Braga beat FC Porto and level women’s volleyball final | OneFootball

Everything remains wide open in the final of the women’s volleyball playoff. After a 3-0 win at Dragão Arena, FC Porto were beaten 3-0 away to SC Braga in the second match of the best-of-five deciding series.

The home side started the match better (11-8), but a 4-0 run from the Dragons allowed them to turn the score around (12-13). From then on, the two teams were evenly matched (20-20), with the deadlock only broken by a surge from Braga (24-20), which Porto still responded to (24-23), though not enough to prevent the Minho side from taking a 1-0 lead.

The second set turned out to be the most one-sided of the match and ended with another win for the home side, this time by 25-20. In the third set, SC Braga made the better start and stayed ahead for long stretches, but Porto gradually fought back and even took the lead late on. Even so, Braga were stronger in the key moments and sealed the match with a 25-23 win in the final set.

Next Thursday, the series returns to Dragão Arena for Game 3 (8pm, Porto Canal).

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