FC Porto defeated Napoli 3-1 on November 4, 2026, in a UEFA Youth League phase match held at the Estádio Luís Filipe Menezes in Vila Nova de Gaia. The result moves the Portuguese side to nine points in the competition standings.
FC Porto Builds a Three-Goal Lead Against Napoli
The home side established an advantage when Tiago Silva converted a penalty kick after Eduardo Ferreira was fouled in the area. While Napoli struggled to build play from the back, they nearly equalized after halftime when Francisco Baridó struck the crossbar.
FC Porto responded immediately to that scare. Eduardo Ferreira scored the second goal of the match, finishing a counter-attack with a low shot. Duarte Cunha extended the lead to 3-0 in the 64th minute after a long-range effort took a deflection off a defender, SAPO reported.
Napoli reduced the deficit in the 72nd minute through a Christian Liccardo header from a corner kick. Despite the late effort, the score remained 3-1. Both teams hit the woodwork multiple times throughout the 90 minutes, with A Bola noting that the final margin could have been wider. In the technical area, the team was directed by João Brandão, whose squad controlled the Italian visitors with pragmatism on the pitch of the Centro de Treinos e Formação Desportiva Jorge Costa.
Before the breakthrough, Eduardo Ferreira had been active in the attack, and David Spinelli managed to stop a shot from the forward before the intermission. The forward also saw a shot hit the post and another strike the bar during the second half. At the final whistle, the young dragons secured three more points in the competition.
FC Porto Climbs to Eighth Place After Victory
With this victory, FC Porto reaches nine points and sits in eighth place in the league phase table, keeping the team in contention for the next round. The club has two remaining matches in this stage: an away game against Feyenoord on November 24 and a final fixture against Liverpool on December 9, as detailed by Noticiasaominuto.
Napoli remains on three points and currently occupies 28th place in the league phase rankings, according to Bola na Rede. The Italian team made changes during the fixture, including the substitution of Liccardo due to physical complaints in the first half.
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Benfica Advances in Champions Path
On the same day, Benfica secured qualification for the third round of the UEFA Youth League’s Champions Path by defeating Pafos 3-1 in Cyprus. Having won the first leg 6-0, Benfica progresses with a 9-1 aggregate score and will face Dinamo Zagreb in the next stage, Diadejogo reported. While the two Portuguese clubs are participating in different segments of the tournament, both achieved victories on November 4.