The dragon wins in the Algarve

It was not a pretty game. The football was a bit messy on both sides and there were a lot of mistakes. However, the plus sign has always been for dragons.

And the truth is that it didn’t take super FC Porto to get three points from Portimonense, who only reacted when already trailing 0-2. But here we go.

With the return of Otavio to the title, this Porto has become much stronger. Brash and determined to lead the team to victory, he did everything to achieve this goal, despite his notorious limitations in the costal grid (he broke two ribs about a month ago). And it was he who unlocked the game with the first goal, after a small match with Evanilson. The advantage brought peace.

Taremi still had a good opportunity to score, but Nakamura made a save for the night while the Algarve tried to survive and showed great inability to attack.

The extra stage had even more Porto. Eustaquio set the tone with a piece shot, but soon after, Pepe scored a second goal after Taremi picked up the ball and helped the Brazilian. With the advantage, Sergio Conceição began to manage the group, thinking about playing Leverkusen for the champions. It was then that the Algarve reaction arose. Iago Cariello was the best representative, missing two sovereign opportunities. In the first, he was close to the goal line and threw a knee into the post, and then, in isolation, missed the defense of Diogo Costa. An honest triumph that increases interest in the classics.

POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE
Otavio … Porto player
+ Otavio is undoubtedly a Porto player. He obviously played with pain in the rib cage, but he always kept the intensity and determination in the dispute of each move. He is one of the leaders of the team and gives everything, forcing others to follow his example. Demonstration of pain… with a purpose.

Iago’s failures
– Iago Cariello had two great opportunities to score and missed them. In the first, less than a meter from the goal line, he hit the ball with his knee, and it hit the crossbar, negating a dangerous move. Then, isolated, he wanted to shoot Diogo Costa, but the goalkeeper defended himself.

ARBITRATION
VAR cancel penalty
Manuel Mota was wasteful in taking yellow cards and awarded a penalty for a foul on Toni Martinez, but the VAR system changed the situation by ordering the foul to be signaled outside the penalty area. A decision that leaves many doubts…