Amarante 2, Academica 3

COIMBRA, Portugal (Interstat) — Academica overcame a one-goal deficit in the second half and defeated Amarante 3-2 on Saturday at Estádio EFAPEL in Coimbra. Amarante struck first and briefly led again after the break, but Academica produced the decisive response with two goals in a nine-minute span. The result gave Academica a 1-0 record in the competition and a 2-0 mark across all competitions, while Amarante dropped to 0-1 in the competition and 1-2 overall. Amarante opened the scoring in the 11th minute when Bruno Silva found the net. Silva played the full 90 minutes and finished with one goal.… Read more...