In this Saturday, Porto e Famalicão were tied 2-2 at Estádio do Dragão, in a game valid for the 29th round of the Portuguese Championship. The goals of the match were scored by Taremi and Youssouf (own goal), for the home team, and Jhonder (2), for the visitors.
With the draw, Francisco Conceição’s team reaches 59 points and occupies third place in the table. The team from Vila Nova de Famalicão, in turn, reaches 35 points and appears in eighth place.
The Porto team’s next match will be on Wednesday, at 4:15 pm (Brasília time), against Vitória de Guimarães, in the first leg of the Portuguese Cup semi-final. Famalicão’s next challenge will be the day before, on Tuesday, at 4:15 pm, against Sporting, in the Portuguese Championship.
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Famalicão surprised and opened the scoring eight minutes into the first half. In a counterattack, José Rodríguez was launched from the right wing and crossed to the head of Jhonder, who climbed between the markers to find the net.
Porto’s equalizer came in the 17th minute. In the race, Brazilian Evanilson prevented the ball from leaving the end line and served Francisco Conceição. The number 10 made a good individual play, tried to cross and ended up counting on luck, as the ball deflected off Zaydou Youssouf and went in against.
The visitors scored the second in the 45th minute. From the right, Gustavo Sá crossed low and saw the ball pass by everyone until it reached Jhonder, who put Famalicão in front of the marker once again.
Porto sought a draw again in the 36th minute of the second half. Galeno made a good move on the left, invaded the area and found Taremi arriving unmarked. The Iranian striker hit the ball first time and gave the opposing goalkeeper no chance of saving.
The home team still had a problem in stoppage time, more precisely in the 47th minute, Evanilson was sent off after finding Mihaj strange and attacking him with the dead ball. Facing the play, the referee had no doubts and showed the Brazilian a red card.
Check out this Saturday’s results from the Portuguese Championship:
Guimarães victory 1 x 1 Farense
Estoril 0 x 1 Braga