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FC Porto defeated Schalke 04 (3-1) and secured first place in group D, Sérgio Conceição matching Jesualdo Ferreira's feat by placing the "dragons" in the last 16 games of the Champions League in two consecutive years, still making triumphs at home, obtained only by Vítor Pereira (2012-13). The night set the tone for the record and allowed the Portuguese team to win a victory equal to 1996-97, under António Oliveira, after reaching the 16 points of the group stage.
In the margins of this accounting, the match began. FC Porto and Schalke were qualified to enter the field due to Galatasaray's defeat in Moscow … This slightly eased the emotional burden of the teams, now focused exclusively on the group's leadership issue. Again, FC Porto played with two results, although the financial issue and prestige are too attractive to let ivory run.
The Germans, even with the second line advanced – without the weight of the wounded Burgstaller, Uth and Embolo – burst forcefully, cutting off the dragons' access to their comfort zone to try to exploit an error that Philip was not allowed, pushing back invested in Schalke. It was only after the first 15 minutes that FC Porto found themselves, after a pure illusion of Brahimi, to turn the ball into a dagger that Danilo was trying to hurt Färhmann, to which the German goalkeeper responded. the first of a handful of huge defenses.
From there, the portals no longer allowed the Schalke to control the pace, which limited the chances of an imminent goal. Felipe transmitted the testimony to Danilo, who became a real bomber, defying Färhmann, who again shone and delayed Marega's festivities.
Schalke entered survival mode, aware that the five midfield units still were not enough to condition the dynamics of Sérgio Conceição's team. Although the winner of the first round in points, FC Porto needed a technical knockout that Schalke tried to avoid at all costs, returning to the second half with another midfielder and an attacker. Insensitive to the malaise of the Germans, FC Porto intensified the flame and allowed Herrera to try his luck in the first set of the imminent goal of the second half. The threat would be fulfilled by Militão, in his debut to score by "the blues and the whites", with a whim to complete a luxury service of Óliver, after a corner of Corona.
For Schalke, the contact was obvious, Konoplyanka taking the lead alongside Di Santo and forcing Casillas to the first intervention of the night. But it was the song of the swans of the Germans, who saw their chances of success faint with the second of Porto, courtesy of Corona, who returned to incorporate the attack, with the Mexican to express the irresistible football of the champion of Portugal (55)).
Until the end, while Schalke was repositioning and trying to catch his breath, even changing the system, the team of Sérgio Conceição explored all possible combinations. Felipe sent a ball to the bar, hitching a versatile bike. The immaculate display stand however would be stained by an involuntary penitent of iveriver (the hand in the ball), to allow Bentaleb's Schalke (89 '), to create the illusion of a certain balance, which does not has never existed.
But the night would be complete only when Marega would have equaled the mark of Mario Jardel – while everything seemed to indicate that the Malian would remain virgin (goal well framed at 90 + 3) – by registering the point in the Champions League for the fourth meeting. consecutive
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