Porto under-19s beat Rio Ave 2-1, extend lead to seven points | OneFootball

FC Porto’s under-19s defeated Rio Ave FC at home by 2-1 and extended their lead at the top of the table to seven points. After matchday 13, the blue and whites have a total of 37 points, with three games in hand over FC Famalicão (30).

In Pedroso, after a goalless first half, the team from Vila do Conde took the lead in the 59th minute, but Eduardo Ferreira—the top scorer in the Northern Series with 16 goals—equalized in the 61st and turned the game around in the 66th.

The Porto junior team, coached by Sérgio Ferreira, lined up with Antoni Nikolov, João Pinto, Filipe Sousa, Salvador Gomes, José Afonso (João Pereira, 75’), Tiago Silva, Rúben Barbosa (Duarte Cunha, 46’), Gonçalo Oliveira (Rayan Demirci, 46’), Eduardo Ferreira, João Abreu (Paquete, 60’) and Tomás Peixoto (Julian Montiel, 60’).

Next up is a trip to Seville to face Real Betis in the second leg of the third round of the UEFA Youth League National Champions path (Wednesday, 3:00 pm, Porto Canal).

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