FC Porto host Benfica with U19 title on the line this Saturday | OneFootball

FC Porto have their first opportunity this Saturday to be crowned national junior champions, seven years later, but to celebrate they need to win the clássico against Benfica on matchday 11 of the final phase.

The Dragons lead with 26 points, 10 more than the Eagles, who sit second in the standings with one game in hand, and only a win will immediately secure the title for Sérgio Ferreira’s players. “We have to be a very competent and consistent team, focused on our principles and values. We are focused and very ambitious. Consistency is the key word, and regularity as well,” said the FC Porto coach in comments to the club’s media.

After a thrilling draw in the first half of the championship-deciding phase in Seixal (4-4), Benfica coach Luís Araújo looked ahead to this Saturday’s clash as “a game with an unpredictable result” between two teams “with a great desire to play, to try to surprise, and who want to win.”

The junior clássico is scheduled for 5 p.m. this Saturday at the Dr. Jorge Sampaio Stadium in Gaia.

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