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 side taking advantage of their opponents’ mistakes to secure a hard-fought victory, celebrated intensely given the need to recover the team’s performance at the start of the season.

The blue and whites opened the scoring in the sixth minute: Carlo di Benedetto diverted the ball at the far post following an assist from Gonçalo Alves. The celebrations in the stands were short-lived – on Oliveirense’s restart after Porto’s goal, Nuno Santos started from his own half, combined with Joan Galbas, cut inside, and shot powerfully, beating goalkeeper Xavi Malián, who still managed to get a touch on the ball.

The recovery of the lead by Paulo Freitas’s team came just two minutes later. Carlo di Benedetto intercepted a pass, drove towards Oliveirense’s goal and, under pressure from Nuno Santos, passed the ball to Gonçalo Alves, who made no mistake.

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

The second half was very balanced, with the defenses suppressing the attacks, resulting in a goalless draw that is unusual in roller hockey.

Oliveirense still believed until the end: three minutes from time, 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 5×4 and the chances for Rouzé and João Souto, for Nuno Resende’s team, did not change the result.

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

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