Victor Froholdt in blistering form as Porto extend lead at the top of Portuguese table

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/fc-porto/S2NmScGp/"]Porto[/a] coach Francesco Farioli made seven changes after Porto were eliminated from the Europa League (1-0, Nottingham Forest), with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mora-rodrigo/rFpsoDia/"]Rodrigo Mora[/a] and Pietuszewski returning to the starting eleven while the visitors opted for a five-defence formation, bringing Brayan Medina and Tiago Manso into the starting line-up after the draw with Gil Vicente (2-2).[/p][image alt="Player scores" id="6cc48dd5-8e3f-4a55-9d65-df6d62680689" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="f01388a3-d5cf-4288-bb34-349d882f97a3" original-width="1200" original-height="1200" /][p]With [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/froholdt-victor/MT3X8wqn/"]Froholdt[/a] in the starting lineup, the home team initially struggled against a solid and cohesive Tondela rearguard, which looked very well-organised throughout the first half.[/p][p]The home side, however, had a glorious chance to edge ahead when Joe Hodge intercepted Rodrigo Mora's shot with his hand inside the area, but Bernardo Fontes parried the penalty from Alan Varela to safety. [/p][p]Three minutes into the second half, the home side managed to break the deadlock when Turkish striker Deniz Gul[b] [/b]worked his way past three opponents to set up Gabriel Veiga, who just had to poke the ball into the open net. [/p][embed guid="3309b725-ba92-45df-ada5-6e6c4ca09685" url="https://x.com/sporttvportugal/status/2045979037839900673" social-type="twitter" /][p]The opening goal immediately added a spark to Porto's attack, and they came very close to adding to their tally with a shot from Froholdt that hit the post. Tondela lost their way after conceding the goal and were punished again after 65 minutes as the Dane confirmed his blistering form.[/p][p]Moses Sithole made a mistake in the build-up, and Froholdt, as deadly as ever, took advantage of the confusion to steal the ball, and his tricky left-footed shot flew under the reach of Fontes to double the Porto lead.[/p][p]There weren't any more goals added to the scoreline after that, meaning that Porto is now seven and eight points behind [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/benfica/zBkyuyRI/"]Benfica[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/sporting-cp/tljXuHBC/"]Sporting[/a] in second and third place, respectively.[/p]