Atletico Madrid and Porto have played to a draw (1-1) in the first match of the group stage in the Champions League that took place at the Wanda Metropolitano.
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Koke’s Yannick Carrasco and Mateus Uribe and Evanilson for the visitors had their chances in the first half, which ended goalless.
In the 50th minute, Koke did not hesitate to put the ball in the net. However, after consulting the VAR, the goal was canceled for offside.
(Photo: Twitter/Atletico de Madrid)
The guests were dangerous on several occasions, through Stephen Eustaquio and Joao Mario, who failed to make them concrete.
In the 82nd minute, Mehdi Taremi received his second yellow card and was sent off, leaving the Portuguese team with one less player on the field.
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The hosts took advantage of their numerical superiority in the remaining minutes and managed to score the lead goal through Mario Hermoso (90’+2), who had come on for Alvaro Morata.
However, the guests did not give up and equalized the result from the penalty spot with Mateus Uribe’s penalty (90’+6).
(Photo: Twitter/Atletico de Madrid)
But this match was not over yet! After a corner kick, Antoine Griezmann was in the right place and at the right time to score the winning goal (90’+11).
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Atletico Madrid share first place in Group B with Club Brugge who won by one goal against Bayer Leverkusen.
