FC Porto mourned their late defeat to Atlético de Madrid in the Champions League on Saturday, beating Desportivo de Chaves 3-0 in a sixth-round match of the I Liga.
In Estádio do Dragão, in Porto, Iran’s Mehdi Taremi ‘won’ immediately after three minutes, in the ‘hangover’ of the criticism generated by his expulsion from the duel in Spain, with the Brazilian Evanilson, at 70, and the reinforcement André Franco, at the age of 82, completed the result.
FC Porto rose to second place for the time being, with 15 points, three less than isolated leader Benfica and two against Sporting de Braga, who will visit Rio Ave on Sunday, while Desportivo de Chaves is in eighth place with eight, and four games later, in a series that was even successful against Sporting (2-0).
Between last Wednesday’s slip (1-2) and next Tuesday’s reception for the Belgians of Club Brugge, both from group B of the ‘Champions’, Sérgio Conceição made four moves in the classic ‘4-4-2’, with Fábio Cardoso, Wendell, João Mário and Toni Martínez replacing influential units such as Pepe, Zaidu, Otávio and Evanilson respectively.
Vítor Campelos replaced only Kevin Pina, now transferred to the Russians from Krasnodar, in the previous round of the I Liga for João Mendes in the face of the home draw with Rio Ave (1-1), but there was no time to change the intentions. of the Flavian team.
In the third minute, in the first dangerous attack of the game, João Mário crossed on the right and Toni Martínez tried to force himself on Steven Vitória, leaving the ball at the mercy of Mehdi Taremi, who set the score in favor of FC Porto cleared. for the second round in a row.
The ‘dragons’ would extend this sharp entry with attacks from Galeno, in the 11th and 22nd minutes, and João Mário, in the 18th minute, all held by Paulo Vítor, who in the opposite area saw Héctor Hernández react hesitantly to João Correia’s centers , on 20 and 33.
The growing audacity of Desportivo de Chaves, who would manifest itself again in a kick next to João Teixeira, already at 45+3 minutes, helped to ‘stop’ the offensive production of the host country until halftime, reducing the emotional weight of the early backlog was released.
The Trás-os-Montes tried to intensify the tune on their return from the locker rooms, but aiming without foresight on Diogo Costa’s goal, at a stage when Matheus Uribe, after a corner from Eustáquio, 67 minutes into the FC Porto’s almost disguised lack of inspiration.
Sérgio Conceição brought André Franco and Evanilson off the bench, who reassured the ‘blue and white’ hosts in the 70th minute, after finishing from an open goal at Taremi’s initiative, showing Steven Vitória’s passive approach to the late pass of Luther Singh was punished.
Without ever hiding, Vítor Campelos’ team would again ‘fall’ through individual errors, this time by Paulo Vítor, who failed to grab center on the right side of newcomer Gabriel Veron and André Franco’s first goal for the ‘dragons’ facilitated’ , in the 82nd minute, for the debut of Rodrigo Conceição, son of the coach, in the first team.
Source: DN
