Colombia’s Matheus Uribe’s Porto yesterday defeated Sporting de Portugal (2-1) in a fight that lasted until the last minute and managed to close the gap to leader Benfica and put Braga’s hopes of reaching second place on this day of the Portuguese nullify competition.
The midfielder of the Colombian team was one of the figures and author of the first goal of the match, in the 60th minute. The next goal came thanks to Pepê, in the 90+4 minute, widening the gap with the ‘Leones’ .
With this result, Porto remains second in the standings with 45 points, five less than Benfica, while the Bracarenses are third (43 points) and Sporting de Portugal are fourth (38 points).
This result also delays the goal of “the lions” to reach the positions that allow the passage to the Champions League.
Benfica has been off this weekend since beating and beating sub-club Paços de Ferreira (0-2) in an early match against Paços de Ferreira (0-2) on January 26.
This Friday’s Vizela-Chaves match ended in a 0-0 draw, while Saturday Arouca defeated Santa Clara Arouca 1-0 and Vitória de Guimarães did the same against Portimonense.
In addition to the classic, Famalicão lost 0-1 to Gil Vicente this Sunday and the match between Marítimo and Braga is on the program.
The day will close on Monday with Rio Ave against Estoril Praia and Boavista against Casa Pia.
Source: El heraldo
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