FC Porto vs Barcelona, 2023-24 UEFA Champions League, Group Stage

· UEFA Champions League

FC Porto

FT
0 - 1

Barcelona

45'+1': Ferran Torres
90'+3': Gavi

Barcelona got tough away win at Porto in frantic match

Substitute Ferran Torres scored to give Barcelona a hard-fought 1-0 win at Porto in their Champions League Group H clash on Wednesday, with the Spanish side finishing with 10 men after Gavi got a second yellow card for a foul in added time.

Match Timeline

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
3': Attempt missed. João Cancelo (Barcelona) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
4': Foul by Wendell (FC Porto).
4': Gavi (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
5': Offside, Barcelona. Ilkay Gündogan tries a through ball, but João Félix is caught offside.
6': Foul by Ronald Araújo (Barcelona).
6': Galeno (FC Porto) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
9': Foul by Jules Koundé (Barcelona).
9': Pepê Aquino (FC Porto) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
12': Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Fábio Cardoso.
13': Foul by João Cancelo (Barcelona).
13': Galeno (FC Porto) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
13': João Cancelo (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
14': Attempt blocked. Alan Varela (FC Porto) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
14': Corner, FC Porto. Conceded by Jules Koundé.
17': Attempt saved. Stephen Eustáquio (FC Porto) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Pepê Aquino.
18': Foul by João Félix (Barcelona).
18': João Mário (FC Porto) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
19': Foul by Gavi (Barcelona).
19': Mehdi Taremi (FC Porto) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
20': Attempt blocked. Wendell (FC Porto) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Galeno.
23': Attempt saved. João Félix (Barcelona) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
23': Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Diogo Costa.
25': Attempt blocked. João Félix (Barcelona) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
25': Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Alan Varela.
26': Foul by João Cancelo (Barcelona).
26': Pepê Aquino (FC Porto) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
28': Corner, FC Porto. Conceded by Jules Koundé.
28': Foul by Fábio Cardoso (FC Porto).
28': Jules Koundé (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
28': Fábio Cardoso (FC Porto) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
28': Ronald Araújo (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card.
30': Attempt blocked. Gavi (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Alejandro Balde with a cross.
30': Attempt missed. João Félix (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Gavi.
32': Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Alan Varela.
34': Substitution, Barcelona. Ferran Torres replaces Robert Lewandowski because of an injury.
36': Foul by Gavi (Barcelona).
36': Wendell (FC Porto) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
36': Gavi (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
38': Foul by Oriol Romeu (Barcelona).
38': Romário Baró (FC Porto) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
39': Foul by Stephen Eustáquio (FC Porto).
39': Gavi (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
40': Attempt blocked. Ilkay Gündogan (Barcelona) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ronald Araújo.
40': Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by João Mário.
41': Foul by Gavi (Barcelona).
41': Mehdi Taremi (FC Porto) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
42': Corner, FC Porto. Conceded by Lamine Yamal.
43': Attempt saved. Mehdi Taremi (FC Porto) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Stephen Eustáquio.
44': Attempt saved. Ferran Torres (Barcelona) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by João Félix.
45'+1': Goal! FC Porto 0, Barcelona 1. Ferran Torres (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ilkay Gündogan with a through ball.
45'+3': Attempt blocked. Galeno (FC Porto) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by João Mário.
45'+3': First Half ends, FC Porto 0, Barcelona 1.
45': Second Half begins FC Porto 0, Barcelona 1.
46': Attempt missed. João Mário (FC Porto) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Romário Baró.
47': Foul by Jules Koundé (Barcelona).
47': Wendell (FC Porto) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
47': Jules Koundé (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
49': Alejandro Balde (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
49': Foul by Romário Baró (FC Porto).
50': Attempt saved. João Félix (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Lamine Yamal.
50': Alan Varela (FC Porto) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
50': Foul by João Félix (Barcelona).
50': João Félix (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
53': Corner, FC Porto. Conceded by Jules Koundé.
55': Attempt blocked. João Félix (Barcelona) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Alejandro Balde.
55': Attempt missed. Ilkay Gündogan (Barcelona) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
57': Corner, FC Porto. Conceded by Ronald Araújo.
59': Foul by Gavi (Barcelona).
59': Stephen Eustáquio (FC Porto) wins a free kick on the left wing.
61': Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Alan Varela.
62': Attempt missed. Lamine Yamal (Barcelona) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right following a corner.
63': Attempt missed. Mehdi Taremi (FC Porto) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Romário Baró with a cross.
64': Substitution, FC Porto. Evanilson replaces Romário Baró.
65': Attempt saved. Wendell (FC Porto) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Galeno.
67': Attempt saved. Mehdi Taremi (FC Porto) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Pepê Aquino.
68': Attempt blocked. Lamine Yamal (Barcelona) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ferran Torres.
69': Substitution, Barcelona. Fermín López replaces João Félix.
69': Substitution, Barcelona. Sergi Roberto replaces Oriol Romeu.
71': Attempt saved. Galeno (FC Porto) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mehdi Taremi.
73': Delay in match because of an injury Ronald Araújo (Barcelona).
74': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
75': Attempt missed. Alan Varela (FC Porto) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Wendell.
77': Hand ball by Stephen Eustáquio (FC Porto).
79': VAR Decision: No Penalty FC Porto.
80': Substitution, Barcelona. Marcos Alonso replaces Lamine Yamal.
82': Evanilson (FC Porto) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
82': Foul by Ilkay Gündogan (Barcelona).
83': Offside, FC Porto. Pepê Aquino tries a through ball, but Mehdi Taremi is caught offside.
85': Substitution, FC Porto. Francisco Conceição replaces Alan Varela.
85': Substitution, FC Porto. Daniel Namaso replaces Mehdi Taremi.
85': Substitution, FC Porto. Nico González replaces João Mário.
85': Substitution, FC Porto. Iván Jaime replaces Galeno.
85': Foul by Alejandro Balde (Barcelona).
85': Francisco Conceição (FC Porto) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
86': Foul by Sergi Roberto (Barcelona).
86': Iván Jaime (FC Porto) wins a free kick on the left wing.
86': Sergi Roberto (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
87': Foul by Marcos Alonso (Barcelona).
87': Nico González (FC Porto) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
88': Corner, FC Porto. Conceded by Jules Koundé.
88': Attempt blocked. Pepê Aquino (FC Porto) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
89': Delay in match (Barcelona).
90'+1': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
90'+1': Foul by Marcos Alonso (Barcelona).
90'+1': Pepê Aquino (FC Porto) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+3': Foul by Gavi (Barcelona).
90'+3': Wendell (FC Porto) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+3': Second yellow card to Gavi (Barcelona) for a bad foul.
90'+4': Attempt missed. Francisco Conceição (FC Porto) left footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Nico González.
90'+7': Attempt missed. Ferran Torres (Barcelona) right footed shot from the right side of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Fermín López following a fast break.
90'+8': Second Half ends, FC Porto 0, Barcelona 1.
0': Match ends, FC Porto 0, Barcelona 1.

