He beat Arsenal… at the buzzer with Galeno and Porto took the qualification lead!

He did the… colpo grosso n Porto!

With tactical mastery and his golar Galeno at 90+4′, the “dragons”… burned with a score of 1-0 Arsenal and they took a qualification lead ahead of the rematch (12/03) at “Emirates”, showing that no one should underestimate them!

The hosts were extremely read tactically and let away from their classic chances Londoners. On the other hand, however, they failed to convert their big chance into a goal Galeno in the 21st minute, something they did in the 90th + 4th minute with him as the protagonist, who scored an unimaginable goal and lifted “Dragão” to his feet!

The match

THE Arsenal entered the match with a clear intention to dominate the match and control the possession, without leaving… an iota of space in the Porto. However, in the first minutes there was no classic opportunity for either team.

The home team, on the other hand, perhaps intentionally, shut them down places and they left the initiative to the “gunners”, knowing how much dangerous they are the English in the field and preferring a conservative way of playing.

Despite her apparent dominance Arsenalthe one who threatened first was Porto. After a bad reaction from the English defense in the 21st minute, o Galeno he got possession of the ball from close range and sent it onto the crossbar. She came back in front of him and had the whole goal to score, but she managed to miss from the small area in the double attempt.

The Portuguese were flawless regularly in the first half, with the fact that the Arsenal they didn’t even manage to get to the final in the first half hour, despite having overwhelming possession in their favour. The first good moment of the Londoners came in the 35th minute, when o Saliba caught a header after his corner Edgard and sent the ball just wide.

THE Porto he saw the match going exactly at the pace he wanted, and he found another final in the 38th minute, with a long shot by Nico Gonzalez that went far away from the goal. A little later, in the 40th minute, o Evanilson stole and collaborated with Pepe, however, took a shot from a difficult angle and Raya blocked. After two moderately threatening headers from Havertz, the first half ended 0-0.

He moved at the same pace in the first minutes and the second part of the match. THE Arsenal held the ball and threatened in the 53rd minute with a fine effort Martinelli and his shot Edgard, which, however, went to the bodies without troubling Diogo Costa. A few minutes later, in the 56th minute, Trossard became the owner of the ball unmarked after a corner and took a one-piece shot, but it went high.

In the 63rd minute, the Londoners had another good moment. THE Martinelli stepped into dangerous area with a nice dribble and was ready to execute, but o Barrel he caught up with him at the last moment and cornered him. On the other side, Porto he also had an important chance in the 67th minute, when Pepe passed Havertz as if… stopped and laid to Evanilsson, but Rice made a crucial counter to the latter’s shot from close range.

Then, for a long time both teams stayed away from opportunities, with the Porto to do in the 84th minute a great combination on the flank, with a player to pretending how he will perform it and have someone else perform it, without this leading to any classical phase. From then on, there was no other good moment apart from a header from Gabriel in stoppage time, before o Galeno gave the victory to Porto with… a buzzer beater at 90+4′ outside the area, which left no room for Raya!

The compositions of the match:

Porto (Conceição): Diogo Costa, Wendell (90′ Eustace), Ottavio, Pepe, Joao Mario, Gonzalez (80′ Jaime), Varela, Conceição (85′ Borges), Pepe, Galeno, Evanilson (85′ Martinez).

Arsenal (Arteta): Raya, White, Saliba, Gabriel, Kivior, Edgegaard, Rice, Trossard (74′ Jorginho), Saka, Martinelli, Havertz.