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FC Porto’s players were naturally delighted with the victory over Bayern Munich last night, but recognised that the tie is far from over and that “it’s a small step” in the right direction, as Danilo put it.
Casemiro made a point of highlighting the team spirit shown, Evandro talked about a “spectacular” night and Jackson Martínez says the result will enable Porto to face the 2nd leg with confidence.
PortuGOAL rounds up the post-match reaction from the Estádio do Dragão.
April 15, 2015 will be remembered as one of the great European nights at the Estádio do Dragão.
FC Porto turned in a superb team performance to deservedly beat Bayern Munich 3-1 and put themselves in with a fighting chance of making it to the semi-finals of this season's Champions League.
Two goals inside 10 minutes from Ricardo Quaresma, the first a penalty, had the home fans in dreamland. Bayern reacted well and cut the deficit through Thiago Alcântara before the break, but Jackson Martínez capped a superb second-half display by Porto with a classy third to give the Dragons a two-goal lead to take to Germany next Tuesday.
Cementing its standing as the go-to site for news, views and insights into Portuguese football, the writers of PortuGOAL have had a busy start to 2015. We'd just like to give a heads-up to two articles written recently that may have escaped our readers and which they are likely to find of interest.
Vasco Mota Pereira picked out the Top 10 best young players to watch in Portugal for Just-Football.com, while Tom Kundert penned an in-depth profile of Benfica coach Jorge Jesus for FourFourTwo.com, outlining why he could be a good option as the next Manchester City coach. Check them out.
Ever since the Champions League quarter-final draw paired FC Porto and Bayern Munich, all other football in Portugal has served only as a mild distraction ahead of such a keenly anticipated tie.
As it is so highly anticipated by so many fans and football lovers alike, it will definitely be a game that punters look to bet on. With both sites in great form, there is lots of potential for both teams to score in both halves this match. We'd put them in a btts in both halves acca with some other teams. If you'd like to see predictions for btts in both halves in other games then see FootyAccumulators tips.
PortuGOAL brings you the definitive preview of what all Portistas are hoping will be a historic night at the Estádio do Dragão on Wednesday. Tom Kundert sets the scene, Vasco Mota Pereira does the tactics and an audio preview is also included.
Sporting booked their place in the Portuguese Cup final with a 1-0 victory over Nacional at the Alvalade tonight to win the semi-final 3-2 on aggregate.
They will almost certainly meet Braga at the end-of-season showpiece event after the Arsenalistas built a 3-0 lead in the first leg of their semi-final against Rio Ave last night, thanks to a Zé Luís hat-trick.
The final will be at the Jamor national stadium on the outskirts of Lisbon on 31 May.
