FC Porto was winning by three goals (4-1), OC Barcelos had only played five minutes, but the Minho team tied and then suffocated the Dragons until the final buzzer, without achieving victory, which would be exciting in front of their audience.
The Porto fans took a 2-0 lead in just three minutes, with goals from Gonçalo Alves (2′) and Carlo di Benedetto (3′), the latter assisted by the captain. The Minho team pulled one back in the same minute, through Miguel Rocha, and 60 seconds had not yet passed when the French international scored the visitors’ third goal. Just two more minutes later, Gonçalo Alves scored the fourth for the team led by Paulo Freitas. In a frenetic start to the match at Barcelos Cathedral.
Still long before the end of the first half, the Minho team once again restored the deficit with two goals (2-4), by Pedro Silva, in the 12th minute, but the result did not change again until the break.
After the rest, Miguel Rocha didn’t take long to bring Barcelos closer to the minimum difference (3-4), after two minutes, with a pass from Carlitos and in the 38th minute the captain of the European champions tied the game, following a direct free kick, following FC Porto’s 10th foul.
Barcelos then started looking for the winning goal, they were in the ascendancy over the national champion, but this was the most obvious opportunity, a penalty (42′), which Gonçalo Alves was unable to take the best advantage of.
Miguel Rocha still introduces the ball into Xavi Malián’s goal two minutes from the end, but the refereeing team disallows the goal, claiming that the shot was taken above the regulatory height. Due to complaints, Luís Querido received a double yellow card and was sent off.
