Champions League: Atlético Madrid conquers Porto 3-1
PORTO. Atlético Madrid tops Porto 3-1.
PORTO. Atlético Madrid defeats Porto 3-1. Porto was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (68%).
Atlético Madrid remained in 10 people after Y. Carrasco received a red card in the 68′. Anyway, Atlético Madrid still succeeded in win this match competing only with 10 players. Also, Porto had 2 players sent off: Wendell (72′ for a red card) and A. Marchesin (75′ for a red card).
The match was played at the Estádio Do Dragão stadium in Porto on Tuesday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Clément Turpin who was helped by Nicolas Danos and Cyril Gringore. The 4th official was Ruddy Buquet. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold around 9.9 degrees Celsius or 49.78 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 92%.
Match Statistics
Porto was in firm control of the ball 68% while Atlético Madrid was struggling with a 32% ball possession.
Porto was more aggressive with 63 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 6 were on target. Nevertheless, Atlético Madrid succeeded in find the solution to win this contest.
Porto shot 14 times, 6 on target, 8 off target. On the other side, Atlético Madrid shot 12 times, 5 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Porto received 3 yellow cards (M. Taremi, Otavio and Pepe). On the opposite side, Atlético Madrid received 1 yellow card (A. Correa).
Also, Atlético Madrid didn’t manage to end the match with 11 players after Y. Carrasco (Atlético Madrid) was sent out after receiving a straight red card in the (68′).
After playing this contest, Porto will stay with 5 points to stay in the 2nd place. On the opposite side, Atlético Madrid will have 4 points like Milan to move down in the 3rd place.
Match Events
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13'13'
M. Cunha
L. Suarez
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32'32'
M. Taremi
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56'56'
A. Griezmann
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63'63'
Wendell
Z. Sanusi
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66'66'
A. Correa
T. Lemar
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68'68'
Y. Carrasco
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68'68'
A. Correa
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68'68'
Otavio
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69'69'
Pepe
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72'72'
Wendell
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75'75'
A. Marchesin
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81'81'
Sergio Oliveira
Joao Mario
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82'82'
J. Corona
M. Grujic
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81'81'
T. Martinez
M. Taremi
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82'82'
F. Vieira
Otavio
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83'83'
Renan Lodi
M. Cunha
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90'90'
A. Correa
A. Griezmann
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90'90'
R. De Paul
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90'90'
Sergio Oliveira (Penalty)
Next match
Porto: Formation and Lineups
Porto started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Sérgio Paulo Marceneiro Conceição chose to play with the following team: Diogo Costa , João Mário , Chancel Mbemba , Pepe , Zaidu Sanusi , Otávio , Vitinha , Marko Grujić , Luis Díaz , Mehdi Taremi and Evanilson .
Substitutes
Porto made 5 changes: Z. Sanusi for Wendell (63′), Joao Mario for Sergio Oliveira (81′), M. Grujic for J. Corona (82′), M. Taremi for T. Martinez (81′) and Otavio for F. Vieira (82′).
Top player: Pepe
The player who no doubt impressed Porto the most was Pepe.
His rating is with 69 passes (86% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 4.
Atlético Madrid: Formation and Lineups
Atlético Madrid started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
On the other side, Diego Pablo Simeone played with: Jan Oblak , Šime Vrsaljko , Geoffrey Kondogbia , Mario Hermoso , Marcos Llorente , Koke , Rodrigo de Paul , Yannick Carrasco , Thomas Lemar , Antoine Griezmann and Luis Suárez .
Substitutes
Atlético Madrid made 3 changes: L. Suarez for M. Cunha (13′), T. Lemar for A. Correa (66′) and M. Cunha for Renan Lodi (83′).
Top player: Antoine Griezmann
Probably the most impressive player in Atlético Madrid was Antoine Griezmann.
His rating is with 1 goal, 26 passes (65% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 9.
Results of the day
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