Ander Herrera With a goal, says goodbye to Porto and stays close to the title
The Mexican says goodbye to Porto with joy to Sporting, however, his team did not achieve the title.
In what was the last game of Hector Herrera as his player, Porto could not revalidate the NOS League title in Portugal by beating Sporting 2-1, where the Mexicans were noted. With a goal by Hector Herrera at minute 87 and finishing with 10 men for the expulsion of Jesus Corona, the whole of Porto was left with the second place in the League, since besides winning he needed Benfica to fall and ended up beating the Santa Clara by 4-1.
¡QUÉ GOLAZO DE HÉCTOR HERRERA! 🤩⚽️
Con esta joya y dándole el triunfo, HH se despide del Porto. 👏🏼 pic.twitter.com/4joMmtyPTk
— Renzo A. Chiquito (@renzochiquito) May 18, 2019
Herrera is defining his future in the Old Continent after not renewing a contract with Porto so this meeting would have been the last of the captain of the Dragons. One of the teams that would have looked for Herrera is the Atletico Madrid while others say their destination would be in France with Olympique Lyonnais.
The visiting team fought despite being left from minute 19 with one man less by the expulsion of Cristian Borja. Already in the second half, Sporting surprised to go up in the scoreboard through Luiz Phellype, who scored to 61 ‘inside the area, receiving a pass from Marcos Acuña. The duel continued, the goal plays in favor of Porto followed, Felipe once and Danilo in two flirted with the scores, but without success.
It was until the 78 ‘when Danilo matched the score to score with the head, after a rebound in a corner kick that came from the feet of Corona. At 87 ‘, Herrera gave the victory to Porto when he caught half a pair of scissors a ball combed in a corner shot charged by Tecatito to give the advantage to Porto, who could not win the league. Before the final whistle, Corona saw the red to leave both teams with numerical equality, but there were no more goals. https://www.mediotiempo.com/futbol/liga-portugal/golazo-herrera-despide-porto-queda-titulo-video
