From European glory to a bang. Torreense defeated by Leiria

O Torreense went from heaven to hell in a short period of days. After the massive European victory against the Armenians of Ararat last Thursday, achieved with two goals in the last few moments, the current winner of the Portuguese Cup returned to the internal races and led home a heavy defeat in the reception to the Union of Leiria. In the game that ended the 10th day of the II League, the class of Torres Vedras lost by 2-3.

At the Manuel Marques Stadium in Torres Vedras, the team of the house even got better and went to rest time in the lead of the marker thanks to a beautiful goal of Dany Jean on top of the 26th minute, with a shot from outside the area.

The Leiria Union grew after the goal suffered and collected to the locker rooms clearly above and only did not reach the goal before rest because Adriel shone in defense of the networks of the Torreenses with two huge defenses to two deviations of Juan Muñoz that prevented the draw.

However, the training that is oriented by Fábio Pereira brought another face to the second half and managed to turn the marker around. The draw came on top of minute 53. After a crossing of ruler and frame by Marc Baró, Pablo Fernández, after winning his back to Volnei, appeared to head without opposition for the draw.

The Torreense, by João Nuno, sought to react, but he placed a new goal at 59 minutes. After a corner kick that was hit by Juan Muñoz on the left, Jair won headlong to the first pole and José Pedro, also headlong to the second pole, leaned towards the attempt of the reassembled formation of the Lis region.

David Bruno, hero of the last edition of the Portuguese Cup, tried his luck with a shot from far away at 69 minutes, but the attempt of the player of the Torreense goes out the bottom line. On the other hand, the Leiria Union would eventually reach the third night in Torres Vedras.

At 77 minutes, Drammeh dropped Jair in the big area and, after reviewing the images of the bid in the VAR, referee Hélder Carvalho pointed to the kick of the mark of great penalty. Called to convert the maximum punishment, Juan Muñoz tricked Adriel and shot to count. Closing the match, the house team also reduced distances from the 11 meter mark.

After a long pitch from Mutombo to the area, Tharley, trying to win the bid, hit the ball and was marked Penalti. Called to convert the maximum punishment, team captain Javi Vázquez became the final result already in discounts (90+3′).

Accounts made, the Union of Leiria, which added the second victory followed in the race, came to add 17 points in fifth place. Torreense is 13th placed with 10 points.