Real Madrid 1 - Porto 1
Real Madrid:
César; Michel Salgado, Pavón, Raúl Bravo, Roberto
Carlos; Borja (Jordi 89'), Cambiasso; Figo (Miñambres 46'), Zidane,
Solari; Ronaldo (Portillo 46'). 4-2-3-1. Porto: Vitor Baia; Paulo
Ferreira, Carvalho, Ricardo Costa, Pedro Emmanuel; Costinha, Mendes, Deco,
Alenichev (Bosingwa 81'); Derlei (Bruno Moraes 93'), Jankauskas (Hugo Almeida
74'). 4-4-2.
Goals: 1-0. 09. Solari.
Shot low across keeper after Ronaldo touched on Figo pass. 1-1. 35. Derlei
(penalty) After Salgado slid into Deco inside area.
Group F : Real
Madrid............ 14 points Porto.......................... 11 points
O. Marseille............... 4 points Partizan Belgrade... 3 points
Real Madrid achieved their
objective of finishing top of their group despite being held to a 1-1 draw by
Porto. With the side already qualified for the next round, Carlos Queiroz used
the occasion to rest Beckham (one yellow card off a suspension), Casillas,
Helguera and Raúl and give a run out to some of his reserve players.
Even so they took the lead in the ninth minute when a Zidane back-heel pass
found Figo, and Ronaldo dummied past the Portuguese player's through ball to
leave Solari free to score.
The goal virtually ended any
hope Porto had of overtaking their rivals in the table, the visitors needing to
score four goals at that point to do so. And they could have gone further
behind when Figo got the ball in the net later in the half, but English referee
Stephen Bennett ruled it out for offside.
Heavy rain was making
conditions difficult though, and Salgado gave away a penalty close to half time
when he aqua-planed into Deco, Derlei converting the kick. That was all before
the break, and Queiroz decided that Figo and Ronaldo had done enough and
brought on Portillo and Miñambres, who was only just back in the squad
following a long injury.
Zidane brought a good save
out of Vitor Baia in the second half and Cambiasso sent an acrobatic shot just
wide of the post, and Bosingwa tested César with a long shot near the
end. But the game had long since been of much interest, and both sides will
take their place in Friday's draw, Madrid ended the group stage as the only
unbeaten side in the competition. |