Wednesday October 24, 2012 Group Stage: Group A Finished Estádio do Dragăo

FC Porto 3 - 2 Dynamo Kiev

  • Silvestre Varela 15’
  • Martinez 36’, 78’
  • Husyev 21’
  • Brown 72’

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  1. Champions League - Porto maintain winning run

    Champions League - Porto maintain winning run

    Porto maintained their 100 per cent record in the Champions League this season after beating Dynamo Kiev 3-2 at home to take control of Group A. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • FC Porto
    • Dynamo Kiev
    • FULL TIME: Porto 3-2 Dynamo Kiev. Thanks for joining us.
    • 90+3' This time Danilo is fouled by Veloso. It’s another yellow and the Porto players are furious. No need for that late on.
    • 90+3' A long ball into the box is easily claimed by Helton. Atsu comes clear and is fouled by Betao. Yellow card.
    • 90+2' Porto sub: Rodriguez off for Lopes.
    • 90+1' Veloso picks out Gusev but he fails to keep it in. Goal kick.
    • 90' There will be three added minutes here.
    • 89' An optimistic shot from Veloso is off target and that’s another goal kick to Porto. Bit of a waste that.
    • 88' Mangala fouls Yarmolenko to invite a little more pressure.
    • 87' This time Gusev can’t keep it in and the ball runs away for another Porto goal kick. Time running out for Kiev.
    • 86' Yarmolenko can’t latch onto a long ball and it’s out for a Porto goal kick.
    • 85' Five minutes remaining and Porto look comfortable here but they cannot afford to switch off.
    • 83' Kiev sub: Kranjcar on for Vukojevic
    • 82' Rodriguez plays it in but Kiev clear their lines.
    • 82' Atsu is blocked by Betao and wins a free kick.
    • 81' This time Taiwo fouls Danilo. Getting a little scrappy now as Kiev fight for possession and an equaliser. They must be careful.
    • 80' Garmash goes into the book for a strong challenge on Rodriguez.
    • 79' A great time for Porto to restore their lead with little over ten minutes remaining.
    • 77' Lucho Gonzalez has provided more goal assists than anyone else in the Champions League this season.
    • 76' GOAL Porto! And it’s that combination again. Gonzalez finds space on the left and crosses to Martinez to sidefoot home.
    • 74' Porto sub: Moutinho off for Defour
    • 73' Kiev have given it a good go and deserve that on balance this half. Game on!
    • 72' GOAL Kiev! This time Ideye is not to be denied. He brings down Yarmolenko’s excellent ball on his chest before rifling past Helton.
    • 71' A great save from Helton denies Ideye. Could easily have been 2-2!
    • 70' Kiev win a corner and Mangala scrambled Veloso’s cross behind.
    • 69' Maicon has been very solid at the back so far. Garmash wins a free kick off Gonzalez.
    • 67' Vukojevic fouled by Martinez. Kiev giving it a go now.
    • 66' A great little run from Atsu. Looks to have skill and pace in abundance.
    • 65' Veloso delivers another wicked cross and Helton punches at thin air. He was adjudged to have been fouled though.
    • 64' Garmash wins a free kick in a dangerous area.
    • 63' Porto sub: Valera off for Atsu.
    • 62' Valera is in acres of space down the left but it’s an awful effort. Not sure if it was a cross or a shot there. It sails over.
    • 61' Foul by Garmash on Moutinho.
    • 61' Cross from Mangala finds Martinez but this time he can’t turn and get a shot away.
    • 60' Half an hour to play and not much urgency from Kiev to get back into this. But they must be careful not to leave themselves open to a third.
    • 59' Moutinho penalised for a foul but Porto have the ball back.
    • 58' Ideye makes a great run but his first touch was not great. He then fouled Betao.
    • 56' POSSESSION: Porto 57% - 43% Kiev
    • 55' Gusev in loads of space on the edge of the box but he dallies too long and Porto clear.
    • 54' In tonight’s other Group A match, PSG lead Dinamo Zagreb 2-0.
    • 53' Martinez caught offside.
    • 53' Danilo finds Martinez, whose turn and shot is inches over the bar. Great effort!
    • 51' Valera plays in Rodriguez and he wins Porto a throw.
    • 50' Taiwo has two chances to cross and Helton punches clear the second. Still Kiev come forward but this time Helton claims. Bright start from Kiev.
    • 49' Kiev seeing a fair amount of the ball at the start of this second half.
    • 48' Gusev storms down the left but is dispossessed by Danilio.
    • 47' No changes as yet for either side.
    • 46' Hand ball from Taiwo concedes an early free kick.
    • 45' We’re back underway here and you get the feeling Kiev are in for a torrid second half.
    • HALF TIME: Porto 2-1 Kiev
    • 45+2' Rodriguez streams forward but he’s well shepherded and Kiev clear.
    • 45+1' Porto look content to play this out until the half time whistle now. Comfortable on the ball.
    • 45' We will have two added minutes here for the Ideye stoppage.
    • 44' Gonzalez commits a foul and Kiev have a free kick as the half winds down.
    • 42' Play is back underway again and Ideye is running it of.
    • 41' Ideye has gone down clutching his hamstring and the referee has called for treatment.
    • 40' Porto still enjoying a lot of the ball, camped in the Kiev half and seeking a killer third before the break.
    • 38' Yarmolenko fouled by Mangala. Free kick. No cards as yet.
    • 37' A really good goal that from Martinez and he has looked dangerous. More work for Kiev to do now.
    • 36' Back come Kiev and Ideye has a header saved at the other end, albeit comfortably, by Helton.
    • 35' GOAL Porto! Martinez does really well to find space for the shot from Rodriguez’s pass and slides it under the advancing Shovkovskiy.
    • 34' POSSESSION: Porto 56% - 44% Kiev.
    • 33' Varela finds space on the edge of the box and chips in a cross but it’s straight into Shovkovskiy’s hands.
    • 32' Moutinho swings it in and it bobbles around in the box but Kiev eventually hack it clear.
    • 31' Better stuff now from Porto and Mangala wins a free kick after a challenge from Betao. Good opportunity.
