UEFA Champions Youth League 2018-19 – Round of 16
Estadio Luis Filipe Menezes, Porto, Portugal
Wednesday 13th March 2019, 11am
FC PORTO V SPURS
(All Blue) (All White)
4-4-2 4-1-4-1
Diogo Costa 1 Brandon Austin(C)
Tomas Esteves 2 Tariq Hinds
Diogo Queiros(C) 3 Dennis Cirkin
Diogo Leite 4 Oliver Skipp
Tiago Lopes 5 Timothy Eyoma
Mor Ndiaye 6 Brooklyn Lyons-Foster
Angel Torres 7 Paris Maghoma
Fabio Vieira 8 Harvey White
Fabio Silva 9 Dilan Markanday
Romario Baro 10 Dylan Duncan
Joao Mario 11 J’Neil Bennett
Francisco Meixeno 12 Jonathan Dinzeyi
Tiago Matos 13 Jonathan De Bie
Pedro Justiniano 14 Jubril Okedina
Vitor Ferreira(10)82Mins. 15 Rayan Clarke(11)85Mins.
Alfonso Sousa(11)73Mins. 16 Tashan Oakley-Boothe(9)65Mins.
Goncalo Borges(7)90Mins. 17 Armando Shashoua(10)75Mins.
Taddeus Fomakwang(9)90Mins. 18 Luis Binks
Scorers – Torres 52
Baro 57
Booked – Silva 61(Foul) Eyoma 40(Foul)
Ndiaye 85(Foul)
Coach – Mario Silva John McDermott
Referee – Halil Umut Meler(TUR)
Assistant Refs – Gokmen Baltaci & Deniz Ozaral(TUR)
Fourth Official – Joao Goncalves(POR)
Spurs travelled to the Porto training centre on a warm sunny morning for the round of 16 match. Ironically on the same day a year after that Spurs lost to Porto 2-0 in the quarter-final of this competition.
Quite a few players today were also involved in that game. Spurs beat PAOK away 1-0 in the play-off round while Porto were winners of Group D. Spurs were missing Jack Roles who picked up bookings in earlier matches and Troy Parrott who is injured.
Because I had to have an operation on Tuesday I was unable to travel to Portugal and have compiled this report from the BT Sport channel.
Spurs lined up with Austin in goal behind Eyoma and Lyons-Foster with Hinds at right back and Cirkin on the left. Skipp anchored the midfield with White and Duncan ahead of him. They were flanked by Maghoma on the right and Bennett on the left with Markanday playing as a false nine.
Spurs defended the south end in the first half which saw the hosts press high from the start getting players forward and getting round the back. Silva headed in at the far post but was ruled off-side before Spurs had their first chance when good work on the left saw Cirkin cross for the unmarked Maghoma at the far post.
The Spurs midfielder made a hash of his effort when he had time to take a touch. Most of the play was in the midfield with no final ball. Bennett had an effort over the bar before Vieira fired over and Silva shot wide.
Maghoma headed Bennett’s cross into the arms of Costa but was flagged off-side anyway. Eyoma was booked for catching Silva with an arm off the ball. At the end of the half Costa got a hand to a low drive by Bennett when played in by Markanday to concede a corner.
There were no changes for the start of the second half which saw Spurs win a number of corners. White putting the first under the bar for Costa to tip over. His second from the left found Bennett at the far post. His effort was blocked and Hinds follow up deflected for a third corner. Lyons-Foster headed that one wide.
With Spurs now pushing forward Mario was played through to draw a save from Austin. Porto were encouraged by this and moved the ball forward quickly with Baro playing in Torres on the right to curl the ball in for the opening goal.
They increased their lead when Eyoma was caught in possession by Baro who scored from the return by Silva. Silva had an effort saved by Austin before he was booked for a tackle from behind on Duncan. Porto were now happy to sit back with their two banks of four and spring forward when they won possession.
