Porto club won, on Tuesday, visiting Benfica, 3-2, in the twenty-sixth and final round of the regular stage of the National Hockey Championship.
The Dragons opened the scoring in two minutes, through Ezequiel Mina, having increased a little later, in the fourth minute, through Goncalo Alves, the same player who scored, with a free kick, in the 14th minute, two goals for the Dragons’ third goal. .
Despite the difference at the end of the first 25 minutes, the match remained alive in the second half, especially when Pablo Alvarez reduced the gap in the 30th minute. At the beginning of the last five minutes, the Argentine scored two goals and put the Eagles in the lowest difference, but nothing else changed on the scoreboard.
Benfica is now focusing all attention on the next match, which they will also face FC Porto, in the Champions League quarter-finals, on May 4. And before that, Porto competed in the semi-finals of the cup, against SC Tomar, next Saturday.
Sporting, who finished second, finished the regular stage with a 2-2 draw with Paradis, who are descended from the first division.
In the only position that was poised to grab what was to come in the title fight, UD Oliveirense beat Riba D’Ave 4-0 and maintained fifth place. Thus, Oliveira de Azemis’ team will face FC Porto in the quarter-finals.
AD Valongo beat SC Tomar 4-2, but failed to climb the table, ending up in 6th place and will face Óquei de Barcelos in the quarter-finals. Other duels were already known: Benfica-HC Braga and Sporting-SC Tomar.
In the other matches of the tour, Óquei de Barcelos was victorious in visiting Paço de Arcos (4-5), HC Braga beat Murches (6-3) and there was a draw with Famalicense-Juventude de Viana (3-3).
In the teams that have already secured maintenance and who will not contest the title, Murches, Famalicense and Riba D’Ave, there has been no change of positions, from ninth to eleventh.
The three were relegated by Baredy, Paco de Arcos and Juventud de Viana.
Flight twenty-six – results
Sporting Paradis 2-2
HC Braga-Murches, 6-3
UD Oliverence – Reba Duff, 4-0
Paço de Arcos-Óquei Barcelos, 4-5
Benfica – Porto, 2-3
AD Valongo-SC Tomar, 4-2
Famalicense – Juventude de Viana, 3-3
classification:
First place: Benfica, 66 points
Second place: Sporting Lisbon, 62
Third: Óquei Barcelos, 61
Fourth: Porto, 57
V: UD Oliverence, 50
Sixth: AD Valongo, 48
Seventh: insult. Take 36
Eighth: HC Braga, 32
Ninth: Murches, 24
Tenth: Famalicense, 23
Eleventh: Ruba Daf 22
12: Baredy FC, 16
13: Paço de Arcos, 15th
Fourteenth: Viana Youth 14
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