Champions League: Porto clutches a 2-1 win against Atlético Madrid 2-1
PORTO. Porto overcome Atlético Madrid to win 2-1. An own goal from I. Marcano was decisive in the 90min.
PORTO. Porto overcame Atlético Madrid to win 2-1. An own goal from I. Marcano was decisive in the 90min. It was Porto to strike first with an early goal of M. Taremi at the 6′. Then S. Eustaquio scored again for Porto in the 24′ minute with a goal. Eventually, I. Marcano reduced the distance for Atlético Madrid with an own goal. However, that was it, and the result remained 2-1.
The match was played at the Estádio Do Dragão stadium in Porto on Tuesday and it started at 5:45 pm local time. The referee was Daniele Orsato who had the assistance of Ciro Carbone and Alessandro Giallatini. The 4th official was Davide Massa. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold around 13.6 degrees Celsius or 56.44 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 85%.
Match Statistics
The ball possession was identical with both team possessing the ball for 50% of the time.
There wasn’t much of a difference in ball possession. Porto was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. Atlético Madrid that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.
Atlético Madrid was more aggressive with 41 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 8 were on target. Even so, Porto found a way to find the solution to win this contest.
Porto shot 15 times, 7 on target, 8 off target. On the opposite side, Atlético Madrid shot 17 times, 8 on target, 9 off target.
Cards
Porto received 2 yellow cards (M. Grujic and F. Cardoso). On the opposite side, Atlético Madrid received 3 yellow cards (R. Mandava, S. Savic and R. de Paul).
After playing this match, Porto will have 9 points to stay in the 2nd place. On the other side, Atlético Madrid will stay with 5 points to stay in the 3rd place.
Match Events
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6'6'
M. Taremi
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24'24'
S. Eustaquio
Galeno
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39'39'
M. Grujic
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42'42'
R. Mandava
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48'48'
S. Savic
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53'53'
Wendell
Zaidu
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60'60'
Y. Carrasco
S. Niguez
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61'61'
Matheus Cunha
Joao Felix
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68'68'
R. De Paul
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69'69'
Fábio Cardoso
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81'81'
T. Martinez
Evanilson
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85'85'
P. Barrios
A. Correa
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89'89'
Rodrigo Conceição
Pepê Aquino
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89'89'
B. Folha
Galeno
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89'89'
G. Borges
Otavio
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90'90'
I. Marcano
Y. Carrasco
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Porto: Formation and Lineups
Porto started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Sérgio Paulo Marceneiro Conceição chose to play with the following team: Diogo Costa , Pepê , Fábio Cardoso , Iván Marcano , Zaidu Sanusi , Otávio , Marko Grujić , Stephen Eustáquio , Evanilson , Mehdi Taremi and Wenderson Galeno .
Substitutes
Porto made 5 changes: Zaidu for Wendell (53′), Evanilson for T. Martinez (81′), R. Conceicao for (89′), Galeno for B. Folha (89′) and Otavio for G. Borges (89′).
Top player: Mehdi Taremi
Probably the most impressive player in Porto was Mehdi Taremi.
His rating is with 1 goal, 30 passes (80% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 15.
Atlético Madrid: Formation and Lineups
Atlético Madrid started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
On the opposite side, Diego Pablo Simeone played with: Jan Oblak , Stefan Savić , José María Giménez , Reinildo Isnard Mandava , Nahuel Molina , Rodrigo de Paul , Axel Witsel , Saúl Ñíguez , Ángel Correa , Antoine Griezmann and João Félix .
Substitutes
Atlético Madrid made 3 changes: S. Niguez for Y. Carrasco (60′), Joao Felix for Matheus Cunha (61′) and A. Correa for P. Barrios (85′).
Best player: Jan Oblak
The player that probably impressed the most for Atlético Madrid was the goalkeeper: Jan Oblak. His rating is 7.52. He performed 6 saves.
Results of the day
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