Portistas had no difficulty in winning 3-0 in Portimão, maintaining 3rd place in the Portuguese Championship and already aiming for the Champions League
8 mar
2024
– 17h43
(updated at 5:58 p.m.)
Photo: Disclosure / Porto – Caption: Galeno celebrates his goal, Porto’s second over Portimonense / Jogada10
In the game that opened the 25th round of the Portuguese Championship, this Friday (8/3), Porto went to Portimão to face Portimonense. And in front of 3,811 fans at the cramped Municipal Stadium (4,950 seats), they won 3-0. The goals came from Nico González, Galeno and Pepê. Thus, the Porto team reached 55 points, confirming third place in the table. It is behind Sporting (59 points, and two games less) and Benfica (58 points, and one game less). This position leaves Porto with only a place in the Europa League, as only G2 guarantees a place in the Champions League. Portimonense, with 23 points and in 14th place, is at risk of finishing the round in the relegation zone.
The Porto game was brought forward to this Friday to give more time to rest for the second leg of the Champions League round of 16. This duel will be next Tuesday, against Arsenal, in London (in the first leg, Porto 1-0).
Porto wins without fear
The Porto players were vastly superior to their rivals and after just six minutes they opened the scoring. In a generalized failure by three Portimonense defenders, who didn’t know what to do when faced with the marking and got into trouble when exchanging passes. Thus, the ball ended up going to Nico González, inside the area. The shot was accurate. The Spanish supporter thus celebrated his first goal with the Porto shirt.
Porto continued to manage the game well, with a lot of stability and exchange of passes, always with ball possession above 65% and not letting their rival finish (in the game, there were 19 shots on goal compared to four by the home team). Therefore, it was no surprise that more goals were scored. The second took a while: at 14 of the second half, with a beautiful shot from outside the area by Galeno. At 32, former Grêmio player Pepê left his. With 3-0 and an almost harmless rival, Porto let time pass, resting for the decisive duel against English side Arsenal in the Champions League.
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