Handball: Comfortable win for Vitória over Belenenses (41-34) | OneFootball

Following away victories in Braga, against Arsenal da Devesa (17-43) and ABC (25-35), FC Porto's handball team played their first official match of the 2025/26 season at Dragão Arena and overcame Belenenses by 41-34, in the third round of the National Championship.

The 'Portistas' started strong and opened the scoring with four goals in the first four minutes, without conceding. The advantage fluctuated - decreasing to 11-10 and then increasing to 20-13 during the first half - but the lead was never at risk. In the first 30 minutes, the left-handed duo José Luís Ferreira and Linus Persson stood out, each scoring four accurate shots.

At the restart, the lead widened to nine right at the start (30-21) and reached ten goals already at the entrance to the final quarter (35-25), when Vasco Costa and Ricardo Brandão took the lead in the scorers' list of a match whose outcome was already predictable.

The following Saturday sees a classic in Alvalade: Sporting and FC Porto face each other at 18:00 on September 27 at Pavilhão João Rocha (broadcast by Porto Canal).

FC PORTO: Sebastian Abrahamsson and Diogo Rêma (g.k.); Thorsteinn Gunnarsson (3), Pol Valera, Freddy Álvarez, Rui Silva (3), Daymaro Salina (4), Vasco Costa (6), Mamadou Diocou (3), Leonel Fernandes (2), José Luís Ferreira (5), Linus Persson (5), Marcus Dahlin (2), Pedro Oliveira (2), Ricardo Brandão (6) and Timmy PetitCoach: Magnus Andersson

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