braga 0-1 Union Berlin Braga in trouble! Down a man, down a goal.
46’: We’re back!
51’: GOAL BRAGA!! Álvaro Djaló is given acres of space for some reason! He fires! Rønnow gets a touch but not enough of one to keep it out! They’ve leveled it while down a man!
54’: Rani Khedira wrestles down Zalazar
60’: Big chance for Ricardo Horta but he puts it wide of the far post.
64’: Union Berlin substitution: David Datro Fofana on for Kevin Behrens
68’: Braga substitution: Abel Ruiz on for Simon Banza
70’: Juranović goes down in the box, wants a penalty, doesn’t get it
71’: Abel Ruiz cuts inside and fires from the edge of the box but doesn’t hit the top corner.
78’: Union Berlin double sub: Alex Král and Brenden Aaronson on for Aïssa Laïdouni and Rani Khedira
82’: Braga triple sub: André Horta, Roger Fernandes and Josafat Mendes on for Víctor Gómez, Rodrigo Zalazar and Álvaro Djaló
84’: Fofana’s header goes wide.
90+3’: Artur Jorge into the book on the sidelines
FT SC Braga 1-1 FC Union Berlin Braga fight their way back into a draw despite being down a man!