Only Simão and Raul Meireles, Bruno Alves were in the starting 11. Maniche came in at the 67th minute. FC Porto surprisingly dominated the game away in Atletico's home, el Calderon.
Just seeing Argentine superstar Sergio el Kun Aguero being replaced in the second half should say something about the FC Porto central defense (that included Portugal's Bruno Alves)! Atletico coach Abel dared to replace Sergio el Kun with Sinama Pongolle. The home fans whistled to protest this change and El Kun went directly to the dressing room.
ATLÉTICO MADRID
Leo Franco, Seitaridis, Pablo, Ujfalusi, Antonio López, Paulo Assunção, Maxi Rodríguez, Raul Garcia, Simão, Forlán e Aguero.
Substitutes: Coupet, Pernia, Heitinga, Miguel, Maniche, Camacho e Sinama-Pongolle.
Coach: Abel Resino
FC PORTO
Helton, Sapunaru, Rolando, Bruno Alves, Cissokho, Fernando, Lucho González, Raul Meireles, Rodríguez, Hulk e Lisandro.
Substitutes: Nuno, Stepanov Pedro Emanuel, Tomás Costa, Mariano, Tarik e Farías.
Treinador: Jesualdo Ferreira
Photos of the Portugal players:
Atletico 2-2 FC Porto, Feb 24, 2009- Simão and FC Porto's Hulk.
The player on the left wearing the #2 jersey is Bruno Alves.
The back of Simão, celebrating with Diego Forlan.
On the right, Raul Meireles and his tatooed right arm.
Travelling fans of FC Porto at the Calderon
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