Match Report
| FC Porto | FC Porto |  |  | Santa Clara | Santa Clara | ||||||||||||||||
| Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | ||||||||||||||||||
| Filipe Valente | F. Valente |  | 60 | G |  | 1 | | G | 70 | | Nuno Fernandes | N. Fernandes | |||||||||
| Pedro Barbosa | P. Barbosa | | 69 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 78 |  | Francis Savigny | F. Savigny | |||||||||
| Helder Nascimento | H. Nascimento | | 69 | D | | 3 | | D | 69 |  | Danny de Bruin | D. de Bruin | |||||||||
| Filipe Barros | F. Barros | | 62 | D | | 4 | | D | 65 |  | Paul Dickov | P. Dickov | |||||||||
| Rodrigo Soares | R. Soares | | 70 | M | | 5 | | D | 64 | | Rui Rego | R. Rego | |||||||||
| Aboubacar Koné | A. Koné | | 67 | M | | 6 | | M | 68 | | Hugo Barros | H. Barros | |||||||||
| Gaspar Neves | G. Neves | | 61 | M | | 7 | | M | 66 | | Tiago Veloso | T. Veloso | |||||||||
| Francisco Jardim | F. Jardim | | 60 | M | | 8 | | M | 66 |  | Mikael Arctopolitanus | M. Arctopolitanus | |||||||||
| Florent Lucca | F. Lucca | | 65 | A | | 9 | | M | 64 | | Rui Ramos | R. Ramos | |||||||||
| Jakob Busse | J. Busse |  | 62 | A | | 10 | | A | 70 | | Rui Barbosa | R. Barbosa | |||||||||
| Enrique Herrera | E. Herrera |  | 60 | A | | 11 | | A | 67 | | Cesar Reis | C. Reis | |||||||||
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Match Report
An overcast sky looms overhead here at Estádio do Dragão where FC Porto play host to Santa Clara. A crowd of 18,737 fill this 21,000 capacity stadium.
FC Porto are playing in a 3-4-3 formation while Santa Clara appear to be shaped for 4-4-2.
FC Porto are playing in a 3-4-3 formation while Santa Clara appear to be shaped for 4-4-2.
0.00
0-0FC Porto start the match!
3.58
0-0Tiago Veloso kicks a strong pass forward to Rui Barbosa. Rui Barbosa plays a perfect one-two with Cesar Reis and rushes in on goal... Rui Barbosa rockets a shot on goal but couldn't keep it down. It goes high into the crowd!
8.53
0-0Helder Nascimento flicks the ball to his team mate, Aboubacar Koné. Aboubacar Koné sees a break and surges forward. Aboubacar Koné passes the ball forward but Florent Lucca is offside!
20.16
0-0Hugo Barros makes a probing pass to Cesar Reis. Cesar Reis knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
26.19
0-0Helder Nascimento makes a probing pass to Gaspar Neves. Gaspar Neves makes a simple pass to Florent Lucca. Florent Lucca chips the ball to his team mate, Enrique Herrera. Enrique Herrera cuts inside the defence and shoots at goal. Magnificent save by Nuno Fernandes!
32.00
Helder Nascimento makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Gaspar Neves. Gaspar Neves controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Enrique Herrera. Enrique Herrera knocks in a cross ball towards Florent Lucca. Florent Lucca heads the ball goalwards. The ball is well placed but the keeper is a match for it. Saved!
36.13
Danny de Bruin passes the ball forward to Mikael Arctopolitanus. Mikael Arctopolitanus makes a probing pass to Rui Barbosa. Rui Barbosa knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
45.00
Aboubacar Koné controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Jakob Busse. Jakob Busse sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal but it is miles over!
45.00
The referee whistles the end of the first half!
45.00
Santa Clara kick off the second half!
47.30
Helder Nascimento advances with the ball. Helder Nascimento controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Florent Lucca. Florent Lucca tries a spectacular long range effort but he skews it badly. The ball flies well over the bar!
54.03
Mikael Arctopolitanus makes a probing pass to Cesar Reis. Cesar Reis knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Pedro Barbosa.
61.42
0-1Mikael Arctopolitanus knocks the ball forward to Cesar Reis. Cesar Reis knocks in a cross ball towards Rui Barbosa. Rui Barbosa is perfectly placed and heads the ball at goal. Rui Barbosa scores for Santa Clara!!
66.33
Gaspar Neves takes it forward alone. Gaspar Neves knocks in a cross ball towards Jakob Busse. Jakob Busse flicks the ball with his head. Magnificent save by Nuno Fernandes!
71.13
0-1Enrique Herrera clumsily knocks into Danny de Bruin. The referee calls over Enrique Herrera and warns him to calm down! Danny de Bruin runs off the knock.
72.49
Hugo Barros kicks a strong pass forward to Cesar Reis. Cesar Reis finds some space and shoots from distance but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
73.27
0-1Pedro Barbosa barges into Cesar Reis. The referee calls over Pedro Barbosa and warns him to calm down! Cesar Reis grimaces as he struggles to run off the knock.
79.04
Mikael Arctopolitanus passes the ball forward to Cesar Reis. Cesar Reis shoots from long range but it goes wide for a goal kick.
85.08
Rui Ramos makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Rui Barbosa. Rui Barbosa knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Pedro Barbosa.
87.31
Florent Lucca hacks Rui Rego from behind! Florent Lucca is given a warning by the referee! Rui Rego runs off the knock.
89.47
0-1FC Porto are keeping most of the possession at the moment but are so far unable to make the most of it.
90.00
Tiago Veloso deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Cesar Reis. Cesar Reis knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Pedro Barbosa.
90.00
The referee blows the final whistle
Match Statistics
Goals
0
1
Shots on Target
3
1
Shots off Target
2
3
Offsides
1
1
Fouls
3
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
45.8%
54.2%
Play Area
34.7%
43.1%
22.2%
Scorers
| Rui Barbosa 61 |