{"id":418211,"date":"2011-05-05T22:29:45","date_gmt":"2011-05-05T22:29:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/05\/porto-seal-final-spot\/"},"modified":"2011-05-05T22:29:45","modified_gmt":"2011-05-05T22:29:45","slug":"porto-seal-final-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/05\/porto-seal-final-spot\/","title":{"rendered":"Porto seal final spot"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"Porto<\/span><\/p>\n

Porto: Celebrate in Villarreal<\/span><\/p>\n

Related links<\/span><\/h3>\n

Teams<\/span><\/h4>\n

Also see<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n

Porto confirmed an all-Portugal Europa League final against Braga as they beat Villarreal 7-4 on aggregate, although they lost their second leg 3-2 in Spain.<\/p>\n

The Portuguese champions were already virtually assured of their place in the final having won the first leg 5-1.<\/p>\n

Cani had given the home side some hope when he put them ahead on 17 minutes, but goals from either side of the break from Hulk and Falcao set-up Porto’s passage into the final in Dublin.<\/p>\n

Villarreal hit-back with two-goals in the final 15 minutes through Joan Capdevila and Giuseppe Rossi to seal victory on the night, but Porto eased through 7-4 on aggregate.<\/p>\n

Porto will now meet Braga after they surprisingly got the better of Benfica in the other semi-final.<\/p>\n

Early lead<\/h4>\n

It was imperative the hosts made a good start as they looked for an improbable comeback and they played from the off with a ferocious tempo.<\/p>\n

Nilmar whipped in a second-minute cross from the right forcing Porto goalkeeper Helton to come off his line and punch away before the free-scoring Portuguese almost went further ahead, Cristian Rodriguez flashing a shot from the left across goal.<\/p>\n

Marco Ruben then put a header over the bar for the hosts before Cani had a seventh-minute chance to reduce the arrears but struck the ball to the centre of the goal enabling Helton to palm the ball away.<\/p>\n

Rossi just failed to connect with Ruben’s delivery in front of goal before Villarreal got a potential lifeline, Ruben beating the offside trap and putting the ball across to Cani who had got ahead of his marker and slotted the ball into the bottom right-hand corner.<\/p>\n

After the initial excitement there were few clear-cut openings for either side before Rossi shot into the side-netting rather than picking out Cani in front of goal on the half-hour.<\/p>\n

However, any hopes the Spanish side had of a comeback evaporated when Porto levelled in cruel circumstances for the hosts.<\/p>\n

Hulk went to shoot from 25 yards and, although his shot was on target, it hit Mateo Musacchio and looped over helpless goalkeeper Diego Lopez.<\/p>\n

Hulk could have extended Porto’s lead on the night in first-half injury time but Lopez saved his shot with his legs while Nilmar went inches wide just before the whistle.<\/p>\n

It was all over two minutes after half-time when Falcao hit his 16th goal of this year’s Europa League campaign – a new record, trapping and slotting home Fredy Guarin’s pass from the left.<\/p>\n

Guarin then hit the bar with a free-kick before Nilmar missed a good chance, failing to shoot on target when well-placed.<\/p>\n

Capdevila took advantage of poor Porto defending when he collected a cross at the far post, brought the ball down and volleyed home with a quarter of an hour left.<\/p>\n

Three minutes later the hosts were awarded a penalty when Nicolas Otamendi<\/p>\n

brought down Ruben, Rossi coolly lifting the ball home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Villarreal<\/td>\nTeam Statistics<\/td>\nFC Porto<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nGoals<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\n1st Half Goals<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nShots on Target<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nShots off Target<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nBlocked Shots<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nCorners<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nFouls<\/td>\n18<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nOffsides<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nYellow Cards<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
0<\/td>\nRed Cards<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
82.2<\/td>\nPassing Success<\/td>\n72.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
22<\/td>\nTackles<\/td>\n39<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
68.2<\/td>\nTackles Success<\/td>\n69.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
65.6<\/td>\nPossession<\/td>\n34.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
51.6<\/td>\nTerritorial Advantage<\/td>\n48.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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