FC Porto star Hulk rues over UEFA Super Cup penalty – Portuguese Primeira Liga News
Barcelona and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lionel-Messi-c22296 and Cesc Fabregas to lift their second trophy of the preseason.
The game wasn’t without controversy as Porto star http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Freddy-c14144 Guarin was denied a penalty claim in the second half. In the aftermath of the defeat, Hulk has claimed that had the penalty been awarded, not only would the outcome of the game have been different
but his side could have had a real shot at winning the match.
While Barca were backed by pundits to rip apart their opponents with their fluid passing movement, the opening exchanges were more favourable towards Porto, who missed a glorious chance to take the lead, after http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Hulk-c16436 chose to fire a short rather than play
his teammate, Kleber, who was through on goal.
After soaking pressure from the Dragons, Joseph Guardiola’s men soon found their rhythm and scored the first goal of the night, through the mercurial Lionel Messi.
Both sides pressed for a goal but neither were able to capitalize on their chances and the game was uneventful until the 80th minute, when Fredy Guarin burst onto the Barcelona penalty area only to be held back by Eric Abidal.
Although not clearly seen as an infringement of the rules, the unawarded penalty dashed all hopes of a Porto comeback and according to the striker, Hulk, put the game beyond the Portuguese champions.
"It is not just my opinion. We saw it was a penalty and we could have equalised. It would have been 1-1, and with 11 minutes left, the game would have been different," he said.
The dubious decision halted http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Arsenal-c38429
skipper, Cesc Fabregas, who latched onto a superb pass by Messi and put the ball in the back of the net.
Even though FC Porto were not able to beat Barca on the night, Hulk was happy with the Dragao performance and said they will take many positives from the game, on which they will try to build on.
"The players need to raise their heads. We got here with a Porto identity, which is to play good football. A mistake on our part resulted in their first goal. We could have equalised, now what is left is to raise our heads and take the positive things with
us," the Brazilian International was quoted as saying.
Hulk and his team now face União Desportiva de Leiria in the Portuguese Primeira Liga on the September 6.
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