FC Porto beat SC Braga 3-0 and take lead in play-off final | OneFootball

FC Porto’s women’s volleyball team defeated SC Braga 3-0 at the Dragão Arena and took the lead in the Liga play-off final (1-0). The set scores in the blue-and-white side’s victory in the first match of the decisive series were 25-19, 25-23 and 25-18.

The first two points of the match went to Miguel Coelho’s team, but the visitors reacted immediately and moved ahead to 3-6. Even so, Porto raised their level and turned the score around, going up 12-9. The tie returned at 17-17, but from that point on FC Porto were in control: by winning eight of the final ten points of the set, the Portuguese Cup winners wrapped it up 25-19 after a missed attack by the opposition.

Trailing, SC Braga started the second set better and even built a four-point lead (13-9), but after the third tie of a contest in which Porto never gave up (21-21), it was on Natalia Murek’s serve that FC Porto completed the comeback (22-21) and surged to a 2-0 lead, sealed efficiently by Mika Grbavica (25-23).

In front of 1,453 Dragons in the stands, the regular-season winners once again began the third set behind (0-4). Miguel Coelho called a timeout to reorganize the team and the response was a 9-2 run that brought the first crucial win closer (9-6). Showing great energy at the net, Porto increased their lead and forced Braga’s coach to stop the game (12-7). The instructions had little effect against a team that fought for every point as if it were the last, before sealing the 25-18 set to rhythmic applause.

The series moves next Sunday to the Arena SC Braga, in Minho (3:00pm).

Match sheet

FC PORTO-SC BRAGA, 3-0Play-off, final, match 126 April 2026Dragão Arena

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