Barcelona vs. Porto – European Super Cup – Match Review (Part 4)
Another player available for http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Cristian-c9491 Rodriguez later during the game and took the role of a centre forward.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Campos-c8299 was also sitting on the bench for Porto. However, Vitor Pereira ran out of ideas in the final third and Campos was not introduced even later during the game.
The match didn’t look to be one sided when it kicked off but later when Barcelona found their feet on the ground, they looked to be the better side by a mile. They kept most of the possession of the ball and created a lot of chances.
The European Super Cup was the only competition in which the Argentinean maestro, Lionel Messi did not find the back of the net. However, famous for breaking his own records, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lionel-Messi-c22296 managed to score the first goal of the game and his first goal of
the European Super Cup.
Porto looked to be the brighter side as the game kicked off in Monaco. The Brazilian star http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Hulk-c16436 was impressive throughout his time on the pitch and he looked to be very threatening in the final third.
Very soon, Victor Valdes was tested as Moutinho tried to shoot from long range while Hulk also took his chances on goal. Moutinho’s shot was saved by Valdes but Hulk’s shot was wide off the target.
Porto were the side who were pushing Barcelona as the game started. They pressed the Catalan defence and whenever Barcelona tried to attack, they were caught during the counter attack. The European and Spanish Champions were finding it hard to avoid Porto’s
offside trap. Porto were playing a good high line as they pressed their Catalan opposition but Barcelona were gradually getting the hold of the game.
As time passed by, Barcelona looked more comfortable on the ball and passed it more steadily to tire the opposition. Lionel Messi found his footing on the ground. Despite not looking to be perfectly settled on the ball, he still managed to set up David Villa
for http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604’s first chance of the game.
While http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Helton-c16018 charged in order to collect the ball. It was a glorious opportunity for Barcelona but Spaunaru was on his toes to deny Barcelona
a goal scoring opportunity.
David Villa, who was quite silent for most of the time, timed his runs perfectly but couldn’t really get the ball where he wanted it.
Xavi Hernandez also took time to settle on the ball. He tried to dominate the midfield but he took a lot of time to settle on the pitch. However, soon the Spanish maestro took his shot on goal. Xavi Hernandez got a chance to shoot from long distance – right
outside the 18 yard box. The Spaniard fancied his chances and tried from long range. The shot was on target but the Porto goal stopper Helton was on his toes to deny Barcelona the goal scoring opportunity.
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