Without enough expectations, and playing mostly in their stadium, Porto beat the Antwerp for a deceptive 2-0. The first goal was scored half an hour into the game after Evanilson converted the penalty and the second, the sentence, did not come until injury time when Pepe finished the goal of silence with the help of Francisco Conceição after taking a corner kick. Its ex Madrid He went down in history as the oldest player to score in the Champions League at 40 years, 8 months and 12 days.
The Portuguese, coming off a heavy defeat in the League against Estoril in Make the Dragão (0-1), they did little in the first half. A few shots and little else. Almost nothing changed in the second half. The expulsion of Ekkelenkampfor entrance to Zaidu, after VAR came into action, allowed the Portuguese to get the better of the match. His insistence reached the end. Do Dragão, However, he whistled at his players.
DATA SHEET
Oporto, 2 Diogo Costa; Zaidu (Jorge Sánchez, 83′), David Carmo, Pepe, João Mário; Pepê, Eustáquio, Alan Varela, André Franco (Namaso, min.82); Evanilson (Fran Navarro, 83′) and Taremi (Francisco Conceição, min.68).
Antwerp, 0 Lammens; Wijndal (Corbanie, 69′), Coulibaly, Van Den Bosch, De Laet (45′); Vermeeren, Alhassan Yussuf; Balikwisha (Muja, 69′), Ekkelenkamp,Kerk (Ejuke, min.76); Ilenikhena (Janssen, 76′).
Goals: 1-0: Evanilson, m. 32; 2-0: Pepe, min.91.
Referee: Maurizio Mariani (ITA). He showed yellow cards to Carmo and F. Conceição from Porto, and Coulibaly, Yussuf, Vermeeren and Wijndal, as well as a red card to Ekkelenkamp from Antwerp.
Incidents: Battle at the Estadio do Dragão before 44,830 spectators.
Source: La Verdad
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