This Saturday, FC Porto beat Boavista 4-1, in the 13th round of the 1st Football League, reflecting the contemporary trend of the Porto derby with a performance without surprises before the break of the competition for the 2022 World Cup.
At Estádio do Bessa, in Porto, goals from Spaniard Iván Marcano in the 41st minute, Canadian Stephen Eustáquio in the 64th minute and Brazilian Galeno in the 83rd and 90+2 minutes gave the team their fourth consecutive win in all dragons’ , who were coached on the bench by assistant Vítor Bruno, due to the suspension of head coach Sérgio Conceição.
The ‘chessmen’ played in numerical minority from the 58th minute, due to the exclusion of American Reggie Cannon, and reduced in an own goal by goalkeeper Diogo Costa, at 90+1, ending a 15-year ‘fast’ without scoring on home of the ‘neighbor’.
FC Porto consolidated second place, with 29 points, to remain for the time being five behind unbeaten leader Benfica, host of Gil Vicente on Sunday, and with four more than third-placed Sporting de Braga, who play on the same day at the Portimonense home.
Boavista, 10th, with 17 points, follows the worst series of results in 2022/23, with five defeats and two draws in the different competitions, which followed the victory in the reception of the national vice-champions Sporting (2-1) , on September 17 of the seventh round.
Four days after the victory in Mafra (3-0) for the Portuguese Cup, the ‘blue and whites’ were back at the start with Diogo Costa, Uribe, Pepê and Taremi, while captain Pepe, called up by the Portuguese national team for the Mundial2022, recovered from injury to appear on the scoresheet for the first time in 39 days and start the derby on the bench.
A save from Rafael Bracali at the feet of Galeno, after seven minutes, gave Sérgio Conceição’s team an intense start, culminating in an innocent airstrike by Evanilson, when he was isolated in the area at eight, and a misplaced ‘shot from Taremi, at 11 a.m.
Fighting in an expectant mood, Petit’s pupils felt another setback in midfield in the 23rd minute, as Ibrahima Camará replaced Ilija Vukotic due to injury, after Sebastián Pérez was also left out of the ‘eleven’ for medical reasons, making way for Makouta in relation to the defeat against Rio Ave (0-1), in the previous round.
FC Porto continued with the ball in attacking zones, but lost momentum under pressure as the clock went on, leaving Bracali undisturbed, as evidenced by another shot from Taremi, in the 33rd minute, without Boavista letting go in the transitions.
Having unlocked the scoreboard within the first fifteen minutes in the last four matches, the ‘dragons’ took 41 minutes to destroy Boavista’s resistance, with Marcano opportunely matching the corner kick set up by Otávio on the left, which Evanilson deflected into the first pole, to climb in the history of the club.
The Spaniard, who had already scored at Mafra, scored his fourth goal in 2022/23, overtaking Jorge Costa and Brazilian Zé Carlos as FC Porto’s all-time top goalscorer, with 25, one behind Alex Telles in the top deadliest defenders .
The break came with physical complaints from Evanilson, whose exit at the entrance to the second half was insufficient to condition the unquestionable dominance of the visitors, who pushed for substitutes from Galeno (47 minutes) and new arrival Toni Martínez (55).
Petit tried to stir up the ‘checkered’ spirit with the additions of Bruno Lourenço and Kenji Gorré, after 56 minutes, but the strategy collapsed after two minutes, with Reggie Cannon sent off for accumulating yellow cards, leaving the job of the city rival became easier.
Taremi also tested Bracali, in the 62nd minute, and was involved in the 2-0 move, in the 64th minute, when he caught a ball raised by Otávio to head Eustáquio’s kick, who also scored in the middle of the week had scored. and scored the fourth goal in the last five matches.
Galeno beat Pedro Malheiro in speed to complete the replay of Mafra’s protagonists, in the 83rd minute, at a time when Boavista was limited to the ‘shaking’ of the post by substitute Róbert Bozeník, in the 75th minute, what a dose fortune attracted in the ‘discounts’.
A low free kick from Gorré hit the ‘iron’, Diogo Costa countered and ‘opened’ the 3-1, which received a reaction moments later at the height of the Otávio-Galeno association, with Pepe already on the field, to take the close ball. 10th consecutive success for FC Porto at Bessa in the various competitions.
Source: DN
