This Wednesday, FC Porto will face the Germans Bayer Leverkusen, in a match corresponding to the fourth day of the Champions League group stage. After winning at the Estádio do Dragão, Sérgio Conceição’s team is looking for its second victory in the competition and continues to fight for the last place in the round of 16, after Club Brugge qualified.
In the Bay Arena, the dragons entered expectantly, with a Leverkusen trying to build a positional attack from the defensive line at the feet of the most advanced. Possession of the ball seemed to belong mostly to the Germans, but without harming the Portuguese.
After several attempts to create danger on both sides, the Blue and Whites took full advantage of a carelessness on the part of the opposing defense. In the corresponding small area, Diogo Costa searched, found Galeno with a long pass and the Brazilian did the rest, running down the wing, bewitching Leverkusen’s central defenders and, in the past, made it 1-0 in the match. play.
GALENO What a domain, what a career and what assistance from Diogo Costo
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– ONCE Portugal (@ElevenSports_PT) October 12, 2022
The first quarter of an hour in North Rhine gave viewers several reasons to be interested.
Eleven of Bayer Leverkusen: Hradecky; Hincapie, Tah, Bakker, Kossounou, Demirbay, Aranguiz, Adli, Hudson-Odoi, Diaby, and Schick
FC Porto eleven: Diogo Costa; João Mário, Fábio Cardoso, David Carmo and Zaidu; Otávio, Uribe, Eustáquio and Pepê, Galeno and Taremi
Bayer Leverkusen substitutes: Lomb, Lunev; Paulinho, Amiri, Tapsoba, Hlozek, Fosu-Mensah and Azhil
Substitutes FC Porto: Cláudio Ramos; Marcano, Wendell, Grujic, Rodrigo Conceição, Bruno Costa, Bernardo Folha, Gonçalo Borges, Verón, Danny Namaso, Toni Martínez and Evanilson
Source: TSF
