Sporting showed no mercy to promoted club Nacional after surging to a 6-1 victory at Estádio da Madeira.
Pote opened the scoring early on but Nacional held on and equalised in the 36th minute, Matheus Dias releasing Nigel Thomas who fired past Vladan Kovačević.
The Lions regained the lead before the break, Trincão playing a 1-2 with Pote and into the bottom corner.
Nacional started the second half strong but were soon 3-1 down after Bruno Costa brought down Geovany Quenda. Viktor Gyökeres stepped up to the spot and made no mistake, sending Lucas França the wrong way.
A howler from Matheus Dias allowed Gemy Catamo to tee up Trincão who made it 4-1, Daniel Bragança scoring the fifth after dancing around some feeble defence and finding the net.
Zeno Debast sent Gyökeres clear in the 76th minute, the striker smashing the ball past França and ratting the bar with the last chance of the match.
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Vítor Bruno’s perfect start to life as Porto’s head coach continued with an easier-than-anticipated victory over Santa Clara in the Azores this afternoon.
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