Porto took a victory that was more practical than anything else (2-0) to equal points to FC Barcelona in the race for first place in Group H. They stood out Evanilsonauthor of the penalty goal and a Zaydu who, with his runs down the left wing, did a lot of damage to the Belgian defense. Pepe he scored the second and final goal and became the Oldest scorer in Champions League history (40 years, 8 months and 12 days).
The Portuguese, who came from a tough league defeat against Estoril in do Dragão (0-1), they did not have the desired start to the match. In fact, the first to warn was Antwerp. In the 7th minute, It’s clear he stole possession in the opposite field, he left it in the hole They’re done. He tried to cross the shot from inside the area, but it was bitten.
Nothing came of it for the locals, who only They shot twice on target in the first 45 minutes. The first of them came in the 25th minute after a cross from Zaidu that finished off a Very unlucky Taremi in his ball controls and imprecise in his shots, but he helped in creating the attack. The action of the goal would come on the rebound of the second. Pepeafter a good build in attack, shot over Lammens’ goal, and the Belgian goalkeeper managed to take it with merit, but on the second play Kerk prevented Eustáquio from finishing and ran him over within the area. Evanilson was in charge of scoring the maximum penalty. Little more than if he gave the first half more than a shot into the side of Taremi’s net.
Evanilson celebrates his penalty.
The VAR decides the match
Porto did not change the way they played much in the second half, but they soon found themselves with an action in their favor that decided the match. And it is that Ekkelenkamp stabbed Zaidu with his heels and, after the VAR comes into action, was expelled directly. The Portuguese took advantage of the numerical advantage to try to put the game to sleep.
After that decisive action in the future of the match, the Portuguese sought many lateral centers, but none ended on a clear occasion. The Portuguese had two clear chances in the second half. The first of them was for Zaidu who, after receiving a long move inside the area, finished off with a header. But his shot caught him without problems. Lammens. The other clear one was for Evanilson, who was about to score his own doublebut again the visiting goalkeeper made a handball save with his foot.
Do Dragão whipped his own and asked for more at the end in a match in which they failed a lot in attack and? Pepe closed headlong in second-half stoppage time after a great cross Sergio Conceição and a better shot from the one who has become the ‘oldest’ scorer in the history of the competition.
Pepe finishes off a header to make it 2-0.
2023-11-07 22:20:20
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