Celebrations delayed again: FC Porto U19 still without title | OneFootball

It was not on this matchday that FC Porto secured the national junior championship title. After the cold shower in the previous round, when they drew (3-3) the clássico against Benfica at 90+5, the dragons had another opportunity in this Saturday’s match against UD Leiria.

But the Lis side once again halted the young blue-and-whites, handing them a 1-2 defeat, their first at this stage. The team from Leiria took the lead in the 18th minute through a goal by Martim Soares, and doubled their advantage right after the break, with Emanuel António making it 2-0.

FC Porto reacted immediately, pushed forward in attack, and were given fresh hope in the 66th minute, when a penalty allowed Eduardo Ferreira, coolly from the spot, to pull it back to 1-2.

In the 72nd minute, the equaliser came very close, after Martim Gonçalves, brought on in the 61st minute, hit the post.

Despite the blue-and-white forcing until the final whistle – the dragons were even reduced to 10 men with Francisco Fernandes sent off at 90+1 – the score did not change again, once more postponing for Sérgio Ferreira’s side the conquest of a title that the young dragons have not lifted since the 2018/19 season – and which, had it been confirmed today, could even have added to the expected celebrations at the end of this Saturday, if the dragons’ first team confirms victory in the 2025/26 league.

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