FC Porto B lose to Leiria, drop to bottom spot | OneFootball

FC Porto B continues to struggle with their results at the start of the new season and, this Sunday, ended up suffering a last-gasp defeat against União de Leiria (1-2). At the same time, Torreense and Paços de Ferreira drew (0-0), which means Paços are also still without a win in the II Liga this season.

The match at Estádio Luís Filipe Menezes, in Vila Nova de Gaia, faced a setback before kick-off due to a breakdown in the Leiria team’s bus. FC Porto and AVS helped the opponent, so the solution found only delayed the match by 15 minutes.

It was actually União de Leiria who opened the scoring through an own goal by Felipe Silva in the 12th minute – an unfortunate moment for the young center-back, already called up by Francesco Farioli to the first team – following a corner.

FC Porto B was forced to respond and the equalizer came soon after, in the 26th minute, when Trofim Melnichenko finished off João Teixeira’s assist from the right.

The end of the first half still saw two shots hit the woodwork: Kauê Rodrigues struck the bar in the 40th minute and, already in stoppage time, Pablo Fernández hit the post (45+2′).

In the second half, both teams had chances, but neither could break the deadlock until the red cards changed the course of the match.

With the dismissals of Luís Gomes (78′) and Martim Cunha (90+3′), FC Porto was left with nine players in the final minutes and Juan Munoz ended up deciding the match at 90+6′, in the very last moment of added time, leaving the blue and white fans stunned.

With this result, FC Porto B remains in last place, with one point, behind Penafiel, while Paços de Ferreira – still without a win – have three points, occupying third from bottom. Meanwhile, União de Leiria now has ten points, sharing third place with Marítimo, followed by Torrense, with seven, along with teams like Feirense, Leixões, Farense, Felgueiras, and Portimonense.

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