porto put forward the portuguese league title with a precious 4/2 victory over veseilla on saturday in the 32nd stage of the competition.
benfica secured at least qualification for the champions league qualifiers with a precious 1-0 win over hosts maritimo at the same stage that also saw aruka beat portemonensi 1-0 today.
porto came very close to the league title, raising their tally to 85 points in the lead by nine points against sporting lisbon, who have three matches left to porto.
porto need one point from their remaining two matches to secure the title regardless of the results of sporting lisbon, who beat porto in the direct showdown between the two teams in the competition.
porto scored twice in the 21st and 28th minutes of the penalty shootout, and vezela responded with goals from alex mendes and nuno moreira in the 36th and 49th minutes.
but porto snatched the victory thanks to two more goals scored by shansel meimba and tarmi in the 57th and 87th minutes.
benfica booked at least third place in the portuguese league table, raising their tally to 71 points, 12 points ahead of sporting braga, with the third-placed qualifying for the champions league qualifying rounds while the champions and their runners-up are in the group stage.
benfica still have a chance to compete with second-placed sporting lisbon for the runner-up title.
benfica settled the match in their favour with a very early goal scored by darwin nunez in the second minute of the match which saw claudio wink expelled from the ranks of maritimo in the 42nd minute.
aruka revived his hopes of staying in the portuguese league by beating portemoninsi 1-0 earlier in the day at the same stage.
aruka increased his tally to 30 points in 15th place, four points ahead of the relegation-threatened teams, and portemonensi's tally was frozen at 35 points in 11th place.
the first half of the match ended in a goalless draw and david simao scored the only goal of the match in the 50th minute.