Winning start for the under-17s | OneFootball

After the under-19s’ triumph the previous day, the under-17s also began their title defence campaign with a win. The blue-and-white side beat Rio Ave 1-0 in Vila do Conde and picked up their first three points in the North Zone of the National Under-17 Championship.

At Rio Ave’s Training Centre, Rodrigo Seca put the Dragons ahead as early as the eighth minute. In the 50th minute, goalkeeper Gabriel Correia was sent off, but the Porto side managed to hold on to the result until the end despite playing with a numerical disadvantage.

In Manuel Prata’s first match in charge of the youth team, the line-up was: Gabriel Correia; Salvador Oliveira, Tiago Caires (Matteo Ferreira, 45’), Salvador Valente, Martim Simão (Miguel Monteiro, 83’), Gonçalo Fontes, Ariel André (Abdu Cassamá, 66’), Rodrigo Seca (João Lopes, 66’), Tiago Portugal (Guilherme Moreira, 66’), Gonçalo Santos (Henrique Maduro, 83’) and Paulo Leite (Tomás Cruz, 50’).

The next match is scheduled for Sunday at the Estádio de Pedroso, where the young Dragons will host Académica de Coimbra in the second round of the opening phase of the championship (11:00am, Porto Canal).

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