Not this time: another handball derby defeat to Sporting (32-36) | OneFootball

FC Porto lost to Sporting in the 15th round of Andebol 1, by 32-36, and saw the Lisbon leader – with one game less – increase their lead at the top of the standings to three points (42 against 39). At the Dragão Arena, Antonio Martínez (8) and Rui Silva (8) stood out among the Porto players.

Deprived of Linus Persson and Miguel Oliveira due to injury, the blue and whites also saw Diogo Rêma forced to leave the match with physical complaints in the first five minutes, at which point Sporting took the lead (4-6). Daymaro Salina became Porto's offensive reference while he was on the field, allowing the team led by Magnus Andersson to restore parity (6-6), until the numerical disadvantage and the decrease in freshness in rotations began to take effect.

Vasco Costa and Pol Valera were penalized with two-minute exclusions, with the captain even receiving a direct red card (25m), occurring before the first disciplinary sanction to the Lisbon team, already less than two minutes before halftime, which arrived with the score at 15-19.

Upon resuming, Rui Silva immediately reduced it to 16-19, but shortly after Marcus Dahlin was out for two minutes and the lead widened again (17-24). With fewer options to sustain a high pace throughout the 60 minutes and despite the commitment and support from the stands, the Porto team could not reduce the difference and ended up losing the classic by 32-36.

Next is a short trip to the FC Gaia Pavilion for the 16th round of the national championship (Saturday, 6:00 PM, Porto Canal).

FC PORTO: Sebastian Abrahamsson and Diogo Rêma (g.k.); Pol Valera (1), Freddy Álvarez, Rui Silva (8), Daymaro Salina (4), Vasco Costa, Mamadou Diocou (3), Leonel Fernandes (1), Antonio Martínez (8), José Luís Ferreira, Marcus Dahlin (3), Jesús Hurtado, Pedro Oliveira (2), Ricardo Brandão (2) and Timmy PetitCoach: Magnus Andersson

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