The goals of the Spanish Ivan Marcano and Toni Martinez they gave the victory at the Municipal Stadium of Famalicao to Porto (1-2). A victory in the first leg of the semifinals would take the group of Sergio Conceicao in the final of the Portuguese Cup.
Porto, defending champions and seeking their 19th trophy, the second most successful after Benfica, will have to certify their passage to the final in the second leg, at Do Dragao, on May 4.
In the final awaits Braga, already classified, who knocked out Nacional de Madeira on Tuesday (2-2) after leaving the tie with a resounding 0-5.
Porto left their goal on the trail after a contest in which they dominated from the start. He opened the scoring after quarter of an hour Marcano by finishing a good cross from the Brazilian with a header Wendell. With this goal, the Cantabrian central defender became the highest scoring defender in Porto’s history with 27 ‘goals’.
However, Famalicao, seeking to play in the first final in its history, managed to equalize on the brink of the break, in the 37th minute, through Alexandre Pereira.
In the second part the determination of the Murcian Tony Martinez the first leg of the semifinal was unbalanced. received the ball from Galen and he beat the goal again Luiz Junior.
Source: La Verdad
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