After the ‘nil’ score at half-time, the Victorians opened the scoring with Manu Silva, in the 58th minute, suffered a draw in the 62nd, with Stensson, and scored the decisive goal with Nuno Santos, in the 79th minute, in a fair and tough challenge, with periods of shared supremacy, several duels and opportunities, especially in the second half.
So Minhotos focused on their neighbor and rival, Sporting de Braga [sete, em 2008/09] as the Portuguese side with the most consecutive wins in European competitions, including preliminaries, and rose to third in the Conference League, level on six points with temporary leaders Chelsea .
In coach Roberth Björknesjö’s game, Djurgarden created the first chance of the game when the clock marked 27 seconds, with a cross shot by Tokmac Nguen that was saved by Bruno Varela, but Vitória had the offensive maneuvering of Sweden from then on, until the break.
To counter the more direct football of the Nordics, wanting the depth and speed of the more advanced elements, the Guimarães team spread the ball with patience from the defensive line, waiting for the moments to accelerate towards the Swedish area.
With eight changes compared to the starting line for Saturday’s victory over Paços de Ferreira, in the Portuguese Cup (3-1), the team trained by Rui Borges grew between 10 and 30 minutes, after a shot Chucho Ramírez to ‘practice’, at 15 and 18, before Alberto put the post forward, in the best opportunity of the first half, on 27.
The Nordics became more aggressive in defense in the last quarter of an hour of the first half, full of fouls and interference, and returned to the field after the restart, setting up close to the Victorian area on for 10 minutes.
The Guimarães team responded with Alberto’s rush making ‘cool’ in the Viking area, in the 56th minute, and took the lead two minutes later, when Manu Silva created space on the edge of the area and fired a shot in in the top left corner, for a thrilling goal, his third in the Conference Series.
The hosts responded with ‘vertical’ football and quick positioning of the ball in attack, taking four minutes to restore equality, with a shot by Stensson from outside the area, in a forward position, in the bottom left corner of Bruno’s goal Varela.
Encouraged by the goal, Djurgarden continued to be more offensive and threatened to come back with a shot from Gulliksen, scraping the post, in the 70th minute, and a free kick from Sabovic that was firmly saved by Bruno Varela, in the 78th. Victorian Chucho Ramírez hitting the center post, at 71.
The Portuguese team was happier in this frenetic period of the game, and Alberto won a duel with the offensive possession on the right and starting the transition that ended with the accurate header of the recently introduced Nuno Santos.
Once again in front, Vitória pulled back in the final minutes and still had a scare in the 84th minute, when Sabovic shot over from close to the small area, but he managed the ball better in stoppage time and there was time yet to get closer to the 3-. 1, through Nelson.