FC Porto wins Portuguese Cup

Dragões beat OC Barcelos 3-2 and reached the 19th Portuguese Cup in their history

FC Porto regained the Portuguese Roller Hockey Cup this Sunday, beating Óquei Barcelos in the final of the competition, 3-2, in a game held at the Municipal Pavilion of this Minho city.

The Dragons lifted the 19th Portuguese Cup in their history, reinforcing their lead in the competition’s history, recovering the trophy they had last won in the 2021/22 season.

FC Porto started to press and OC Barcelos bet on the counterattack and began to be successful. Before ten minutes (9′), the Minho team opened the scoring in the final, through Miguel Rocha. FC Porto took a while to react, but little by little they opened up space in their last stronghold, finding their way to the goal in the 17th minute, through Rafa, to equalize the score.

After the effort to reach the goal, the dragons reduced the pace of the game and it became more closed, dragging on until half-time without either team managing to break the tie.

After the rest, the teams brought another offensive disposition and OC Barcelos started out better again and took the lead, with a goal from the inevitable Miguel Rocha, after just two minutes. The Porto players quickly looked for new equality and Gonçalo Alves achieved it just four minutes later.

Faced with a new draw, in contrast to what happened in the first half, the teams did not enter into a state of contention. Instead, the game entered into a frenzy and the emotion rose to peaks with goal opportunities succeeding each other in both goals.

FC Porto, taking advantage of the momentum, completed the turnaround and took the lead for the first time, in the 9th minute of the second half, through Ezequiel Mena. Goal that won the Portuguese Cup for the Dragons.