This Friday, in the 17th round of the Portuguese Football League, Porto beat Sporting de Braga at home with a score of 2:0, securing third place and five points behind the leaders.
Fabio Cardoso in the 12th minute and Evanilson in the 49th from the penalty spot scored for the Dragons, who now have 38 points, five behind leaders Sporting and four behind Benfica.
Sporting Braga remains fourth with 33 points but could draw level with Vitoria de Guimarães, who host Arouca on Monday in the last game of the first round.
48′ Evanilson scores from the penalty spot
12′ Fabio Cardoso opens the scoring for the Dragons
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Live game
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End of the game
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90′Corner, Braga. Contributed by Joao Mario.
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90′The opportunity was missed by Gonçalo Borges (Porto), who fired a right-footed shot from the right edge of the penalty area. Help Galen.
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90′Jose Fonte is shown a yellow card for a foul on Tony Martinez.
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89′Rony Lopez slips while throwing and Diogo Costa again has no problem defending.
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87′Roger gets in a header with little effort and Diogo Costa calmly taps the ball away.
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87′
Eduardo Gabriel Aquino Cossa
LeavesIvan Jaime
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86′
Ricardo Horta
LeavesPizza
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86′Alvaro Djalo
LeavesRoni Lopez
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84′The match was interrupted due to an injury to Steven Estaquio (Porto).
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82′Alvaro Djalo is shown a yellow card for a hard hit on Estakio.
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79′Yellow card shown to Paulo Oliveira for fouling Pepe
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79′Nico Gonzalez
LeavesS. Eustaquio
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79′Francisco Conceição
LeavesGonzalo Oscar Albuquerque Borges
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76′Andre Horta will try his luck again from afar, but without direction.
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75′Christian Borja
LeavesAdrian Marin
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75′Rodrigo Zalazar
LeavesRoger Fernandez
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74′The opportunity was intercepted, João Moutinho (Braga) shot with his right foot from outside the penalty area.
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73′Good play by Alvaro Djalo, but Zalazar’s shot is blocked by the Porto defence.
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73′Corner, Braga. Courtesy of Fabio Cardoso.
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72′Álvaro Djalo headed home safely from Zalazar’s corner.
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71′Corner, Braga. Courtesy of Wendell.
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70′Corner, Braga. Contributed by Francisco Conceicao.
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69′Tony Martinez hits his first shot of the match. Mateus fits in without any problem.
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68′Evanilson
LeavesTony Martinez
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67′The match was interrupted due to an injury to Evanilson (Porto).
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66′Offside, Braga. Ricardo Horta tried to make a through ball, but Victor Gomez was judged to be offside.
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66′Francisco Conceição is shown a yellow card for a foul on Andre Horta.
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64′Galeno tries to shoot in an arc, but the ball goes wide.
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64′Andre Horta shoots from long range, but the ball easily hits Diogo Costa.
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62′Ricardo Horta tries to shoot from half a turn, from the penalty area, but unsuccessfully catches the ball, which falls into the hands of Diogo Costa.
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62′Nico Gonzalez is shown a yellow card for a foul on Zalazar.
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59′Vitor Carvalho Vieira
LeavesAndre Filipe Luz Horta
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56′The opportunity was missed by Rodrigo Salazar (Braga), who struck with his right foot from the center of the penalty area. Assistant Paulo Oliveira headed home the free-kick.
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53′Alvaro Djalo makes a poor header from Ricardo Orta’s cross. Joao Mario’s deflection was decisive and disrupted the Spaniard’s play.
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52′The opportunity was intercepted, Alvaro Djalo (Braga) shot with his right foot from the left edge of the penalty area. Help from Vitor Carvalho.
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49′Target!!! Porto 2, Braga 0. Evanilson shoots into the middle of the goal, and the ball passes under the body of Matheus. Porto feels more comfortable in the match.
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47′A huge mistake by Borja, who was put under pressure by Francisco Conceicao, who forced Evanilson out of the box. The Brazilian, faced with Matheus’ departure, managed to clear the ball before being brought down by the Braga goalkeeper. Penalty by Porto!
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46′The second half begins with Porto’s first strike. Joao Mario hits it very far and also very crooked.
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46′Corner, Porto. Courtesy of Victor Gomez.
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Beginning of part 2
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Interval
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45 minutesVitor Carvalho is shown a yellow card for a foul on Evanilson.
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45 minutesCorner, Porto. Courtesy of Paulo Oliveira.
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38′Victor Gomez (Braga) missed the opportunity with a header from the center of the penalty area. The assist was provided by Cristian Borja with a cross into the penalty area.
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36 minutesNew opportunity for Porto. Galeno switches circle to Victor Gomez and switches late to Pepe, who fires at Paulo Oliveira. Some protests from the Bank of Porto due to the alleged hand of the central bank.
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32′Huge save from Diogo Costa. Good play from Braga in the left channel: Borja crossed to Ricardo Horta, who was already in a small area, and the ball was blocked by the foot of the Portuguese goalkeeper.
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32′Corner, Braga. Courtesy of Diogo Costa.
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27 minutesThe match was interrupted due to an injury to Evanilson (Porto).
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26 minutesYellow card for Ricardo Orta for a late tackle on Evanilson.
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25 minutesPepe sees the yellow color of the protests.
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24 minutesThe combination of Abel Ruiz and Alvaro Djalo ends with Arsenal’s first shot, but the ball goes over the touchline.
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24 minutesA good transfer from Porto. Evanilson released Francisco Conceicao, who in turn sent the ball to Pepe, but the Brazilian’s late cross missed Nico Gonzalez’s ears.
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19 minutesCorner, Porto. Courtesy of Victor Gomez.
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19 minutesCorner, Porto. Contributed by Christian Borja.
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16 minutesCorner, Porto. Courtesy of Victor Gomez.
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15 minutesThe match was interrupted due to injury to Galeno (Porto).
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12 minutesTarget! FC Porto 1, Sp. Braga 0. The stadium opened at the Estádio do Dragão. Francisco Conceição’s free-kick found Fabio Cardoso unmarked and the centre-back converted without any problems.
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9′The match was interrupted due to an injury to Francisco Conceição (Porto).
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4′The shot was deflected into the lower left corner of the goal. Evanilson (Porto) strikes with his right foot from the left edge of the penalty area. Help Pepe Aquino.
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