AROUCA, Portugal (Interstat) — Arouca beat Nacional 1-0 on Sunday at Estádio Municipal de Arouca, extending its perfect start and handing the visiting side another loss. Tiago Esgaio scored the only goal in the 64th minute, with Nais Djouahra providing the assist. Esgaio played 90 minutes and recorded one goal; Djouahra also played 90 minutes and had one assist. Arouca improved to 3-0 in the competition and 4-0 across all competitions. Nacional fell to 1-2 in the competition and 1-3 overall. Yellow cards went to Nacional’s Djalo M. in the 74th, Arouca’s Lebedenko O. in the 76th, Nacional’s Dongmo D. in the 78th and Arouca’s Gozalbez P. in the fourth minute of stoppage time. Arouca made substitutions involving Fukui T., Barbero I., Flores M. and Trezza A.; Nacional used Gavriel S., Labidi C., Njoya A., Baeza M. and Song Min-Kyu. Arouca protected its one-goal lead through the closing stages.