Bennett had an effort deflected wide from a good ball by Skipp before Spurs made their first change. Oakley-Boothe replaced Markanday with Bennett going up front. Vieira won a corner before Silva had another effort saved by Austin. Porto began to make changes to see out the game and eat up the clock.
Spurs sent on Shashoua in place of Duncan as they looked to get forward. Vieira fired wide before Ndiaye was booked for stopping Skipp as he made a run through the middle. Clarke replaced Bennett on the left with Maghoma going up front. The hosts looked comfortable as they saw out the game with Spurs last chance going to Lyons-Foster who volleyed wide from Hinds ball in.
Porto were again too good for Spurs who lacked that cutting edge up front that Parrott or Roles could have provided. Spurs did have chances but they could not make much headway against a strong Porto defence.
Chelsea are the only english club out of four to get through to the next round and are still on to retain the trophy they won last season.
Spurs must hope that the first team will qualify for next seasons Champions League so that the U-19’s will again qualify for the Youth League.
© Ray Lo – This article can be reproduced on the proviso that the Spur-List is credited.
I’ve got a soft spot for Orient too, fuck knows why but I have…
Football tourism in Liverpool is a massive business.
When I lived up there I did some voluntary work for a Carragher kids charity and spoke fairly regularly with the organiser.
The city really benefits from it.
Then Liverpool city centre is almost worth a day trip.
Orient for me if ever in London.
True, football tourism is big business, even at the self proclaimed epicentre of ‘proper’ support, Anfield.
Are there any others? 😆
Yep could be a prescient story for many at the new lav Accy. I don’t think it will be anywhere near as bad as the taxpayers stadium but i think many will feel that something’s been lost. Anyway, fair play to the lad for working out what was missing from his life, discerning its importance to him and then going out there to find it.
Don’t be disingenuous Easty. He hasn’t abandoned spam, he was clearly still a spam supporter, but you could argue that even if that was the case that his club have abandoned him, would he not be within his rights (would not any of us) to look elsewhere. Anyway, choosing to go and spend his money supporting a third division team in another country could hardly be described as glory hunting!
Anglo-Italian pro-lifers?
The truth is that we could be a bit quiet at The Lane at times when if we’re playing crap. Play crap at a ground that isn’t even yours and one can hardly expect vociferous support for 90+ mins.
Take any bunch of fans and put them in Spurs’ fans position for the last two seasons and you’d get exactly the same.
…and tourists.
You support Spurs mate,
take him down🤣
Oh to be young..
I don’t think anywhere it tried to be that – it’s relating one person’s experience.
I’m not.
I wouldn’t be shocked to find out he’d been sponsored by some EU quango 😂
Abandoned the team he’s always supported? I’m not sure what that does about anything…
Interesting watch, Paul.
I was at Wembley the other week and the atmos was obvs a bit flat. In fact we didn’t score til the 86th minute when an almighty cheer went up. The person who invited me was actually a Utd fan and commented ‘why is it so quiet?’
Bit embarrassing, really.
I wonder if the new place will actually be any better for atmosphere in this new age of mobile phone-staring punters munching on popcorn.
Juve I mean.
I was taken by his secret motives 🤣
We might be okay,as at least we wont have the winning not important speil for this match from Poch, well you’d hope not
BBC stories like this are rarely anything to do with the majority of people’s experience of anything…
Spurs are rapidly becoming a secret club for lots of people.
They loaned their best player to Chavski…
I always feel more confident against the bigger teams. No team left is a banana skin but it feels like we raise our game for the bigger teams
How d’ya spell the twats name? I care not
Aren’t we all.
I was just taken with the simple story of a fan that feels he has lost all sense of community in his teams new home and did something about it
Still waiting for that EPL trickle-down, any year now 😥
yea think its changing slowly but i agree
Well my boyhood club aged 5-15 was Leeds, secret club was Spurs. After we moved to London that situation was reversed, that was thirty odd years ago. Local club would be Barnet
Manure wouldn’t worry me that, Juve neither but shitty could pull our pants down rather badly on an international stage.
