After the Rio Ave team took the lead, the Porto team had done their best to try and get back on level terms, but the Rio Ave team wasn't budging and even sent some shots at the Porto side, coming dangerously close to extending their lead two times.
This kept the Porto team on tenterhooks and they weren't able to fully focus on the attacking side of their game due to the fear of going further behind.
In the end, neither of the two teams was able to trouble the scoreboard operator any further until the referee whistled for the end of the first half.
The players of the two teams walked off the field and down the tunnel and headed for their respective locker rooms.
The Porto players filed into the locker room where Sergio Conceicao and the bench players were waiting.
Sergio Conceicao waited for the players to all sit down, drink some water, and get comfortable, but the players could hardly swallow the water down their throats with the way the manager was glaring at them.
