Daily Archives: May 6, 2011

FC Porto is in the final

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The Portuguese FC Porto are through to the 2010/11 UEFA Europa League final after they delivered a football with high on commitment and quality, their 5-1 first-leg advantage proving insurmountable for Villarreal CF, despite the Spanish side’s best efforts.

1-0: GOL CANI ’17
1-1: GOL HULK ’40
1-2: GOL FALCAO ’47
2-2: GOL CAPDEVILA ’75
3-2: GOL ROSSI ’79 –penalty

Watching the statistics is clearlly that Villiareal wanted to come back after the first leg humiliation, they were 2 times more active with double attempts on target and with three goals scored. But it wasn’t enough.

Porto obtained his victory and it worth’s its place in the final, a Portuguese one entirely.

Lineups:
Villarreal: Diego Lopez – Capdevila, Bruno Soriano, Musacchio, Mario Gaspar, Santi Cazorla, Matilla, Cani, Nilmar, Marco Ruben, Rossi
Substitutes: Juan Carlos, Oriol, Marchena, Senna, Borja Valero, Cicinho, Mubarak

FC Porto: Helton – Alvaro Pereira, Otamendi, Rolando, Sapunaru, Joao Moutinho, Fernando, Guarin, Cristian Rodriguez, Falcao, Hulk
Substitutes: Beto, Maicon, Sereno, Walter, James Rodriguez, Souza, Ruben Micael

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Braga sends Benfica home

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Braga scored a huge goal against Benfica and obtained the ticket in to the final of UEFA EUROPA League. The player responsible for this is Custodio which trough his goal brought qualification for his team.

Custodio: “It is such a joy to have scored the goal that took us through, but this is a team victory because we showed great togetherness.”
“I only scored; everyone else was just as important – look at Paulão, who cleared one off the line. We are all in it, the entire squad. I think the secret was our quality, our desire and our collective strength.”

After this game, Domingos Paciência‘s team progressed to the first all-Portuguese UEFA final, a first for the northern club on such an elevated stage.

Braga: Artur – Silvio, Alberto Rodriguez, Paulao, Miguel Garcia, Jugo Viana, Custodio, Lima, Mossoro, Alan, Meyong
Substitutes: Cristiano, Kaka, Helder Barbosa, Elderson, Leandro Salino, Peterson, Anibal Capela

Benfica: Roberto – Fabio Coentrao, Jardel, Luisao, Maxi Pereira, Cesar Peixoto, Javi Garcia, Gaitan, Carlos Martins, Oscar Cardozo, Saviola
Substitutes: Moreira, Airton, Jara, Roderick, Felipe Menezes, Sidnei, Alan Kardec

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