Nobody will touch him cos he speaks the truth about the sport.
Just brilliant 👍
Comma gone awry*
Tappa is always trying to drum up support for Haringey Borough, you know what to do…
Of course, everyone will be wanting to get Porto in the CL, but a little different at u19 level before Premiership money kicks in!
I find the lack of control and quality on the ball affects the senior players as well.That’s always been the difference that has struck me.
Only by you…
He looks like he woos chicks with poetry.
And references to his interview with the BBC.
Careful with BBC shenanigans. What I got from this was don’t fight for your community or your beloved teams history, and also an underlying Euro village narrative. When he started talking ‘hatespeech’ I became even more sceptical. But then I’m a lunatic…..
Just saw goals. WHAT in BLAZES is Nuer doing for the first goal?!! Again the all important opener. Then the usual set piece and its over. Tedious.
Brilliant interview with John Sitton. Another wasted football mind stitched up by scum media.
Put in you tube…. Straight talk: John Sitton.
Worth watching, interesting he talks about standard and said watching Orient v Dover the players wouldn’t av got in his Sunday team. The myth that the games better now is still going around. Its just that. A myth.
I watched this game. It was evident that our players lacked the technical skills Porto possessed. We needed several touches on the ball, making it easy for Porto to get organised and defend. No playmaker and it showed. Skipp was OK but without the 1st team stars around him he didnt really shine. I have seen the U19 team play a few times and have to say porto team were the best they have faced so far.
Where was Rodel Richards?
I thought at the start of Cheltenham I bet there will be a good few woman jockey winners to fit, the woman can do all men can, rhetoric. 2 in row today. Theyre given the best horses by look of it cos both were favourites. Also, ain’t it cheating? Jockeys are small but I’m sure those woman were a good few stone lighter. Didn’t back them though. Awful prices anyway.
Anyone but Liverpool.
Or City.
Or Utd.
We have a 3 in 7 chance of drawing one of them, right?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/clip/f41124ba-6b55-401d-a976-be92114e6cdd
Interview with a young Spammers fan who became so disillusioned with the closure of their ground and move to the soulless bowl that he started travelling to Italy to support a third division club that have welcomed him with open arms.
Grooming session of kids by Arab owners…. Pun intended?
Hope these children are ready for the big time. Daniels coming calling next season.
I see after Munich threw their CL tie the plan is to turn this years competition into a Premier League shootout. City will be suited to that of course, its a grooming session for em.
Just brilliant ?
Nobody will touch him cos he speaks the truth about the sport.
Brilliant interview with John Sitton. Another wasted football mind stitched up by scum media.
Put in you tube…. Straight talk: John Sitton.
Worth watching, interesting he talks about standard and said watching Orient v Dover the players wouldn’t av got in his Sunday team. The myth that the games better now is still going around. Its just that. A myth.
Where was Rodel Richards?
Comma gone awry*
I thought at the start of Cheltenham I bet there will be a good few woman jockey winners to fit, the woman can do all men can, rhetoric. 2 in row today. Theyre given the best horses by look of it cos both were favourites. Also, ain’t it cheating? Jockeys are small but I’m sure those woman were a good few stone lighter. Didn’t back them though. Awful prices anyway.
Are there any others? ?
Spurs are rapidly becoming a secret club for lots of people.
yea think its changing slowly but i agree
I always feel more confident against the bigger teams. No team left is a banana skin but it feels like we raise our game for the bigger teams
Still waiting for that EPL trickle-down, any year now ?
I find the lack of control and quality on the ball affects the senior players as well.That’s always been the difference that has struck me.
Anglo-Italian pro-lifers?
Oh to be young..
Well my boyhood club aged 5-15 was Leeds, secret club was Spurs. After we moved to London that situation was reversed, that was thirty odd years ago. Local club would be Barnet
Of course, everyone will be wanting to get Porto in the CL, but a little different at u19 level before Premiership money kicks in!