    • 30' Good pressure from Rodriguez and he wins a throw deep in the Kiev half.
    • 29' Rodriguez tries a long through ball to Martinez but it’s easily cut out.
    • 28' Rodriguez this time the culprit, fouling Garmash.
    • 27' Kiev prepared to defend deep and give Porto the possession at the moment. Otamendi fouled.
    • 26' Vitor Pereira screaming instructions from the bench. He’s not happy at the moment.
    • 25' POSSESSION: Porto 53% - 47% Kiev
    • 24' Fernando penalised for a foul on Ideye. Kiev coming back into this one in terms of possession.
    • 23' Lucho caught offside.
    • 22' That’s only Kiev’s seventh away goal in their last 16 Champions League away games.
    • 21' It’s game on again as Garmash goes down under a challenge from Mangala. Free kick.
    • 20' GOAL KIEV! And it’s Gusev who heads in under no pressure from Veloso's cross. Well that was unexpected!
    • 19' Great long range effort from Veloso and a brilliant save from Helton who got down quickly to his left.
    • 18' Danilo breaks into the box and goes down. Looked like more of a slip than a penalty shout.
    • 17' Still Kiev are pinned into their own half.
    • 16' What a test it will be for Kiev now. Porto have yet to concede a goal in their last four Champions League games and the Ukrainian’s have struggled to score away.
    • 15' GOAL PORTO! And it’s a cracker into the top corner from Varela from Gonzalez’s cross. No chance Shovkovskiy.
    • 14' It was probably more of a cross than a shot, so Helton had to be alert there. Closest we’ve come to a goal though.
    • 13' It’s a great delivery from Garmash and nearly goes straight in but Helton does well to claw it out of the top corner for another corner.
    • 12' Garmash does well to win Kiev another corner.
    • 11' Porto look in no hurry here. Even a draw at home would see them comfortable at the top of the table.
    • 10' The corner is a waste, straight into the arms of Helton.
    • 9' First sustained spell of possession for Kiev and Garmash wins a corner.
    • 8' Martinez works space on the left and again nearly has Gonzalez in.
    • 6' A nervous clearance from Shovkovskiy that nearly falls straight to the feet of Mangala. Martinez then caught marginally offside.
    • 5' Rodriguez already looking like the man to unlock the Kiev defence.
    • 4' Rodriguez wins a free kick. Kiev struggling to get out of their own half.
    • 3' Gonzalez crosses to Martinez but Kiev clear. They’re doing a lot of defending in these early moments. Rodriguez also looking lively up front.
    • 2' Gonzalez just fails to play in Rodriguez. Bright start from the group leaders here.
    • 1' Porto with a lot of the ball early on. Kiev set up to hit the Portuguese on the break.
    • 1' Referee Pavel Kralovec from the Czech Republic blows the whistle to get us underway here. Porto in their change strip of purple and black hoops, Kiev all in their traditional white.
    • 19.40 Don’t forget, you can follow all of tonight’s matches on eurosport.com including the other Group A Match between Dinamo Zagreb and Paris St-Germain. Follow here
    • 19.35 MATCH ODDS: Porto (8/13) Dynamo Kiev (14/5) Draw (3/1).
    • 19.30 Joao Moutinho, who starts tonight, has created the joint-most scoring chances in this season’s Champions League (10) along with Mesut Özil.
    • 19.25 Dynamo have won just one of their last 15 Champions League away matches (W1 D4 L10). The one victory in that run came away at Porto in October 2008.
    • 19.20 Expect goals in this one but possibly only from the home side. Dynamo have scored just six goals in their last 15 Champions League away games and failed to score in 10 of the games in that run. Porto have kept clean sheets in their last four Champions League matches.
    • 19.15 Encouragingly for Porto, they have won six and lost just one of their eight European games against Ukrainian opposition, including three wins and a defeat to Dynamo Kiev. But their only defeat versus Ukrainian opposition came in a home Champions League match against Dynamo Kiev on Match Day Three of the 2008-09 season.
    • 19.10 Oleg Blokhin: "In the Champions League, Dynamo will fight for a way out of the group. The defeat by PSG with a score of 4-1 does not say anything. I remember a couple of years ago, the same happened when Shakhtar Donetsk lost in London, 5-1 to Arsenal. They then went into the play-offs with first place in the group."
    • 19.05 Vitor Pereira: "We are preparing for this game as we always do, passing information to the players as usual. We will play as we do all the time, controlling the ball."
    • 19.00 PORTO: Helton, Danilo, Maicon, Mangala, Otamendi, Lucho Gonzalez, Joao Moutinho, Fernando, Martinez, James Rodriguez, Varela. SUBS: Fabiano, Miguel Lopes, Ba, Castro, Defour, Kleber, Atsu /// DYNAMO KIEV: Shovkovskiy, Betao, Mikhalik, Taiwo, Khacheridi, Miguel Veloso, Vukojevic, Yarmolenko, Garmash, Gusev, Ideye. SUBS: Koval, Kranjcar, Bogdanov, Haruna, Ninkovic, Mehmedi, Marco Ruben.
    • 18.55 Porto boss Vitor Pereira is set to be without left back Alex Sandro, who is still recovering from a muscle injury, with Miguel Lopes expected to deputise. Colombian striker James Rodriguez is expected to lead the line, with Steven Defour likely to return to the starting line-up. Kiev coach Oleg Blokhin is set to make changes, with Niko Kranjcar in line to replace Raffael in midfield, while Maksym Koval should regain his place in goal once more, with Denys Harmash also set to return.
    • 18.50 Porto are sitting pretty at the top of the Group A table having won their opening two matches away at Dinamo Zagreb and at home to Paris Saint-Germain so they are all but through. Dynamo Kiev were thumped 4-1 away in Paris but bounced back with a comfortable 2-0 win at home to Dinamo Zagreb. Check out the Group A standings and results so far.
    • 18.45 Hello and welcome to our LIVE coverage of the Champions League Group A clash between FC Porto and Dynamo Kiev at the Estádio do Dragão. Kick off 19.45 BST. Match preview

