Guimaraes needed until the 78th minute to get past Recreativa de Lamelas, with Miguel Maga scoring the only goal in a 1-0 cup win at the Castro Daire Sports Complex. Ruizinho had already been sent off in the 42nd minute, but Dani Dias kept Lamelas level for long spells before Maga finally settled the tie.
Dani Dias kept the tie alive
The save that stood out came when Dani Dias denied Óscar Rivas with a great stop, and there were other moments where Vitória had to keep pressing rather than celebrating. A Bola's match report also noted that the winning goal arrived only after the team from Guimarães had spent more than half an hour against ten men.
That makes the result tighter than the scoreline suggests. Guimaraes came into the tie sitting 15th in the Primeira Liga with five points from eight league games, so the margin for another disappointment was already thin. Their recent league form was LDLDL, and this was exactly the kind of cup night where a lower-league opponent could turn the evening awkward.
Lamelas made it a real fight
Recreativa de Lamelas had 1,294 spectators behind them in Castro Daire, and the atmosphere matched the effort on the pitch. José Bessa of the AF Porto took charge of the match, while Ruizinho's 42nd-minute dismissal left the home side with ten men before half-time.
Even then, they stayed in it until the 78th minute. Maga's finish ended the resistance, but the story was not a clean march through to the next round. Lamelas made Vitória work for a result they badly needed, and Recreativa de Lamelas vs Guimaraes gave them a far rougher evening than the draw might have suggested.
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