Footballer Joao Mario suffered a sprain in his right knee in Porto’s 3-2 victory over Estoril Praia in the 24th round of the I League, the Dragons announced this Friday, four days before the fight for the succession to the championship. Champions League.
The 23-year-old right-back was replaced by Rodrigo Conceição in the 55th minute, shortly after he fell alone as he landed on the pitch at Porto’s Dragão Stadium as the national champions were winning 2-1. .
Joao Mario has joined Francisco Meixedo and Brazilians Joao Marcelo and Evanilson on the clinical bulletin and will be re-evaluated on Saturday, the day the team coached by Sergio Conceição begin to prepare for Tuesday’s reception to Inter Milan, in which they hope to undo the disadvantage brought with the first match of the 1/8 finals of the “Champions” (0-1).
This Friday, Porto exacerbated the crisis of Estoril Praia’s results by imposing themselves at home with a 3-2 win in the opening leg of the 24th round of the Portuguese 1st Football League.
Thiago Gouveia (27 minutes) and Francisco Heraldes (from penalties, 67), who should have been sent off in stoppage time, still drew twice, but Marko Grujic (09), Andre Franco (31) and Mehdi Taremi (73) also a penalty, gave success to the hosts.
Porto secured second place with 57 points, temporarily closing the gap to leaders Benfica to five, while Estoril suffered their fifth defeat in a row and are in 15th place with 22.6 points from the relegation zone.