Paços de Ferreira match review
By: j | September 26th, 2008Porto’s advance continued with a important 2-0 victory over Paços de Ferreira at Estádio do Dragão. It was an important three points for Jesualdo Ferreira’s men coming off the disappointing nil draw to Rio Ave.
The home side started strong and continuously applied pressure in the attack. Only thirteen minutes after the start Raul Meireles found the back of the goal with a powerful strike from slightly outside the box. With strongly defending and rarely a scoring opportunity by the opposition, the match never seemed in-doubt. With eighteen minutes left, Hulk doubled the margin and Dragões supporters could start the celebration.
Porto now must refocus its efforts to Arsenal who they face in Champions League action on Tuesday. Through brilliant planning and tactical guile Jesualdo Ferreira employed his forces against Paços de Ferreira so that they are recovered for the Arsenal match, including keeping Lisandro López and Mariano González out of the match completely.
F.C. PORTO: Helton; Sapunaru (Candeias 56′), Rolando, Bruno Alves «cap» and Lino; Tomás Costa, Fernando and Raul Meireles; Lisandro (Hulk 70′), Farías (Guarin 56′) and Rodriguez
PAÇOS DE FERREIRA: Cássio; Ricardo, Ozeia, Tiago Valente and Josa; Filipe Anunciação, Pedrinha «cap» (William 74′) and Paulo Sousa (Chico Silva 74′); Cristiano, Leandro Tatu and Filipe Gonçalves (Rui Miguel 46′)
Category: Porto Team News
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