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Cup of Portugal: fc Porto vs Sporting

It was a gala night at the Dragon, one of those nights that stay in memory of fans.

Boasting a shock energy that goes by the name of Ruben Michael, FC Porto hasn't only eliminated the Sporting in Cup Portugal. He leaned on the ropes from the first minute and then it was slowly pounding, even impose a rout (5-2) to an opponent dismembered and adrift.

FC Porto didn't charged the usual green anemia and entered imperial; held the best first part that we saw this season for domestic consumption,(because the game with Atletico Madrid for the Champions, where things usually have a gauge and a different environment).

During the first 20 minutes, Porto found himself at midfield to show high mobility and vitality, all supported by a high defensive and aggressive block.

There weren't then signs of the bureaucrat team from recent times, instead a versatile, lively and creative one.
It's hard not to relate the change with Ruben Michael's entry, who made his debut with the new jerseys in Dragon.
Indeed, the Madeirean one has a specific weight that is translated to the grass stepping much of FC Porto's seriousness.
But it may not have been just that, plus more on a day which didn't field Bruno Alves, Raul Meireles, Rodríguez, Helton and, of course, Hulk, and that the captain's armband just pay the price, just imagine, for Mariano.

The harassment began as unsuccessful because it lacked light only in the last meters. Rolando, the first minute, headed to the figure of Beto. At 9 ', it was the turn of the "dead leaf" of Ruben Micael narrowly missing the target. Then, Falcao shoted within the reach of Mariano goalkeeper and Sporting even proved, using the stretched of Patricio.
From the corner at 22 ', was the first goal, in a confused move, that Rolando pushed the ball into the back of goal with the left thigh.

Sporting tachycardia entered and threatened to go to a pre-comatose, even because, soon after, a Falcao's head just didn't caused major damage because it came to the figure of Rui Patricio.

Was standing in the game at this step when Fucile lost a ball and Izmailov, 35 yards from goal shot a fantastic kick, scoring a goal that reminded him of his debut with the "Leo" shirt three years ago, the Super Cup, played between these teams.
Beto seemed to slow to react, but nothing can remove the substance of the russian in Sporting's first shot of the game.
~ By the way, Sporting hadn't scored in the Dragon from 2006-07, at the time also a great goal from Rodrigo Tello.

FC Porto shook a little, but in fact Ruben Michael has a youthful vigor and a soul that seems to infect both colleagues and his own supporters, who praised him even when it failled. It was also himself cost that the national champions went back to touch to the strings a very faulty Sporting and that started getting loads of yellow cards.

But the second goal was Falcao's merit, who shot from edge of the area after side an opponent, and had some ineptitude of Patricio, which shouldn't be seen the ball.

Carvalhal switched immediately the erratic Adrien, Matias Fernandez coming to the support of the advanceds, while Miguel Veloso retreated to the position six and Joao Moutinho to medium left inside.

There wasn't time to judge the goodness of the changes because the next minute, Falcao appeared accurate to conclude an assistance of Ruben Michael, 
a bid on the marking of the Colombian Grimi that even gave a good laugh.

Sporting returned from break with Pongolle in place of Carlos Saleiro, but not even the most expensive striker in the history of Alvalade's club could reverse the trend of game. And much less the defensive earthquake of his team, where the apotheosis of errors was called Grimmi.

Was played there a minute when the Argentine was left surprised by a diagonal of Varela, who scored the fourth goal with a cross and shot put.


FC Porto was on one of those days where everything would go well and even Mariano would at 56 ', scoring one layer goal, although we haven't perceived why Rui Patricio was static against a ball that came staggered by goal's center.

Near the end, and already after Falcao wasting a good opportunity, Liedson took out two opponents from front, but just missed out the direction.
But eventually scored in added time discounts - a move that the only strange thing was the author of the center (Grimi). A fair premium for the advanced, the only player that Sporting haven't walked on the field to walk the sweaters.

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