Porto defeats Estrela da Amadora 4-2 in tight match
By: j | December 17th, 2008In a highly spirited match Lázaro Oliveira’s Estrela da Amadora fell 4-2 to Porto after fighting back twice to level the match. With the victory Porto draws leve with Leixões with twenty-three points, two points behind top of the table Benfica.
The Dragões took the lead ten minutes in as Lisandro López found the back of the net connecting with a soaring header. Vítor Manuel Moreno drew the match level three minutes before the half hour mark with a peculiar goal off a extraordinary deflection that somehow found its way into the goal. Cristian Rodriguez restored Porto’s lead before the break with a powerful header off Hulk’s corner. Estrela da Amadora fought back and a minute past the hour mark Jose Vidigal found the equalizer as he flew in-close to head in a perfectly placed free-kick. Three minutes after the hour ex-Tokyo Verdy man Hulk chipped a perfect goal from outside the area into the net. With six minutes remaining Cristian Rodriguez struck a beautiful curling left-footed free-kick to the outside corner.
Porto returns to league action this Sunday against Marítimo at Estádio do Dragão.
Estrela da Amadora
Nélson; Hugo Gomes, Mustafá (Ndiaye 20′), Carreira «cap.» e Moreno; Celestino (Pedro Pereira 65′), Marcelo Goianiria, Fernando Alexandre e Vidigal; Silvestre Varela e Anselmo (Rui Varela 73′)
Porto:
Helton; Fucile, Rolando, Bruno Alves e Pedro Emanuel (Tomás Costa 90′); Fernando, Raul Meireles (Guarin 85′) e Lucho González; Lisandro Lopez, Hulk (Mariano Gonzalez 88′) and Cristian Rodríguez
Category: Porto Team News
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