Chapter 174: Road to Liga NOS Champions 2019/20 I

Chapter 174: Road to Liga NOS Champions 2019/20 I

Chapter 174: Road to Liga NOS Champions 2019/20 I

Porto’s next match was held on the 10th of June 2020 and they welcomed the Maritimo side to the Estadio do Dragao for their match.

The formation for the Porto side remained the same 4-1-2-3 formation as their previous time out, but due to more of the players from the pre-lockdown first team achieving match fitness, there were some changes in the line-up.

Their line-up for the match against Maritimo was as thus,

Goalkeeper: Augustin Marchesin,

Left-back: Alex Telles,

Right-back: Mattheus Uribe,

Center-backs: Pepe, Ivan Marcano,

Center Defensive Midfielder: Sergio Oliveira,

Center Attacking Midfielders: Otavio, Fabio Viera,

Right winger: Jason Bolu,

Left winger: Luiz Diaz,

Center Forward: Tiquiniho Soares.

The match began at the anticipated time, and as expected it was the Porto side that dominated the proceedings of the game, as they kept possession of the ball most of the time, and took most of the shots, but were unlucky to score in the first half.

The second half however got off to a banging start when Jason cut through his marker on the right wing as well as another player before sending a cross into the box which Soares immediately got his foot to and sent towards the goal.

The Maritimo goalkeeper however did the impossible and got his hand to the ball, but before the Maritimo side could celebrate that they managed to not go behind, Luiz Diaz appeared behind the ball and smashed their hopes with the way he smashed the ball into the back of the Maritimo goal.

{They’ve done it! We wondered when it was coming and they didn’t disappoint!}

After the interviews and press conferences, the players left the stadium on the team bus.

**16th June 2020**

The Porto team bus made its way to Vila das Aves for the match against Desportivo das Aves that would be taking place at the Desportivo das Aves home stadium, Estadio do CD Aves.

The match would take almost an hour so they left early so that the players could rest for a few hours before the match.

After getting to Vila das Aves, the bus headed to a hotel where the players had a two-hour rest after which they headed for the stadium for a little pre-match warm-up.

On reaching the Estadio do CD Aves, the players headed to their locker rooms and changed into their warm-up kits.

Jason was wearing an additional bib over his training kit which indicated that he wasn’t a part of the starting line-up against Desportivo das Aves.

Sergio Conceicao had made some changes to the line-up from the last match and the line-up for the match against Desportivo das Aves was as follows;

Goalkeeper: Augustin Marchesin,

Right-back: Wilson Manafa,

Left-back: Alex Telles,

Center-backs: Pepe, Chancel Mbemba,

Center defensive midfielder: Danilo Perreira,

Center attacking midfielders: Mattheus Uribe, Sergio Oliveira,

Left winger: Luis Diaz,

Right winger: Tiquiniho Soares,

Center forward: Moussa Marega.