  • Summary

    • 76' GOAL Porto! And it’s that combination again. Gonzalez finds space on the left and crosses to Martinez to sidefoot home.
    • 72' GOAL Kiev! This time Ideye is not to be denied. He brings down Yarmolenko’s excellent ball on his chest before rifling past Helton.
    • 71' A great save from Helton denies Ideye. Could easily have been 2-2!
    • 53' Danilo finds Martinez, whose turn and shot is inches over the bar. Great effort!
    • 35' GOAL Porto! Martinez does really well to find space for the shot from Rodriguez’s pass and slides it under the advancing Shovkovskiy.
    • 20' GOAL KIEV! And it’s Gusev who heads in under no pressure from Veloso's cross. Well that was unexpected!
    • 19' Great long range effort from Veloso and a brilliant save from Helton who got down quickly to his left.
    • 18' Danilo breaks into the box and goes down. Looked like more of a slip than a penalty shout.
    • 15' GOAL PORTO! And it’s a cracker into the top corner from Varela from Gonzalez’s cross. No chance Shovkovskiy.
    • 13' It’s a great delivery from Garmash and nearly goes straight in but Helton does well to claw it out of the top corner for another corner.
    • 19.00 PORTO: Helton, Danilo, Maicon, Mangala, Otamendi, Lucho Gonzalez, Joao Moutinho, Fernando, Martinez, James Rodriguez, Varela. SUBS: Fabiano, Miguel Lopes, Ba, Castro, Defour, Kleber, Atsu /// DYNAMO KIEV: Shovkovskiy, Betao, Mikhalik, Taiwo, Khacheridi, Miguel Veloso, Vukojevic, Yarmolenko, Garmash, Gusev, Ideye. SUBS: Koval, Kranjcar, Bogdanov, Haruna, Ninkovic, Mehmedi, Marco Ruben.

Team Line-up & Ratings

  • FC Porto

    Manager: Vítor Pereira

  • Dynamo Kiev

    Manager: Aleksey Mikhaylichenko

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      Goalkeeper
      6.8 6
      Defenders
      5.3 6
      Yellow Card 5.3 6
      5.7 6
      7.7 7
      Midfielders
      5.3 6
      5.7 8
      Substitution Out75′ 5.7 6
      Strikers
      Goal Substitution Out64′ 6 7
      Substitution Out90′ 8.2 7
      Goals ×2 7.7 7
      Subs
      Substitution In90′ 5.5 6
      Substitution In75′ 1 6
      Substitution In64′ 7 6
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      Goalkeeper
      2.8 6
      Defenders
      Yellow Card 2.7 6
      3.5 5
      4.5 6
      5.3 6
      Midfielders
      Substitution Out84′ 4.5 6
      Yellow Card 3.5 6
      Yellow Card 5.8 7
      Strikers
      4.5 6
      Goal 5 7
      Goal 5.3 7
      Subs
      Substitution In84′ 5.5 6

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  1. POrto Best

    From Richard, on Wed 24 Oct 23:34

  2. Porto is simply the best.

    From Dirk, on Wed 24 Oct 20:27
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