Galeno put Porto in the round of 16 of the Champions League

An impressive display from the Brazilian Henderson Galen fThis Wednesday was the deciding factor in Porto’s win against Shakhtar Donetsk Ukrainian team from northern Portugal secured second place in Group H and a place in the round of 16 of the soccer Champions League.

After his double in the first game, Galen was a problem again for the Ukrainian team, which saw how the striker repeated his double goals and provided another pair of assists throughout a match where there was no shortage of goals.

He Porto he just needs the tie, but, knows what Shakhtarwent in search of a goal from the start, and got it in the 9th minute through Galeno.

It all started with a long pass from the former Madrid player Pepe broke the Ukrainian defense and found Evanilson, who had to stretch to give it to his countrymen Galenwhich, not marked in front of the goal, only had to deflect.

Although disadvantageous, the Shakhtar Donetsk He did not change his philosophy in the game: start his development from the goalkeeper Riznyk, despite the fact that some stumbles by the goalkeeper almost led to a Portuguese goal.

On the 29th, the Shakhtar he leveled the contest with a goal from Danylo Sikan surreal and strongly opposed by blue and white.

In another quick play by the Ukrainians, the Porto defenders abandoned the play when they saw the assistant referee’s flag indicating offside.

But the forwards of Shakhtar They followed the play and put the ball in the back of the net to score a goal which was later confirmed by VAR and caused a massive wave of protests by the ‘dragons’ members.

As half-time approached, Porto regained the lead with a powerful shot from outside the penalty area. Galenwho made his double.

The Brazilian attacker continued to cause problems for the Eastern European rival and, in the 62nd minute, he intercepted a pass, advanced down the field and assisted Iranian Mehdi Taremi to score 3 -1 on a very powerful shot from a tight angle. .

He Shakhtar Donetsk He did not give up his efforts and closed the gap thanks to an own goal from Eustaquio.

However, the credit goes to Sikan, who took advantage of a mistake by Mexican JOrge Sanchezenter the area and shoot to save Diogo Costabut the ball went into the chest of Eustaquio and ended up in the back of the net.

The result gave hope to Shakhtar’s Bosnian coach Marino Pusic, who stepped up his attack with the aim of getting more out of the match, but Pepe scored the fourth in the 76th minute , and again with the participation of Galeno.

Taking a corner kick, the Brazilian deflected the ball at the feet of the veteran center back, who became the oldest player to score in the Champions League, aged 40, but extended his record by several months.

The fifth came from Francisco Conceição, who entered the game seconds before and took advantage of the defensive error of the Donetsk team to beat Riznyk.

Then exactly the same thing happened, but from the opposite direction. Brazilian Eguinaldo came on and scored the final goal after Shakhtar regained possession due to a defensive error by Porto.

Thus, the ‘dragons’ advance to the second round and keep Portugal in the competition, after the eliminations of Benfica and Braga.

And that’s where Shakhtar Donetsk’s journey to the Champions League ends.

The Ukrainian team entered the top continental competition with the aim of giving joy to its compatriots defending their country from Russian aggression, and went into the Europa League with their heads held high thanks to a solid performance in a difficult context.

DATA SHEET

Porto

Diogo Costa; Jorge Sánchez (João Mário, min.78), Pepe, Fábio Cardoso, Zaidu; Alan Varela, Eustáquio (Grujic, min.82), Pepê (Francisco Conceição, min.81), Galeno (Iván Jaime, min.89); Taremi and Evanilson (André Franco, min.82).

Shakhtar Donetsk

Riznyk; Gocholeishvili; Rakitskiy, Bondar, Rakitskyy (Kelsy, min.74), Matviyenko; Stepanenko, Bondarenko (Nazaryna, min.88), Sudakov, Zubkov (Eguinaldo, min.88), Kryskiv (Newerton, min.59); Sikan.

The objectives: 1-0: Galen, m.9; 1-1: Sikan, min.29; 2-1: Galen, min. 43; 3-1: Taremi, min.62; 3-2: Eustaquio (pp), min.73; 4-2: Pepe, min. 76; 5-2: F. Conceição, min.82); 5-3: Eguinaldo, min, 88.

Referee: István Kovács (ROU). He showed yellow cards to Cláudio Ramos and Sérgio Conceição from Porto and to Sudakov, Nazaryna and Bondar from Shakhtar.

Incidents: The match corresponding to the sixth day of Group H of the group stage of the Champions League played at the Estadio do Dragão in Porto (Portugal) in front of 48,113 spectators. EFE

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