The Portuguese team clinches victory in the championship just days away from the decisive match against the ‘Giallorossi’, but the opposing coach doesn’t hold back: “The goal was scored in the way everyone saw.”

Following Roma, even Porto doesn’t screw up the championship match (played in a unique atmosphere due to the recent passing of the club’s ex-president Pinto da Costa). The Dragons achieve a 1-0 away victory against Farense courtesy of a goal by Francisco Moura, who repeats his performance after scoring the equalizer against the Giallorossi last Thursday. Pivotal to the final victory was goalkeeper Diogo Costa, but also the referee, who validated the goal despite a clear and obvious push by Moura on his marker just before heading it into the net. The home team’s coach is not accepting it, and after the match, he couldn’t contain all his anger: “When there are pushes and holds like this, it’s no longer football.” We suffered the goal in the manner that everyone witnessed and that the images illustrate so well. I cannot say more. “We are the second worst team in the championship and I accept that, but not what happened there. There is no one who respects the referees more than me, but there must be uniformity.” The bad news for Anselmi (who switched 6 out of 11 players from the team who took the field against Roma) is the horrifying injury to Vasco Sousa, who was stretchered off just a few minutes after entering the game. In the minds of Porto now is Roma, as even Fabio Vieira admitted post-match: “Porto must always strive for victory and titles, so we will go to Roma with a great desire to advance in the round.” “Everything is open, we want to advance to the next round.”