I wouldn’t be shocked to find out he’d been sponsored by some EU quango ?
You support Spurs mate,
take him down?
I don’t think anywhere it tried to be that – it’s relating one person’s experience.
I was taken by his secret motives ?
Football tourism in Liverpool is a massive business.
When I lived up there I did some voluntary work for a Carragher kids charity and spoke fairly regularly with the organiser.
The city really benefits from it.
Then Liverpool city centre is almost worth a day trip.
Don’t be disingenuous Easty. He hasn’t abandoned spam, he was clearly still a spam supporter, but you could argue that even if that was the case that his club have abandoned him, would he not be within his rights (would not any of us) to look elsewhere. Anyway, choosing to go and spend his money supporting a third division team in another country could hardly be described as glory hunting!
I watched this game. It was evident that our players lacked the technical skills Porto possessed. We needed several touches on the ball, making it easy for Porto to get organised and defend. No playmaker and it showed. Skipp was OK but without the 1st team stars around him he didnt really shine. I have seen the U19 team play a few times and have to say porto team were the best they have faced so far.
We might be okay,as at least we wont have the winning not important speil for this match from Poch, well you’d hope not
Juve I mean.
They loaned their best player to Chavski…
Only by you…
I’ve got a soft spot for Orient too, fuck knows why but I have…
True, football tourism is big business, even at the self proclaimed epicentre of ‘proper’ support, Anfield.
Orient for me if ever in London.
Grooming session of kids by Arab owners…. Pun intended?
The truth is that we could be a bit quiet at The Lane at times when if we’re playing crap. Play crap at a ground that isn’t even yours and one can hardly expect vociferous support for 90+ mins.
Take any bunch of fans and put them in Spurs’ fans position for the last two seasons and you’d get exactly the same.
BBC stories like this are rarely anything to do with the majority of people’s experience of anything…
Tappa is always trying to drum up support for Haringey Borough, you know what to do…
Abandoned the team he’s always supported? I’m not sure what that does about anything…
I’m not.
Manure wouldn’t worry me that, Juve neither but shitty could pull our pants down rather badly on an international stage.
Yep could be a prescient story for many at the new lav Accy. I don’t think it will be anywhere near as bad as the taxpayers stadium but i think many will feel that something’s been lost. Anyway, fair play to the lad for working out what was missing from his life, discerning its importance to him and then going out there to find it.
…and tourists.
Interesting watch, Paul.
I was at Wembley the other week and the atmos was obvs a bit flat. In fact we didn’t score til the 86th minute when an almighty cheer went up. The person who invited me was actually a Utd fan and commented ‘why is it so quiet?’
Bit embarrassing, really.
I wonder if the new place will actually be any better for atmosphere in this new age of mobile phone-staring punters munching on popcorn.
Anyone but Liverpool.
Or City.
Or Utd.
We have a 3 in 7 chance of drawing one of them, right?
I was just taken with the simple story of a fan that feels he has lost all sense of community in his teams new home and did something about it
Aren’t we all.
He looks like he woos chicks with poetry.
And references to his interview with the BBC.
Careful with BBC shenanigans. What I got from this was don’t fight for your community or your beloved teams history, and also an underlying Euro village narrative. When he started talking ‘hatespeech’ I became even more sceptical. But then I’m a lunatic…..
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/clip/f41124ba-6b55-401d-a976-be92114e6cdd
Interview with a young Spammers fan who became so disillusioned with the closure of their ground and move to the soulless bowl that he started travelling to Italy to support a third division club that have welcomed him with open arms.
How d’ya spell the twats name? I care not
Just saw goals. WHAT in BLAZES is Nuer doing for the first goal?!! Again the all important opener. Then the usual set piece and its over. Tedious.
Hope these children are ready for the big time. Daniels coming calling next season.
I see after Munich threw their CL tie the plan is to turn this years competition into a Premier League shootout. City will be suited to that of course, its a grooming session for em.