This Sunday, Porto beat Farense 3-1 in the Algarve and put pressure on rivals Sporting and Benfica, who will face Casa Pia and E. this Monday. Amadora” respectively.
The game was lively and tense, with both teams aiming for a goal. There was no shortage of opportunity or emotion, despite the penalty and disallowed goal.
Despite the stoppage and reaction, after half an hour the match began to heat up. Evanilson fell in the penalty area and Joao Pinheiro scored the penalty. However, after reviewing VAR images, the decision was reversed. And in the next game there was even a penalty, this time in the opposite penalty area from Fabio Cardoso. Called upon to convert, Matthaeus Oliveira threw the ball into the clouds, and with it some of Farense’s ambition.
Algarve fans were still digesting their failure when Evanilson opened the scoring after Galeno’s assist. Jose Mota’s side suffered those two blunders and Alan Varela bombed on the edge of the box to give the Dragons a two-goal lead at the break.
In the extra stage the game maintained its quality despite the failures of Galeno, Wendell and Francisco Conceição. The Algarve team entered the fray and Matthäus Oliveira was brought down by Alan Varela in the area. But this time Bruno Duarte converted the penalty and made the score 2:1. The Dragons responded and saw Pepe disallow a goal for offside, but Evanilson made it 3–1 with a coup. An honest triumph in an exciting game.
Author: Mario Figueiredo
Source: CM Jornal
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