FC Porto beat Sporting 3-2 to go top in the under-15s | OneFootball

FC Porto’s under-15 team hosted and beat Sporting 3-2 this Sunday at the Jorge Costa Training and Football Development Centre, in a match from the 11th round of the National Under-15 Championship title stage.

In an intense clássico full of incidents, the Lisbon side went ahead in the 23rd minute, but Tiago Portugal (30'), from the penalty spot, and Eduardo Venâncio (31') turned the score around before half-time.

In the second half, with the score level at 2-2, João Afonso scored a superb goal from a direct free-kick (77'), and after Luca Cocato was sent off (80'+1), he even went in goal to help preserve the Dragons’ win in the clássico.

With this result, FC Porto are now alone at the top of this final stage with 26 points, three more than Sporting, four more than Benfica and seven more than SC Braga.

The FC Porto under-15s, coached by Manuel Prata, lined up with Luca Cocato, Tomás Oliveira (Leonardo Amorim, 75'), Afonso Cester, Simão Marques, Eduardo Venâncio (Pedro Rodrigues, half-time), Santiago Ferro, Simão Fonseca (Rodrigo Oliveira, 55'), Rodrigo Seca, Lourenço Moutinho (João Afonso, 75'), Paulo Leite and Tiago Portugal.

In the 12th round of the National Under-15 Championship title stage, FC Porto travel to SC Braga’s ground (Saturday, 9 May, 11:00am).

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