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Arouca won 1-0 at Alverca on Saturday in the Primeira Liga. The home side were down to ten men after only six minutes, when defender Steven Baseya was sent off for a reckless tackle that caught Ivan Barbero with his studs. Taichi Fukui scored the only goal in the 25th minute (one source has it at 24). Javi Sanchez found him inside the Alverca defence and Fukui finished with a cross-shot past goalkeeper Matheus Mendes. Sanchez was picked out as the man of the match for that pass and his distribution from deep. Alverca stayed in it. Davy Gui hit the woodwork in the 63rd minute. Late on, Nandín had an open goal after Mendes left his line, but he hit the post, so Arouca never got a second. The win was the third in a row for coach Vítor Severino since he took charge. Arouca are fifth on 17 points and have lost only to Porto and Sporting. Alverca, whose run of three league wins ended, are ninth on 11 points and travel to Benfica next.