FC Porto B lose to Leiria, drop to bottom spot | OneFootball

FC Porto B continues to struggle with a crisis of results at the start of the new season and, this Sunday, ended up suffering a last-gasp defeat against União de Leiria (1-2). At the same time, Torreense and Paços de Ferreira drew (0-0), which means that the pacenses have also not yet won in the II Liga this season.

The game at Luís Filipe Menezes Stadium, in Vila Nova de Gaia, suffered a setback before the kick-off due to a breakdown in the Leiria team's bus. FC Porto and AVS helped the opponent, so the solution found only delayed the game by 15 minutes.

It was indeed União de Leiria who opened the scoring through an own goal by Felipe Silva, at 12 minutes - an unfortunate event for the young center-back, already called up by Francesco Farioli to the main team -, following a corner.

FC Porto B was forced to respond and the equalizing goal soon came, at 26 minutes, when Trofim Melnichenko finished off João Teixeira's assist from the right.

The end of the first half still had two balls on the posts: Kauê Rodrigues hit the bar at minute 40 and, already in stoppage time, Pablo Fernández shot at the post (45+2').

In the second half both teams had chances, but none could unlock the score until expulsions changed the course of the match.

With the exclusions of Luís Gomes (78') and Martim Cunha (90+3'), FC Porto was left with nine players in the final minutes and Juan Munoz ended up deciding the match at 90+6', in the last moment of stoppage time, leaving the blue and white audience stunned.

With this outcome, FC Porto B remains in the last position, with one point, behind Penafiel, while Paços de Ferreira - still without victories - has three points, occupying the penultimate place. For its part, União de Leiria now has ten points, sharing the third place with Marítimo, followed by Torrense, with seven, along with teams like Feirense, Leixões, Farense, Felgueiras and Portimonense.

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