The focus was at the bottom of the table on the final Saturday of the Primeira Liga season with Tondela, B-SAD and Morerirense all fighting to finish 16th and thus go into a relegation playoff and avoid automatic relegation. With the matches of all three clubs kicking off simultaneously, it was Moreirense who grabbed the playoff berth thanks to a 4-1 victory over Vizela and Tondela conceding a devastating late equaliser at home to Boavista.

At the other end of the table, Porto’s 2-0 home victory over Estoril saw the Dragons reach 91 points, a new record. Lisbon giants Benfica and Sporting ended on a high with victories over Paços de Ferreira and Santa Clara respectively. 

The penultimate round of Liga Bwin action saw Porto officially crowned as league champions after a late win away at rivals Benfica. Defending champions Sporting relinquish their title despite following up the Clássico with victory at Portimonense.

The relegation battle is now also somewhat wrapped up with the bottom three confirmed, albeit in which order the trio will finish and with it who the playoff reprieve will go to remains to be seen.

Another matter that closed was Gil Vicente’s confirmation of finishing in 5th place, a remarkable achievement secured in a large part due to the outstanding form of attacker Samuel Lino, who once more starred in a victory over Tondela to cap magnificent campaigns for player and team and earns the PortuGOAL Figure of the Week title to boot.

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• Primeira Liga,
• FC Porto,
• Sergio Conceicao
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• Zaidu Sanusi

FC Porto have been crowned the 2021/22 Primeira Liga champions after landing a late 1-0 victory against Benfica at the Estádio da Luz to secure all three points, this evening.

The Dragons were out to repeat the scenes of 11 years ago that infamously saw the northern outfit celebrate the league title at the Luz in the dark and with the watering system turned on. Porto required just one point to earn them the right to hold the prized trophy aloft.

As the two sides readied themselves to share the spoils, a 94th minute Zaidu Sanusi finish, supplemented by a devastating Pepê counter-attack, rubber-stamped a title-winning campaign for Porto - Sérgio Conceição’s third in five years.

The 2021/22 Liga Bwin campaign continues to hurtle towards conclusion with only two rounds of matches remaining after Jornada 32 was closed out by Paços Ferreira and Tondela’s draw last night.

The destination of the title appears Porto-bound as the league leaders bounced back from losing their long unbeaten run in the weekend prior to overcome Vizela. Sporting made them wait for official confirmation as championship winners by thrashing Gil Vicente.

Matters at the top seem sewn up but down at the bottom there remains plenty to play for. One side who escaped the mire is Famalicão, who began the round’s action with a pivotal win against Estoril, with their injury-hit winger Heriberto Tavares to heavily thank as his fine display inspired the three points and also sees him claim this edition of the PortuGOAL Figure of the Week.