Palm trees y Port They tied (0-0) at their premiere at the Club World Cup but showed that they should not have excessive problems to be in the next phase. The game was called to be the one who decided the first group position and now we will have to wait for the difference in goals that they can get against the other two rivals of the group, the Inter Miami and the Al Ahly.
The Spanish Gabro Veiga debuted with The Dragoesplaying 67 minutes, on his return to Europe after signing almost two years ago for the Saudi Al-Ahli.
Both combined looked the faces for the first time in their history in Group A of the Tournament, in a match with a clear majority of the 'crooked' that pushed with passion to his team until the end of the game.
The meeting could not be decided in the second part, although it was the Summon Who most tried mainly in the second 45 minutes.
For the boots of Stephenone of the greatest recent talents of Brazilian football and already popularly nicknamed as'Mesh', most of Palmeiras's offensive flow passed until it was replaced in the 65th minute, but the 18 -year -old attacker did not decide well the numerous options he had.
It was in the last ten minutes of the game, with both teams overturned to the attack, when the Argentine José Manuel 'El Flaco' López He was about to break the draw in favor of those of Ferreira. Then a header of Murile was stamped with wood and Cláudio Ramos He managed to leave the door to zero in this fun encounter for the spectators.
Opportunities for both from the beginning
The game of a first part came with many alternatives in which both teams had distributed possession and a good number of moderately clear goal occasions, but which ended with the Summon totally emboldened.
The Tricampeón of the Copa Libertadores had the clearest in the addition with a triple occasion that repelled Cláudio Ramos under sticks and who Francisco Moura He helped him with another prodigious foot. This same play was followed on the edge of the area that the Uruguayan Joaquín Piquerez He sent deviant.
The dragons soon noticed that they had difficulties in the ball out, after in minute 4 Stephenthe young star who after this tournament will join the ranks of the Chelsea After a millionaire transfer, I was about to open the score due to a failure of Varela that left a frank ball that he could not convert.
The set of Anselmi He then opted for long balls so that the rename Found agrhowa will take advantage of one of your best qualities: download face for the three -quarter line and run to space.
Details of Talented Rodrigo Mora
The young man stood out then Rodrigo Morawhich comes from render to a very high level this season and being called by the absolute selection of Portugal, with conduits from the right side that even ended with clear goal opportunities for him from within the area.
The early yellow card for Felipe Anderson and the difficulties of Shoes To contain the duo Mora-veiga They made almost all the offensive football of the first half pass through this plot.
Also on this side he started and left details of many carat his own Stephenwhich was then moved to the far left, to enter towards the center of the rear and look little successfully some unap Vitor Roque.
Although 'Tigrinho', which seeks to claim himself in a competition with the presence of European teams after his fruitless step by FC Barcelona and Real Betis, put his part with a great waste of offensive and defensive work.
Group a
Palmeiras, 0-Porto, 0
Palm trees: Weverton; Agustín Giay, G. Gómez, Murilo, J. Piquerez; Richard Ríos (Evangelista, m.87), Aníbal Moreno; Stephen (Paulinho, m.65), Maurício (Veiga, m.65); Felipe Anderson (Allan Andrade, m.65); Vitor Roque (López, m.77).
Porto: Claudio Ramos; MARTIM FERNANDES, Zé Pedro, Iván Marcano; João Mário (Nehuén Pérez, m.78), Gabro Veiga (PEPE, m.67), Alan Varela (Pérez, m.82), Francisco Moura; Fábio Vieira (Franco, m.82), Rodrigo Mora (Eustaquio, m.78), Samu Aghehowa.
Arbitrator: Saíd Martínez (Honduras). He admonished Felipe Anderson (m.9) and Gómez (m.62) of Palmeiras; already Martim Fernandes (m.19) of Porto.
Incidents: Group A Party of the Club World Cup, played at the Metlife Stadium in New Jersey
