Porto and Manchester United tied 3-3 this Thursday in a true great game that was played at the Do Dragão Stadium and was valid for the second date of the league phase of the UEFA Europa League 2024/2025.
In a very changeable match, Porto and United shared points. EFE
United are a cyclothymic team. That he doesn’t believe in himself and that is reflected even when he has everything on track to win.
Your confidence is very fragile. It was noticeable against Porto, because after 20 minutes of the game they were winning 2-0 and had everything to flourishbecause his rival was bewildered.
Instead of doing that, he began to retreat. Not because the Portuguese team, which was still trying to recover from those two early blows, put pressure on him or went all out on the attack.
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He started to pull back because He does not trust his strength to turn victory into a landslide.
To make matters worse, luck is not on his side either.
Why In one of his first approaches, Porto discounted. Just seven minutes after the second visitor goal.
This accentuated the fragility of the Red Devils, who took refuge even further in their field.
The Portuguese team detected that fear and went in search of victory. To achieve this, he had the Spanish Samu very inspired.
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The Iberian anticipated the defense in a cross at 34 and almost in a flash, the match was tied.
Porto went into the break puffing out his chest and with that same attitude entered the second half. To the point that, after five minutes, Samu made it 3-2, this time with his foot.
United did not seem to have the soul to go for the tie and to make matters worse, their captain, Bruno Fernandes, had himself sent off in an attack, for going with his foot too high and putting an opponent at risk.
However, Argentine Alejandro Garnacho – who had entered at halftime – did not give up. He seemed to be the only one not to do so.
With pure dribbling and long-distance shooting, he woke up his teammates who, infected, realized that they could.
The consequence was the agonizing equalizer of the Englishman Harry Maguire, after a cross from the Dane Christian Eriksen.
That goal made Manchester United finish more satisfied than Porto, whose players left crestfallen because victory eluded them with time running out.
