27 October, 2020
Champions League – Match Day 2
Estádio do Dragão – Porto
Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)
FC PORTO: Marchesín; Manafá, Pepe, Mbemba, Zaidu; Sérgio Oliveira (Romário Baró 89), Uribe, Fábio Vieira (Nakajima 61); Corona (Evanilson 69), Marega, Otávio (Grujic 69)
OLYMPIAKOS: José Sá; Rafinha, Ruben Semedo, Cissé, Holebas (Rúben Vinagre 70); Bouchalakis (Pêpê 84), M’Vila; Valbuena (Ahmed Hassan 84), Masouras (K. Fortounis 53), Randjelovic; (Bruma 70) El-Arabi.
Goals: FC Porto: Fabio Vieira 11, Sergio Oliveira 85
NOTES: Pepe played in his 100th career match in the Champions League (includes Real Madrid and Besiktas)…Fabio Vieira scored his first goal in Europe…Tonight was FC Porto’s 100th all-time win in the Champions League…Porto also collected 2.7 million euros for a group win…Portuguese Jose Sa, Ruben Semedo, Bruma and Ruben Vinagre played for Olympiakos tonight, who is managed by Pedro Martins…City beat Marseille, 3-0…Porto host Marseille next Tuesday.
Statistics
Shots: P 11, O 11
Possession: P 47%, O 53%
Fouls: P, 14 O 16
Corners: P 4, O 9
Yellows: P 3, O 1
Reds: None
QUOTES
Fábio Vieira, FC Porto
“It was a fantastic feeling. I worked hard for this, I deserved this opportunity and I am very happy with my 1st goal in the Champions League. However, the most important thing was the team’s win in a very difficult match. I’m very happy that we got the 3 points.”
Sérgio Conceição, FC Porto
“We were consistently defensive in the 1st half. We scored a goal and had a chance that we could have done better with. In the 2nd half, Olympiakos were stronger and played to earn a draw, but we were able to defend safely.”
Ruben Semedo, Olympiakos
“We lost because details.We had a large part of the possession of the ball, many chances, but we didn’t score and Porto were better in both of the chances they had on our goal. The team did very well with the ball but, without it, details were missing.”
Pedro Martins, Olympiakos
“At Champions League level, such mistakes as the ones we committed to allow the 2 goals are not allowed. We were better than Porto in the period between the 2 goals but we didn’t convert our chances. It demonstrated once again that details will decide the group.”
When I made the substitutions, I wanted to provide the team with fresh legs, more depth and pace on the wings. We risked bringing in newcomers in order to get the draw, but it wasn’t meant to be.”
