THE On Saturday night, FC Porto beat bottom-placed Estoril Praia 4-0 at Estádio do Dragão, and achieved the 10th consecutive victory in 10 rounds in the I League, which allowed the blue and white team to remain isolated in the league table.
In a true Halloween nightmare for the Linha club, the national champions applied four pranks to the canarinhos, who proved too fragile to stop Francesco Farioli’s locomotive.
The national champions equaled the best start of the last 86 years in the Portuguese championship, managing for the first time to reach ten consecutive victories since 1939/40, a time in which they managed to win 13 times in a row.
Victor Froholdt, after four minutes, paved the way for the blue and whites to triumph. The offensive tone in the first half was very high, but Estoril goalkeeper Martin Turk prevented, with good interventions, a larger score at half-time. However, the massacre of the dragons came to fruition in the second half.
Borja Sainz, in the 64th minute, André Silva, in the 70th minute, and Gabri Veiga, in the 73rd minute, scored the remaining goals for the blue and white team on this Halloween night, which now has a provisional advantage of eight points over second-placed Benfica, who only enter the field on Monday against Alverca.
But let’s look at the notes for this match:
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Gabri Veiga He returned to FC Porto’s starting eleven to be the Dragons’ beacon in this game and take part in all of the Dragons’ goals. He was at the start of the 1-0 play, served Borja Sainz to make it 2-0, shot before André Silva’s rebound and closed the score.
Surprise
Martin Turk He made his debut in the I League with the Estoril shirt and shone with a pair of great saves that led the Porto players to despair in the first half. It is because of the young Slovenian’s performance that the Canarinhos do not leave Dragão with an even heavier defeat.
Disillusionment
Tiago Parente it was the most negative unit on the visiting team’s side. Usually very offensive, the winger was somewhat hidden throughout the match.
Coaches
Francesco Farioli
Positive performance by FC Porto, who only appeared in the second half. The result at half-time was scarce given the opportunities created. The second half was a real juggernaut and the victory by rout was fitting.
Sergio Raimundo
Many offensive and defensive weaknesses on the part of Estoril, which prove the bad moment that the Linha team is experiencing, which remains in last place in the table. They did little or nothing to scare Diogo Costa and they only came close to doing so thanks to what could have been a blunder on the part of the FC Porto goalkeeper. This was after Nail Omerovic had hit the post.
Arbitration
Solid and positive performance by the refereeing team led by Miguel Nogueira. In a game without major cases, the referee maintained his criteria in a somewhat calm match.
