Norouth 3 - 2 Porquay City

Key Events:

• 13' Norouth Nilson Pires scores, assisted by Phillip Lewis
• 25' Porquay City Friedrich Unger scores, assisted by Luca Colombo
• 56' Norouth Philippe Robert scores
• 67' Yellow card to Norouth Michel Lemoine
• 68' Porquay City Luis Pinto scores
• 89' Norouth Phillip Lewis scores, assisted by Seungwoo Jeong

Norouth’s victory was narrow on the scoreboard and hard-earned in the sequence of events: after Philippe Robert put the hosts ahead in the 56th minute, Luis Pinto replied just two minutes after Michel Lemoine was booked. That quick response denied Norouth any comfortable stretch in which to manage the lead. With 13 fouls and 13 tackles, Porquay City disrupted plenty, while Norouth’s more accurate passing and higher possession helped them keep building rather than settle for the point the match briefly offered.

The finish belonged to Phillip Lewis, whose goal in the 89th minute made the exact 3 - 2 scoreline a reward for Norouth’s persistence, not a reflection of complete control. Porquay City had enough threat to score twice and enough defensive work to keep the hosts from pulling away, but Norouth converted one more of its opportunities and found the final decisive moment. In a match where both attacks ran ahead of their xG, the difference was not a shortage of chances; it was who supplied the last one.