Ball – Sporting and Porto Draw (Handball)

The derby between Sporting and Porto, referring to the tenth round of the Placard Handball Championship, ended in a tie at 29 goals, which means that the Portuguese club Porto maintained the Nacional lead with 30 points.

As would be expected in matches between title favourites, it was no exception to the rule of intense tension that raged through the 60 minutes in Joao Rocha’s flank, as Víctor Ituriza opened the scoring for the national champions with the first of two goals signed by the Portugal international before seeing a consecutive red card five years later. Minutes into the first half.

However, the Dragons have moved from hell to heaven, thanks very much to the brothers Francisco Costa, whose legs seemed to shorten the size of the field on the counter-attack, and Martim Costa, top scorer in the first 30 minutes with four goals. . Patrick Walczak left the Lions in front with two points for the first time, an advantage that, through Mamadou Gassama, Natan Suarez and Salvador Salvador, reached five goals (10-5), also due to wasted opportunities by the blue and white players, namely in converting two free kicks seven meters long.

In that season, Pedro Cruz redeemed himself from the mistakes of others, and contributed to two converted penalties that brought the blue and whites closer to the scoreboard until the tie (10-10) which was signed first by captain Daimaru Salina, and on the sound of the second half, Lionel Fernandez restores equality ( 11-11) which was “stolen” by Kiko Costa the previous minute.

Emotions were not to be subdued upon returning to the locker room, this time with the same 7 x 6 system that had led to some Leonen advantage in the first half paying off for the blue and white players who, despite a mischievous Martim Costa on the way to 11 goals, took the lead by goals Lionel Fernandez 21-22, and began a period of goals now from one team, now from the other, several outperform Porto by two goals, new equalizers and an exchange in command of a game that, in the past seconds, with the conversion of Thorin from a free kick from 7 meters, after a red for Salvador Salvador, Which fixed the score in the final 29-29.