FC Porto hosted and beat ABC (38-28) this Saturday in the 9th round of the Championship and assumed, with a wealth of victories, the lead in the standings, but on condition that Sporting plays this Sunday in Funchal and can return to the command. The Braga team balanced the match at the beginning and were even ahead in the 12th minute (9-7), but it was then that the Porto fans reacted, achieved a 5-0 (12-9) and never lost control of the match again. marker. Due to the higher and more aggressive defense on the part of the Porto players, ABC started making technical errors, which were well taken advantage of by the host team, which took the lead at half-time (21 to 15).
In the second half, FC Porto did not take their foot off the accelerator and increased their advantage, which at 48 minutes was 10 goals (32 to 22).
Rui Silva (6 goals), Pedro Valdés, Diogo Oliveira, Pedro Oliveira and Mamadou Diocou (5 each) stood out for the Dragons, even before the visit to Skopje, in Macedonia, for this Tuesday’s clash with Vardar to count for the European League.
Gonçalo Meireles (7) was ABC’s top scorer and the game’s top scorer.
Other results: V. Guimarães-Belenenses, 35-28; Póvoa AC-Dom Fuas and Sp. Horta-Águas Santas, 27-31.
By Alexandre Reis
