http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 vs. Porto – European Super Cup – Match Review (Part 3)
Porto’s manager Vitor http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Manuel-c23383 Oliveira Lopez Pereira managed to field his strongest side available to him. Vitor Pereira replaced Andres Villas Boas as a manager of the Portuguese Champions. Villas Boas helped Porto win the Portuguese League without losing
a single game and he also helped them win the Europa League last season.
Vitor Pereira sold off http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Radamel-Falcao-c30276 to the Spanish side Atletico Madrid and he was the only player from the previous team who did not feature in the European Super Cup game.
Helton was the player who featured between the two sticks as the goal stopper and he was aided by four defenders.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Rolando-c31583 and Nicolas Otamendi.
Vitor Pereira also fielded a three man midfield in order to make it difficult for Barcelona to move the ball around. However, the Spanish Champions dominated in terms of possession as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lionel-Messi-c22296 fell back to help the side add another player in the midfield.
The three man midfield included a holding midfielder. The http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Job-c18684 was taken up by Souza. He played right in front of the defenders are right behind the centre midfielders to add an extra barrier for the Barcelona strikers.
Joao Moutinho and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Freddy-c14144 Guarin were the two players who featured in the centre of the pitch. While Moutinho played as a left centre midfielder, Guarin featured as a right centre midfielder.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Hulk-c16436 featured on the right wing. The centre forward and the sole striker for the Portuguese Champions was Kleber Laube Pinheiro.
Porto had a lot of good quality players on the bench. Vitor Pereira made sure that he has the best of the players available with the best of the replacements. Pereira fielded the strongest side available to him and had a few extraordinary players benched
as well.
Rafael Wihby Bracalli featured as a second choice goalkeeper for the Portuguese Champions. While http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Helton-c16018 joined the first team, Bracalli sat on the bench.
Maicon Pereira http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Maicon-c23157’s position is of a defender and he did not feature in the first team.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Fernando-Belluschi-c13628 was also benched. The Porto midfielder rarely started with Andres Villas Boas around and the case was the same with Vitor Perreira in charge. However, Belluschi was later substituted with the striker Kleber, just to add an extra man into
the midfield.
The young midfielder http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Vitor-c36281 Pereira did not hesitate to use the options available to him and Fernando was later replaced by Souza and he took the holding midfield position.
Steven Defour, the young and talented midfielder who was under Manchester United’s radar last season, he was also benched. Defour never really got the chance to play for Porto throughout the game and Vitor Pereira did not introduce him.
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