This Wednesday, FC Porto defeated Gil Vicente 2-1, hours after beating Arouca (5-1), in a preparatory match between clubs from the I Football League, at the Training and Sports Training Center PortoGaia, in olive grove.
Author of the fifth and last goal against the Arouquenses, the Englishman Danny Loader went ahead in the seventh game of preparation for the national champion, scoring two goals, while the Spanish Fran Navarro lowered in favor of Ivo Vieira’s men.
With a totally renewed eleven for the morning set-up, FC Porto started with goalkeeper Agustín Marchesín, defenders João Mário, Pepe, Iván Marcano and Wendell, midfielders Marko Grujic, Otávio, Pepê and Loader and forwards Galeno and Toni Martinez.
Francisco Meixedo, Rodrigo Conceição, Fábio Cardoso, David Carmo, Zaidu, Matheus Uribe, Stephen Eustáquio, Vasco Sousa, Bernardo Folha, Bruno Costa, Gonçalo Borges, Medhi Taremi, Evanilson and Fernando Andrade were the substitutes used in this challenge.
The remaining athletes did specific work, while Wilson Manafá remains the only name in the clinical report and did treatment, gymnastics and conditioning training.
⚽️Double by Danny Loader in afternoon training with Gil Vicente #FCPortoPreseason pic.twitter.com/4yTYorYHJS
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Sérgio Conceição’s team played again behind closed doors, in the image of the triumphs against team B (3-0), the English team of Bristol Rovers (3-0), Vilafranquense (2-0), from the II League , and first division players Portimonense (1-0), Vitória de Guimarães (2-1) and Arouca (5-1).
Gil Vicente, fifth in the last edition of the I League, fell for the first time in the preseason to the fourth game, after the victories over the ‘secondaries’ Leixões (3-2) and Peñafiel (2-0) and in the reception to Vitória de Guimarães B (5-1), from League 3.
The Dragons close the pre-season calendar with the presentation match to the members against the French from Monaco, on Saturday, at the Estádio do Dragão, in Porto, one week before the official debut in 2022/23, with the dispute of the Super Cup Cândido de Oliveira against the recently relegated Tondela, a finalist won in the Portuguese Cup, in Aveiro.
FC Porto will begin the defense of the national champion title with a reception at Marítimo, on August 6, two days before Gil Vicente meets Paços de Ferreira, at the Estádio Cidade de Barcelos, in duels on the opening day of the championship.
Source: TSF
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