Statistics

BAR		FCP
18	Fouls	5
5	Yellow Cards	1
1	Red Cards	0
1	Offsides	1
6	Corner Kicks	6
5	Saves	3
56.1	Possession	43.9
14	SHOTS	13
4	ON GOAL	5
0.3	On Target %	0.4
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
422	Accurate Passes	317
497	Passes	379
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.8
2	Accurate Crosses	1
9	Crosses	18
0.2	Cross %	0.1
52	Long Balls	46
29	Accurate Long Balls	27
0.6	Long Balls %	0.6
5	Blocked Shots	4
9	Effective Tackles	12
15	Tackles	19
0.6	Tackle %	0.6
7	Interceptions	5
23	Effective Clearances	19
23	Clearances	19

Game Information

Competition: UEFA Champions League

Venue: Estádio do Dragão
Location: Porto, Portugal
Attendance: 49,722

Line-Ups

FC Porto (4-4-2)

No.	Name
99	Diogo Costa (GK)
4	David Carmo
2	Fábio Cardoso
18	Wendell
23	Joao Victor
6	Stephen Eustáquio
22	Alan Varela
13	Galeno
28	Romário Baró
9	Mehdi Taremi
11	Pepê

FC Porto Substitutes:

Marko Grujic, Francisco Conceição, Cláudio Ramos, Iván Jaime, Toni Martínez, Evanilson, Jorge Sánchez, Danny Namaso, Nico González, Fran Navarro, Gonçalo Borges, André Franco.

Barcelona (4-3-3)

No.	Name
1	Marc-André ter Stegen (GK)
23	Jules Koundé
4	Ronald Araújo
3	Alejandro Balde
2	João Cancelo
18	Oriol Romeu
6	Gavi
22	Ilkay Gündogan
9	Robert Lewandowski
14	João Félix
27	Lamine Yamal

Barcelona Substitutes:

Marcos Alonso, Ferran Torres, Iñaki Peña, Andreas Christensen, Fermín López, Sergi Roberto, Iñigo Martínez, Ander Astralaga, Marc Casadó.

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