the Portuguese Cup for dragons :: zerozero.pt

FC Porto’s number of Portuguese Cups increased to 19. The Dragons beat OC Barcelos 3-2, in a match where they lost twice. Ricardo Ares’ team had a Alma to Almeida and celebrated a new achievement.

Ricardo Ares’ team demonstrated a very high capacity for suffering and just didn’t have the peace of mind to obtain a more extensive result, because Conti Acevedo was, once again – there are almost no words to describe this goalkeeper – spectacular.

The game was very well played and had two teams with the clear objective of looking at the opposing goals. FC Porto started very well, but it was OC Barcelos who were more effective. Miguel Rocha opened the scoring with a crossed shot and put FC Porto’s offensive momentum into effect.

The dragons realized that the path to reach Conti Acevedo’s goal could not be crazy and this factor was decisive for the Porto players to reach a draw. Rafa finished in the area, after excellent work from Ezequiel Mena.

Connected to the mains

This was a make-or-break game for both teams and in the second half the two teams didn’t hold back. OC Barcelos proved to be more effective again and scored very early. Again, Miguel Rocha scored the goal, but that advantage ended up putting OC Barcelos on a different pedestal.

FC Porto wore the service and went after the result and caught OC Barcelos in a different phase of motivation and without suspicion, the Porto players were lethal. Gonçalo Alves and Mena scored two goals, FC Porto took the lead for the first time and never lost the sense of victory again.

OC Barcelos tightened the game a lot in the last minutes, but the dragons didn’t let the 19th Portuguese cup escape from their history, the last under the dynasty from Pinto da Costa.