#FT: Barcelona 2-1 FC Porto
Venue: Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys
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Barcelona
Iñaki Peña, Iñigo Martínez, Jules Koundé, João Cancelo (Alejandro Balde), Ronald Araújo, Ilkay Gündogan, Frenkie de Jong, Pedri, Robert Lewandowski, João Félix (Ferran Torres), Raphinha (Lamine Yamal).
Subs: Marcos Alonso, Marc Casadó, Diego Kochen, Fermín López, Sergi Roberto, Ander Astralaga, Andreas Christensen, Oriol Romeu.
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FC Porto
Diogo Costa, Pepe, Fábio Cardoso (Danny Loader), Zaidu Sanusi, João Mário (Jorge Sánchez), Alan Varela, Stephen Eustáquio (Nicolas Gonzalez), Galeno (Toni Martínez), Pepê, Mehdi Taremi, Evanilson (Francisco Conceição).
Subs: André Franco, Iván Jaime, Gonçalo Borges, Romário Baró, Marko Grujic, Fran Navarro, Cláudio Ramos.
MATCH EVENTS | via ESPN
30’ Goal! Barcelona 0, FC Porto 1. Pepê Aquino (FC Porto) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the bottom left corner.
32’ Goal! Barcelona 1, FC Porto 1. João Cancelo (Barcelona) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Pedri.
36’ Fábio Cardoso (FC Porto) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
37’ Frenkie de Jong (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
57’ João Mário (FC Porto) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
57’ Goal! Barcelona 2, FC Porto 1. João Félix (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by João Cancelo with a cross.
59’ João Félix (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
67’ Substitution, FC Porto. Jorge Sánchez replaces João Mário.
74’ Pepê Aquino (FC Porto) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
75’ Substitution, Barcelona. Ferran Torres replaces João Félix.
81’ Substitution, FC Porto. Francisco Conceição replaces Evanilson.
81’ Substitution, FC Porto. Nico González replaces Stephen Eustáquio.
82’ Substitution, Barcelona. Alejandro Balde replaces João Cancelo because of an injury.
90’ Substitution, Barcelona. Lamine Yamal replaces Raphinha.
90’ Substitution, FC Porto. Danny Namaso replaces Fábio Cardoso.
I’m very intrigued to see at least once Cancelo LW, essentially he was playing offensively pretty much the whole game tonight, and Balde LB to cover defensively. Also having your best CB play RB is criminal but at least Araujo doesn’t mind doing so.
Benfica send their regards