Handball: FC Porto edge past Águas Santas (35-32) | OneFootball

Águas Santas put up strong resistance for the full 60 minutes, but FC Porto ultimately prevailed in the 9th round of Andebol 1, winning 35-32 and provisionally taking the lead with 25 points – one more than Sporting and three more than Benfica, teams with a game in hand. Mamadou Diocou, with six goals, was the top scorer for the hosts at the Dragão Arena.

Confident in their ability to surprise, Águas Santas started very actively and led the scoreboard until the seventh minute, when Ricardo Brandão, accompanied by Thorsteinn Gunnarsson, put FC Porto ahead (4-3). The visiting team maintained an aggressive stance, creating tension in the arena with unpunished delays in offensive construction and resorting to physicality to keep the match balanced (13-13). Two quick transitions by Pedro Oliveira and Antonio Martínez extended Porto's lead (16-13), Daymaro Salina received a red card for a foul on Gabriel Conceição (27m), and FC Porto went into halftime leading (18-16).

In the second half, despite Jesús Hurtado leaving with complaints, FC Porto took advantage of numerical superiority to widen the gap on the scoreboard (26-21). With the athleticism of Mamadou Diocou and the determination of Vasco Costa, the dragons reached the game's maximum difference (31-24) and, with intense defense and effective attack, managed the result until the final 35-32.

The championship now takes a break for international commitments. The return is scheduled for November 7, in Madeira, against Marítimo (19:00, Porto Canal).

FC PORTO: Sebastian Abrahamsson and Diogo Rêma (g.k.); Thorsteinn Gunnarsson (4), Pol Valera (2), Freddy Álvarez, Daymaro Salina (3), Vasco Costa (3), Mamadou Diocou (6), Antonio Martínez (4), Henrique Magalhães (1), Linus Persson (5), Marcus Dahlin, Jesús Hurtado, Pedro Oliveira (3), Ricardo Brandão (3) and Timmy PetitCoach: Magnus Andersson

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