The Portuguese-Brazilian Galeno was recognized as the best footballer of the opening day of the group stage of the Champions League, after scoring two goals and an assist in the victorious debut of FC Porto, UEFA announced this Friday.
Through a vote carried out by fans during the last few days on the organization’s official website, the 25-year-old forward defeated the Portuguese international João Félix, from FC Barcelona – who is the next rival of the Dragons in Group H -, by the English Jude Bellingham, from Real Madrid, and the Norwegian Martin Odegaard, from Arsenal.
Galeno stood out in FC Porto’s victory over Shakhtar Donetsk (3-1), played on Tuesday, in Hamburg, Germany, due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, scoring two goals and assisting Iranian Mehdi Taremi’s goal in the first half .
The dragons share the leadership of the polola with the Spanish champion FC Barcelona, who defeated Belgian Antwerp on the same day (5-0), with two goals and an assist from João Félix, and visits Sérgio Conceição’s team on October 4, in the second round .
Conceição praises the evolution
This morning, at the press conference prior to FC Porto’s match against Gil Vicente, FC Porto coach, Sérgio Conceição, praised the player’s career and was “happy” for the distinction.
“It’s a normal and natural evolution. I met him very young.” [em 2017/18]but it went to him [Sporting de] Braga has already had a very interesting evolution. Return [em 2021/22] and he came to replace the departure of an important player, like Luis Díaz, in a way that I like. In my opinion he is a different player than the one who arrived here. He does not differ in characteristics from him, but he has other criteria. “I’m happy,” he said.
Source: TSF
