Porto is the champion of Portugal

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Porto officially regained the title of the strongest team in the Portuguese Premier League! Having defeated Alverca with a 1:0 razhunka in the city of Estadio do Dragao, the dragons mathematically guaranteed their 31st championship title.

Two matches before the end of the season, Porto gained 85 points, becoming absolutely unattainable for its main competitors - Lisbon's Benfica (76 points) and Sporting (73 points). The highlight of the “golden” match was Jan Bednarek’s late kick in the 40th quarter. At the same time, Benfica lost points in the away match against Famalican (draw 2:2), which left all the intrigues of the championship behind.

This title, which has become the first for Porto beyond all other fates, has a deep connotation. This marked the victory in absentia of Porto President Andre Villas-Boas over his great mentor Jose Mourinho, who despises Benfica.

The history of these two players is inextricably linked: when the 24-year-old Villas-Boas worked with Mourinho’s coaching staff in Porto, they simultaneously won the UEFA Cup and the Champions League, and then.

Over the years, Villas-Boas has had a very successful coaching career, and now, with 46 players, he has led his local club to the championship and already has the status of its president..

For Jose Mourinho, who abandoned Benfica in the spring (after leaving Fenerbahce via a flight from the Champions League from Benfica), the loss of the championship became a bitter disappointment. The drama of the situation lies in the fact that Lisbon did not lose in the championship for a total of 32 matches, but during this series there was not enough to defeat Porto.

The 37-year-old Italian coach Francesco Farioli became the architect of victory on the football field.. We are ready to create a champion team and win gold medals in our first river of work on the side of dragons.

По материалам: espn.com