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Portuguese League: GD Estoril Praia-FC Porto (Match Report)

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GD Estoril Praia 1-1 FC Porto (Estádio António Coimbra da Mota), 17 September 2022 – match report below

Line-up (4x4x2): Diogo Costa, Rodrigo Conceição, Fábio Cardoso, David Carmo, Zaidu; Uribe, Eustáquio, André Franco, Pepê; Taremi, Evanilson

Also played: Grujic, Galeno, Veron, Loader and Toni Martinez.

The woes continue. Another horrible first-half resulted in Porto being down at half-time. It was only 1 goal, but could have been more. Lack of aggression, bad individual mistakes and some puzzling tactical decisions have resulted in Porto looking like a really ordinary team. However, the key issue is really roster construction. There is a gaping hole in midfield and this is not going to be resolved until, most likely, next season.

Portuguese League: Gil Vicente FC-FC Porto (Match Report)

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Gil Vicente 0-2 FC Porto (Estádio Cidade de Barcelos), 3 September 2022 – match report below

Line-up (4x4x2): Diogo Costa, Pepê, Pepe, David Carmo, Wendell; Otávio, Uribe, Eustáquio, Galeno; Taremi, Toni Martinez

Also played: J Mário, Veron, Go Borges, D Loader, Evanilson.

After the horrible loss at Rio Ave, Porto needed to show something different. A different game plan, with different players and hopefully a different outcome. For the most part, last night we got exactly that. A very competent first-half effectively ended the game, with two goals before half-time. A good performance overall and a sign that there is a way forward for this team.

Portuguese League: FC Porto-Sporting CP (Match Report)

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FC Porto 3-0 Sporting CP (Estádio do Dragão), 20 August 2022 – match report below

Line-up (4x1x2x1x2): Diogo Costa, João Mário, Pepe, Marcano, Zaidu; Uribe, Bruno Costa, Otávio, Pepê; Taremi, Evanilson

Also played: Wendell, Eustáquio, Galeno, Veron and Toni Martinez.

The first ‘Clássico’ of the season ended with a categoric Porto win, as the Portuguese champions beat Sporting 3-0 last night. Porto are now 5 points clear off Sporting in first place, which is an important advantage so early in the season. I have to admit though, the final score is very flattering, because Sporting were the better team for large portions of the game. Porto capitalised on Sporting’s mistakes and should have scored a fourth game (Veron’s goal should have stood), but these mostly resulted from poor defending rather than great attacking play.

Portuguese League: FC Vizela-FC Porto (Match Report)

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FC Vizela 0-1 FC Porto (Estádio do Clube de Vizela), 14 August 2022 – match report below

Line-up (4x1x2x1x2): Diogo Costa, João Mário, Pepe, Marcano, Zaidu; Uribe, Grujic, Pepê, Danny Loader; Taremi, Evanilson

Also played: Eustáquio, Otávio, Galeno, Veron and Toni Martinez.

Another win for Porto, but this one was really tough. Vizela was a formidable opponent who created a lot of problems, on offense and on defence. Some of the issues I had identified in previous games really came to light in this game. I hope this was an eye opener for Sérgio ahead of the match against Sporting, because if we play this way next week it won’t end well.

FC Porto-AS Monaco: A First Look (Match report)

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FC Porto 2-1 AS Monaco (Estádio do Dragão), 23 July 2022 – match report below

Line-up (4x3x3): Diogo Costa, João Mário, Pepe, Marcano, Zaidu; Uribe, Bruno Costa, Eustáquio; Pepê, Taremi, Evanilson

Also played: Rodrigo Conceição, Fábio Cardoso, David Carmo, Wendell, Grujic, Otávio, Galeno, Veron, Danny Loader, Toni Martinez.

Finally, the start of the season is upon us! It has been a long wait to see the Portuguese champions back on the pitch. After several weeks of only reading about the results of the various friendly matches, we had our first glimpse of what the 2022 FC Porto may look like. Whilst this was only a friendly match, it was high intensity and Monaco proved to be a very good opponent. There are reasons to be optimistic, but also reasons to be concerned.