Four days after facing Barcelona in the Champions League, the ‘dragons’ swept modest Montalegre in the Taça de Portugal
Evanilson, author of a double, Danny Namaso and Fran Navarro scored in a match in which Nico González played half an hour
There is nothing like a win to gain confidence before an important match, and that was precisely what Porto achieved yesterday in the round of 32 of the Portugal Cup in front of the modest Montalegre (0-4), a team that plays in the third category of Portuguese football.
DATA SHEET
First League
OPO
MON
ALIGNMENTS
Port
Porto: Claudio Ramos; Joao Mario (Varela, 77′), Cardoso, Pedro, Joao Mendes; André Franco, Romário (Nico, 57′), Grujic, Galeno (Chico Conceiçao, 57′); Evanilson (Fran Navarro, 57′) and Danny Namaso.
CDC Montalegre
Bruno; Edu Machado, David Santos, Douglao, Ngom; Neves, Mané (Moura, 55′); Boakye (Tiago, 63′), Fonseca (Luís Maurício, 46′), André Dias (Angola, 63′); Alex.
Goals
1-0 M.13 Danny Namaso; 2-0 M.18 Evanilson; 3-0 M.44 Evanilson; 4-0 M.61 Fran Navarro.
Referee
Hélder Filipe Cláudio Carvalho.TA: Ngom (83′) and Moura (90′).
Stadium
Do Dragao. About 70,000 spectators.
The team trained by Sergio Conceicao asserted its theoretical superiority from the opening whistle and took the victory thanks to goals from Danny Namaso, Fran Navarro and Evanilson, author of a double. Prominence also for Barça youth player Nico González, who played the last half hour.
Determined to score the match quickly, the ‘dragons’ opened the scoring at 13 minutes through Danny Namasoand they expanded the result five minutes later with a target of Evanilson.
The Brazilian repeated before the intermission to leave the duel ready for sentencing. Already in the second part, and with Nico Gonzalez on the pitch from minute 58, Fran Navarro He scored the fourth goal of the night on the hour mark.
In this way, the Port will be planted next Tuesday in Barcelona immersed in a streak of seven victories in the last eight games in all competitions since the defeat on October 4 in Do Dragaoalthough it has also been favored by a benevolent calendar.