The tricolors waited 14 years before getting another big one at Reboleira. It happened today, in the fifth round of the I League, with the reception of FC Porto, which won (1-0) despite the difficulties.
From the number of Porto fans present in the stadium you can see that the Amadora region has a special affection for the Dragons, but nothing compared to the numerous tricolor magic that now lives in heaven after a descent into hell with insolvency of more than ten years. past. .
Past setbacks gave birth to a new Estrela da Amadora, a team that kept up the tradition of making life difficult for the greats at home, as evidenced by the narrow victory of the Porto fans. The José Gomes Stadium is one of the few where football is played meters away from the stands and this gives a colorful noise to the game… especially when there are as many home fans as visitors. Taremi noticed this as he pulled up the blue and white bench while waiting for the goal scored in the 29th minute to be validated.
The top scorer of the last championship had just replaced the injured Evanilson and scored his debut in Reboleira, a field linked to the farewell of Vítor Baía on the field, who returned yesterday as manager.
Also returning was David Carmo. The central defender started 321 days later, alongside Pepe and Marcano (he left injured in the 9th minute) in Sérgio Conceição’s unusual 3x4x3 formation – he returned to the bench after suspension – and had a lot of work and good skills to launch the three-color offensive to disarm. .
Sérgio Vieira’s side started the match better and had more scoring chances – a potential penalty overturned by VAR in the sixth minute and a Ronald Pereira shot, but went into halftime trailing. It was the first time that Sérgio Conceição’s team had a lead this season and it also spoke volumes about the difficulties the team has encountered at the start of the season.
In the second half, Estrela da Amadora continued to look for a draw, but the wish did not materialize. The game decreased in quality, but not in intensity… as the stands made a positive contribution to the spectacle and even the Benfica fans felt present, with a banner on top of a building reading “Camp38es”.
Hevertton Santos gave Diogo Costa a scare in the 68th minute and Alan Varela almost scored an own goal a minute later. Sérgio Conceição tried to restore calm with three substitutions in one go and give the team an offensive boost, but it was Reboleira’s team that created opportunities. Ronald Pereira and Regis Ndo tried, but the coveted draw failed to materialize and the three points went to FC Porto thanks to Taremi’s goal.
Source: DN
