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Over the weekend, the seventy-seventh season of the Portuguese "Liga Sagres" championship began.
The first round of the competition did not go well for the teams from the city of Lisbon - the defending champions "Benfica" lost 2-1 to Coimbra's "Academica" in front of their own fans, while "Sporting" surpassed the "Pacos de Ferreira" team.
In other matches, "Porto" won away with a minimal result of 1-0 against the "Naval" club, and "Braga," participating in the UEFA Champions League qualification tournament, defeated the league's newcomer, "Portimonense" team.
"Braga" 3 - 1 "Portimonense":
"Naval" 0 - 1 "Porto":
"Pacos de Ferreira" 1 - 0 Lisbon "Sporting":
Lisbon "Benfica" 1 - 2 Coimbra "Academica":
Portuguese "Sagres" league table after 1 round:
1. "Braga" 3
2. "Academica" 3
3. "Nacional" 3
4. "Pacos de Ferreira" 3
5. "Porto" 3
6. "Vitoria" 3
7. "Beira-Mar" 1
8. "Olhanense" 1
9. "Leiria" 1
10. "Guimaraes" 1
11. "Benfica" 0
12. "Maritimo" 0
13. "Naval" 0
14. "Rio Ave" 0
15. "Sporting" 0
16. "Portimonense" 0
