Porto’s triumph suffered before visiting Betis

He Porto was imposed this Saturday Maritime 1-2 on the eighth day of the Portuguese Primeira Liga thanks to a goal in the final stretch of the match and remains firmly in the lead before their match next Wednesday against Betis in the Champions League.

with spanish Gabri Veiga On the bench ahead of the visit to Seville, the Portuguese champion came out strong, but Marítimo was the first to score, in the 16th minute, with a low shot from outside the Hungarian area Gábor Szalai, who also benefited from a moment of distraction from the goalkeeper Diogo Costa.

The ‘dragons’ increased their pace in search of the goal, although their first attempts were frustrated by Marítimo’s Spanish goalkeeper, the exbetic Fran Vieiteswhich was finally beaten in the 42nd minute by the Dane Victor Froholdt.

Vieites managed to stop the header from Francisco Mourabut Froholdt reached the rebound and tied the game.

Vieites was once again the protagonist in the second half, since, in a matter of a minute, he prevented Víctor Froholdt’s double and the goal of Alberto Costa with a point-blank intervention at the far post.

But, in the 86th minute, Porto managed to come back with a shot from the Pole Oskar Pietuszewski. The goal was initially disallowed for offside, but ultimately secured the three points by an inch. Francesco Farioli’s team has won its eight games and is seven points ahead of Sporting.