Nat the Estádio Municipal de Amarante, in the opening of the round, goals from Leandro (21 minutes) and Rúdi Almeida (90+1) ended a series of three consecutive defeats for Amarante, while Porto B, which scored through Dinis Rodrigues (38), sees a sequence of three consecutive games without losing come to an end.
With this result, Amarante, which recorded its second victory in the competition, after the 1-0 against Benfica B, rose to 14th place, with the same eight points as Desportivo de Chaves (15th) and the Porto team (16th).
Soon, in the first minute, Amarante had a great opportunity to score with a strong header from Simão Silva, in which João Afonso had to stretch to clear the ball, before Tiago Ferreira completed the clearance and removed the danger from the Porto area.
After five minutes, FC Porto B reacted with a counterattack, but Eduardo Ferreira tried to assist Duarte Cunha inside the area and the Amaranthine defense took advantage to clear the ball in that area.
Despite the balance between the two teams, Amarante scored in the 21st minute, following a good cross from Felicano, which Leandro ‘touched’ to the far post.
At a disadvantage, FC Porto B took the field and tied the match, in the 38th minute, in a move in which Dinis Rodrigues took advantage of a bad relief from the opponent’s defense and, after dominating with his chest, shot, first time, to make his debut goal of the season.
Upon returning from the locker room, both teams tried to reach the goal and, in the 65th minute, Leandro came close to scoring twice with an acrobatic shot that was saved by João Afonso.
In the final moments, Martim Cunha was very close to completing the turnaround, but Didi prevented the goal with a great save.
In the next minute, the Amaranthine team responded and managed to score the winning goal through substitute Rúdi Almeida, who made the most of Ikugar’s assistance.
