In a match played at the Estádio do Dragão, valid for the round of 16 of the Champions League, Porto beat Arsenal/Porto 1-0, with a goal from Brazilian naturalized Portuguese, Galeno in the 48th minute of the second half. With the result, the Portuguese team will go into the return game, at Emirates, with a one-goal advantage. […]
21 fev
2024
– 19h19
(updated at 7:19 pm)
Galen celebrating his goal
Photo: David Ramos/Getty Images / Esporte News Mundo
In a match played at the Estádio do Dragão, valid for the round of 16 of the Champions League, Porto beat Arsenal/Porto 1-0, with a goal from Brazilian naturalized Portuguese, Galeno in the 48th minute of the second half. With the result, the Portuguese team will go into the return game, at Emirates, with a one-goal lead.
The first half of the match was truncated and lacking, in total, the two teams committed 20 fouls. Porto created the best chances, while most of Arsenal’s chances came from corners. In the second, Porto continued its good performance and didn’t let the Gunners create any clear scoring chances. In the 48th minute of the final stage, when it seemed like the game would end goalless, Galeno scored a great goal and gave the Dragons the advantage in the match.
Game
The game started with Arsenal having more possession of the ball in the first ten minutes of the game, the English team recorded 78% possession, while their opponent only recorded 22%. One minute into the game, Declan Rice received the first yellow card of the match after committing a hard foul on Galeno. During this period, the Gunners were unable to get close to the Dragons’ area. Porto tried to explore launches, at 10, in a quick counterattack, Galeno was launched, but Raya left the goal well to cut to the side.
The game was lukewarm after that, the first big chance of the match was only created at 20, when Francisco Conceição crossed from the right. The defense got away but the ball went to Galeno, the Brazilian naturalized Portuguese got his foot in and hit the post, the rebound went to the player who sent the shot wide. The English club tried to create chances after that, but the Portuguese club’s defense was well positioned and did not allow the Gunners to create clear scoring chances. Arsenal only had their first corner kick, 32 minutes into the first half, when Havertz advanced from the left and triggered Trossard, who dominated and hit hard, but the ball went too high and passed safely into the goal defended by Diogo Costa.
The Gunners continued to press, in the next move, he tried to play on the right, he went to the baseline and crossed. The ball deflected off Wendell, hit the crossbar, and the referee signaled a corner. After the kick, Saliba rose to the second post and headed wide. In the next move, Nico González came forward and took a risk from the edge of the area, but the ball went too high.
At 39, Evanilson scored with Pepe, the winger returned with his heel. The striker received it and tried the shot that forced Raya to work. Arsenal responded two minutes later, after Saka took a corner in the area, Kiwor headed in and sent it out. At 44, Saka received a good pass on the right, he took it to the middle, crossed with Trossard and finished, but the completion was blocked. In the next move, after a corner kick from Saka himself. Havertz headed wide.
The second half started truncated, with Porto scoring well and making it impossible for Arsenal to create great chances. At six, Francisco Conceição received a yellow card after bringing down Martinelli to avoid the English team’s counterattack. Four minutes later, Declan Rice took a corner, the ball went through everyone, and found Trossard, at the second post. The Belgian hit hard but isolated. Porto responded in the next move, after Conceição tried to play on the right and was brought down by Kiwor, who received a yellow card for the foul. When taking the shot, Wendell didn’t catch the ball well and isolated it.
At 15, Havertz received a yellow card after hitting Pepe in the face. Afterwards, Nico González received a yellow card after stopping the English team’s attack. Two minutes later, at 17, Martinelli received the ball on the left, dribbled past Pepe, but just as he was about to finish, Alan Varela cut in and sent it to the wing. Four minutes later, at 21, Pepê made a beautiful move on the right, went deep and rolled to Evanilson who had his shot blocked. At 27, the Gunners made the first change of the game. Trossard left the field for Jorginho to enter.
The two teams did not create chances during the second half, at 34, Porto made their first change with the entry of Spanish attacking midfielder Iván Jaime in place of Nico González. Three minutes later, Francisco Conceição crossed from the left and got ahead and got the ball. At 39, Porto moved twice more. Evalinson and Conceição left the field for Toni Martínez and Gonçalo Borges to enter. At 44, Wendell left after feeling for Canadian Eustáquio to enter. Two minutes later, at 46, after a free kick from Ödegaard, Gabriel Magalhães headed wide.
The match looked like it would end in a 0-0 draw, until at 48, Otavio intercepted Gabriel Martinelli’s pass, the ball reached Galena, on the left, the Portuguese-Brazilian received it, led it and hit it in the corner, with no chance for Raya , 1 to 0 Porto. The Dragons will go one goal ahead of Emirates.
In their next match for the Portuguese Championship, the Dragons will visit Gil Vicente, on Sunday, at 3pm (Brasília time), at the Estádio Cidade de Barcelos. The Gunners, in turn, will host Newcastle, in the Premier League, at the Emirates Stadium, on Saturday, at 5pm.
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