Sporting Club Braga vs Celtic

Cheers for the answers Braga fans.

What have happen for Braga in this summer regarding transfers? Lost any important players or signing some promising targets?

What formation do your expect to play in the home game?

 

Hi,

Yes we lost many importants players unfortunately, but after an excellent performance on last season it was a thing that we're already prepared for .

Players who left:
- Eduardo (National team Goalkeeper) - Genoa
- Filipe Oliveira (right wing defense) - Parma
- Leone (center defense) - Palmeira (Brazil)
- Evaldo (left wing defense) - Sporting Lisbon
- Hugo Viana (center midfield) - Valencia
- Luis Aguiar (center midfield) - Dynamo Moscow
- Renteria (striker) - Porto

As you can see a lot of players leave the club, so I can not tell you 100% sure the formation that I expect but I think that will be something like this:

Goalkeeper: Marcos (if until the match we didin't find a new keeper)
Left wing defender: Lucas
Center defender: Rodiguez
Center defender: Moises​

Right wing defender: Elderson
Center midfield: Vandinho
Center midfield (advanced): Salino
Right wing: Alan
Left wing: Paulo César
Striker: Lima
Striker: Meyong

Formation: 4-1-3-2

As you can see, we don't have any "big name" in our team, although we have some international players such Rodriguez (Peru), Elderson (Nigeria) and Meyong (Cameroon). All the rest names on the initial formation are Brazillians (yes we don't have any portuguese on initial formation )

P.S: Sorry for any english error

Cheers,
Pedro

 

Thanks for the info UltrasBraga

Where do you expect to finish in the Superliga this season?

 

Just checked the listings for BBC Scotland and BBC Alba and it does not look like the match next week is on the Tele. Obviously it could change at short notice depending on a deal being struck. But as things stand its not on

 

One of Bragas best midfielders named Mossoro has a big injury so he will be ruled out this game. Braga is a selling team, but they have a good mix so it's a tough game. I really hope that we have signed a forward before the game.

 

i have the up most respect for braga and there football but what they have to relise what ever the result is in braga its going to be a diffrent story in glasgow braga might get a stage fright when it comes to 60,000 fans cheering for celtic the fans are electric on europen night's,

with no disrespect for braga but i think celtic have this one

 

My thoughts exactly, mate.

Respect all, fear none!

 

Only time it was electric on a European night last season was against Arsenal. Atmosphere was abysmal against Moscow.

 

As a selling team, like Sebelon correctly said, we can not expect the same that we conqueor last season. We can't face the economical power (and differet kinds of dirty games extra-football ) of the "big three" Porto, Benfica and Sporting. So we expect, like usual, to finish on top 4 and win one of the portuguese cup's, who we didn't win since 1966 .

But, as Sporting is not so well like they used to be, I hope to finish at least on third. Above that, we can only dream!

Pedro

 

if we have a good european night that is.

there's a 50/50 chance of it tbh.
same with our chance of qualifying actually.
Braga are the team I wanted but they'll be no push overs.

 

Im really looking forward to it. If we can get a score draw in Portugal then that will set us up nicely. This not impossible. Yes it will be very difficult but I believe we are more than capable. I also see no reason why we cannot do well if we get past this qualifier. There are no easy teams in the Champs league but I fully expect all teams in the draw want to give us a miss.

 

is the away leg on tv , does anyone know

 

I have checked the listings and it appears that it is not. But tv deals can normally be struck the week leading up. It has nothing to do with Celtic. Its up to the tv companies getting it from the Home team.

 

Does anyone know if this game is on TV? On cha 67 or uefa.com?

 

BTW, Braga-Bilbao preseason game is on now MinhoActual.TV - A Televis�o Regional do Minho

 

Getting beat 3.1 off Bilbao they was 1 up at half time ,

 

Bilbao are a good side though..

 

bilbao are ok, not a CL side, but then us and braga probably arent either lol

 

would love to get an away goal if we got that i would take a 2-1 defeat.

 

I try to tell a bit what the portuguese newspapers said about the match between braga and Bilbao. The best Braga players were lima, leandro salino and helder barbosa. The braga attack was good but the defense awful, with a lot of new players, no certainty about the defense nor the goalkeeper. And Celtic is only a week away...
For a team that last season wanted to be compared with Benfica, this season they have to show that they are so good as they looked...