FC Porto bounced back from last week’s sadness against Sporting with a 3-0 win over relegation-threatened Chaves on Saturday night.
The Blue & Whites commanded the fixture with two first-half goals from Francisco Conceição and Evanilson against ten-man Chaves, without the red-carded Júnior Pius from the 28th minute onwards.
A penalty from Mehdi Taremi in the 73rd minute sealed the team’s victory over 17th-placed Chaves, leaving the hosts out of the relegation zone as Porto pressed Sporting Braga in the fight for third place.
The two key adjustments for Porto have been on the left flank of their arrival at Estádio Municipal, with João Mendes and Mehdi Taremi replacing Brazilian duo Wendell and Galeno.
Chaves were looking for their first win against Porto since 1989 and, given the circumstances, Dragons goalkeeper Diogo Costa almost left the hosts in position to pull off an upset result after a slanted pass from him almost ended up in their own net 3 minutes later.
The episode did not serve to wake up an uninspired Porto that, until the 27th minute, caused danger and despite everything found themselves in the lead with a weak shot by Conceição, beating Rodrigo Moura.
Chaves capitulated with a second yellow card awarded to Júnior Pius a minute into the first match, leaving Chaves on the ground with more than an hour of football to play.
A second goal in the works after Taremi closed in the 37th minute, moments before Evanilson denied the one-on-one thanks to a save from Moura. However, the Brazilian proved unavoidable, holding on to a great shot from Taremi inside the box to shoot deep into the box. back corner as half-time approached, making it 2-0.
At the start of the second half, the two teams exchanged dangerous headers as Héctor Hernández and Pepê fought for the next goal of the match.
The honours went to Taremi, reportedly now destined for Inter, when Iran, under contract, dealt a fatal blow to Chaves’ hopes of going ahead with goal number 3 in the 72nd minute.
Three goals and three goals in Porto, as it would end in Chaves, leaving Portimonense five goals behind with two games remaining, while the Dragons increase their lead over Braga, 4th, at least momentarily, by the same margins. .
Chaves XI: Rodrigo Moura – Júnior Pius, Ygor Nogueira, Vasco Fernandes, Habib Sylla (Sando Cruz, 46′) – Dario Essugo, Hélder Morim (Cafu Phete, 89′), Kelechi Nwakali (Benny Sousa, 81′) – Rúben Ribeiro (Ricardo Guima, 69′), João Correia, Héctor Hernández (Jô Batista, 69′)
FC Porto XI: Diogo Costa – João Mendes, Otávio, Zé Pedro, Martim Fernandes (Romário Baró, 65′) – Nico González (Stephen Eustáquio, 79′), Alan Varela – Mehdi Taremi (Gonçalo Sousa, 83′), Pepê, Francisco Conceição (Gonçalo Borges, 83′) – Evanilson (Danny Namaso, 79′)
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