Women's team edge Famalicão 4-3 in promotion battle | OneFootball

The FC Porto women's team defeated Famalicão 4-3 in the fourth round of the National Second Division Championship, remaining the unbeaten leader of the Northern Series. The team has 12 points, with 13 goals scored and only three conceded. Still in the first half, Maria Ferreira, Lara Perruca, an own goal, and Lily Bryant put the blue and whites ahead.

At the end of a week in which she was called up to the national Under-23 team, Maria Ferreira scored her first goal for FC Porto in the championship, netting the rebound from a penalty in the 5th minute. Famalicão temporarily turned the score around with two goals in two minutes (23’ and 25’), but Lara Perruca equalized in the 28th minute. Lily Bryant stood out by provoking the visitors’ own goal in the 35th minute and assisting Eliza Turner for the 4-2 in the 38th minute. In stoppage time of the first half, from the penalty spot, the Minho side reduced the score to 4-3, setting the final result.

Daniel Chaves started with: Bárbara Marques, Ema Gonçalves, Mariana Queirós (substituted by Joana Ferreira, 53’), Mariana Azevedo, Lara Filipe, Eliza Turner, Angeline da Costa, Inês Oliveira (Maria Negrão, 53’), Maria Ferreira, Lily Bryant, and Lara Perruca (Cristina Ferreira, 75’).

The following alternatives were on the bench: Cora Brendle, Karoline Lima, Joana Ferreira, Matilde Vaz, Catarina Pereira, Maria Negrão, Beatriz Amorim, Cristina Ferreira, and Verónica Khudyakova.

There will now be a break for international commitments. Upon resumption, scheduled for the weekend of November 1 and 2, FC Porto will travel to the CF Oliveira do Douro Stadium, a club from Gaia that plays in the fourth division.

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