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3¹ A perfect strike from RODRÍGUEZ was dealt with by a useful parry from the 'keeper. 5¹ GOAL!! With his back to goal ONUOHA swivelled and stroked the ball past VELTHUIZEN. (1-0 Genoa) 9¹ A fine dribble was ended by a good save by the advancing VELTHUIZEN. 11¹ A useful ball from BELLUSCHI on the left fell to RODRÍGUEZ who scuffed his effort over. 13¹ FALCAO beat JANKOVIC and flicked the ball to RODRÍGUEZ who hit his shot wide. 17¹ A accurate pass found JANKOVIC and his looping effort went narrowly wide. 20¹ A cross from FERNANDO left BELLUSCHI in plenty of space but he snapped at his shot. 21¹ A clever pass from BENAYOUN was nudged goalbound by FALCAO only for LANDREAU to palm clear. 24¹ GOAL!! A patient Genoa side were rewarded with an accurate strike from JANKOVIC. (2-0 Genoa) 26¹ FALCAO dribbled round SCULLI and poked a tame shot over the bar. 27¹ BRUNO ALVES hit a right foot shot over from just outside the area. 30¹ GOAL!! A hefty goal-kick from NAGATOMO caught the FC Porto defence napping and ACQUAFRESCA ran on to sidestep the 'keeper and score. (3-0 Genoa) 42¹ JANKOVIC played the ball to ACQUAFRESCA who nodded it wide. 10² FALCAO shot wide. 12² A corner bobbled toward ACQUAFRESCA who headed an effort just beyond the near post. 14² BOGLIACINO booked for a poor foul on RODRÍGUEZ. 16² GOAL!! A deep cross from BENAYOUN on the right was headed home by RODRÍGUEZ on the edge of the box. (3-1 Genoa) 18² ACQUAFRESCA snapped at a simple chance. 19² A free-kick from ZAPATER floated over. 19² FALCAO was put clear by BENAYOUN and he beat LANDREAU but thrust his shot wide. 21² IMMOBILE headed over the bar. 23² ANTONINI stabbed an easy chance past the righthand post. 30² The hapless FC Porto 'keeper could only watch as a backpass from RODRÍGUEZ dropped just wide. 36² JANKOVIC nodded the ball wide from the edge of the box. 40² THIAGO HELENO beat two Genoa players and slammed a shot over the bar.

FC Porto   League position: 10 Home league form: WXWW Overall league form: WWXLLWWW Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups Piet VELTHUIZEN 5½ 1 6  Mickaël LANDREAU(c) (c)BRUNO Eduardo ALVES 7½ 2 8  Nedum ONUOHA Wayne BRIDGE 7½ 3 6½ Yuto NAGATOMO FERNANDO Francisco 8  4 6½ Mariano BOGLIACINO THIAGO HELENO Henrique 6½ 5 7½ Jeffrey BRUMA Didier ZOKORA 5½ 6 6½ Luca ANTONINI Fernando BELLUSCHI 7  7 6½ Houssine KHARJA Cristian RODRÍGUEZ 6½ 8 6½ Bosko JANKOVIC (p)Radamel FALCAO 7½ 9 6½ Robert ACQUAFRESCA(p) (f)Yossi BENAYOUN 6½ 10 6  Giuseppe SCULLI(f) Simone PEPE 6  11 6  Ciro IMMOBILE Manager Ricardo DIAS    12    Antonino RAGUSA VOLKAN Demirel    13    Raffaele PALLADINO Ryan BABEL    14    Matteo CHINELLATO Will EVANS    15 7  Alberto ZAPATER Andrea CODA    16    Robert GUCHER

Genoa   League position: 5 Away league form: LWLL Overall league form: WLWWWLXL Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics

FC Porto 1 Genoa 3 (Half-time: 0-3, Attendance: 50,790, Stadium: Estádio do Dragão, Referee: Michel Piraux 7½) Rodríguez 16² Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Onuoha 5¹, Jankovic 24¹, Acquafresca 30¹   KharjaóZapater 15²       Bogliacino 14² 6 0 12 21 6 5 3 4 8 9 11 13 2 1 49% 51% ¶ Man of the match: Fernando Francisco ¶