A goal from Marcus Edwards was not enough today for Sporting de Portugal, who fell at the Boavista stadium (2-1) with a brace from Bruno Lourenço and, in addition to falling to eighth place in the Primeira Liga, the risks which remains tomorrow eleven points behind leaders Benfica.
The ‘lions’, coming off a victory over Tottenham in the Champions League (2-0), suffered their third defeat in the League and remain with 10 points, so they could be eleven behind Benfica if the red team will win on Sunday to the maritime colista.
Boavista continued the good run with which they started the season and with the victory they are fifth, with 15 points.
The team from the city of Porto took the lead in the first half, with a great goal from the Portuguese Bruno Lourenço, who first hooked the ball that bounced off Ugarte and sent it into the back of the net.
Edwards sterile objective
Marcus Edwards headed the tie in the 56th minute, following a cross from Nuno Santos, but a penalty taken by Ricardo Esgaio ended up deciding the match.
Despite the fact that Antonio Adán guessed the edge of the shot, Lourenço did not disappoint from the eleven meters and, in the 83rd minute, gave Boavista the winner.
Taremi equalized with the 99th penalty
Before this game, Iranian Mehdi Taremi’s goal from a penalty in the 99th minute saved Porto a point in Estoril (1-1), although the tie could have increased the distance, now two points, from the ‘dragons’ ‘, third. at the table, along with leader Benfica.
Porto returned to the League after a difficult week, marked by the severe beating handed to them by Club Brugge in the Champions League (0-4) and the incident with the family of the coach Sérgio Conceição, whose car was stoned in exit of Do the Dragão .
Sergio Conceiçao does not give a press conference
As a result, the coach canceled the press conference before the match in Estoril and the team traveled to the capital by plane instead of by bus, as usual.
The ‘dragons’ could not get back to winning ways and were on the verge of losing a game where Estoril took the lead in the 41st minute, with a goal from Brazilian Tiago Gouveia following a bad pass by David Carmo.
The locals were still left a man down in the 79th minute, with Ndiaye sent off for a double yellow card, but Porto only saw the goal in the 99th minute and from eleven metres.
After Joãozinho touched the ball with his arm, the referee signaled a penalty and Taremi, who already has 5 goals in the League, did not disappoint.
Porto leave with a bad taste in their mouths for the national team break, after which they have to face Braga, second classified.
Source: La Verdad
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