FC Porto win at Famalicão, strengthen lead in Junior National Championship | OneFootball

FC Porto consolidated their lead in the National Junior Championship this Saturday by winning in Famalicão 3-2, taking advantage of Sporting’s defeat in Vila do Conde (1-0). In the sixth round of the championship phase, the Dragons took the lead through forwards Anhá Candé and Domingos Muxito in the 12th and 14th minutes, respectively.

Famalicão pulled one back before halftime, but the decisive goal came in the 81st minute from striker Eduardo Ferreira, who has scored 23 goals in 28 games this season. In stoppage time, at 90+9 minutes, the home side set the final score at 3-2.

With this victory, FC Porto leads with 14 points, two ahead of Benfica. The Porto team will host Sporting (4th) on Friday at 3 p.m. Famalicão is fifth with seven points and will visit Benfica on Saturday at 12 p.m.

Also on Saturday, Benfica climbed to second place by beating União de Leiria away 3-0. Jaden Umeh opened the scoring in the first minute, Duarte Soares converted a penalty at 45+2 minutes, and Isaac Ferreira scored the third in the 88th minute.

Benfica occupies second place, while União de Leiria is in seventh, with three points.

Sporting suffered their second consecutive defeat in Vila do Conde, with Rio Ave scoring in the 33rd minute: David Moreira finished on the rebound after regaining possession near the Lions’ area. Rio Ave moved up to third place, with 10 points, level with Sporting.

Finally, Santa Clara and Gil Vicente drew 1-1. The Azoreans scored in the 60th minute, and Gil Vicente equalized at 90+1 minutes, with Santa Clara already reduced to 10 men. In the standings, Gil Vicente remains in eighth and last place, with one point, five behind Santa Clara (6th).

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