FC Porto back to winning ways at home against Oliveirense (2-1) | OneFootball

FC Porto returned to winning ways in the National Championship this Friday by defeating Oliveirense 2-1 at the Dragão Arena, in a match brought forward from the eighth round. In a balanced encounter with little quality football, the result was decided before halftime, with the Porto team taking advantage of opponent errors to secure a hard-fought victory celebrated intensely, given the need to improve the team's performance at the start of the season.

The blue and whites opened the scoring in the sixth minute: Carlo di Benedetto redirected at the far post following an assist from Gonçalo Alves. The celebration in the stands was short-lived – in Oliveirense's ball restart after Porto's goal, Nuno Santos started from his half-court, combined with Joan Galbas, cut to the center, and shot powerfully, overcoming goalkeeper Xavi Malián, who still touched the ball.

The team led by Paulo Freitas regained the lead just two minutes later. Carlo di Benedetto intercepted a pass, drove towards Oliveirense's goal, and, pressured by Nuno Santos, passed the ball to Gonçalo Alves, who did not miss.

Near the end of the first half, Bruno di Benedetto received a blue card, but FC Porto could not capitalize on the numerical advantage during the first half of the suspension of Oliveirense's French international; a situation that repeated itself in the 60 seconds when the dragons had a power play after the restart.

The second half was quite balanced, with defenses suppressing attacks and resulting in a goalless draw, which is unusual in roller hockey.

Oliveirense still believed until the end: three minutes before the end, Marc Rouzé scored from a direct free hit (resulting from FC Porto's 10th foul), but the goal was disallowed for a high ball. The final 5x4 and the chances by Rouzé and João Souto, for the team led by Nuno Resende, did not change the result.

With this victory, the dragons now have 13 points and occupy the fifth place in the standings.

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