Porto, with Matheus and Díaz, advance to the Champions League round of 16

Matheus Uribe and Luis Díaz are already in the round of 16 of the UEFA Champions League with Porto of Portugal. The team led by Sergio Conceição drew 0-0 at home to Manchester City on the fifth date of the group stage. A sufficient result to ensure classification.

City, the leader and top favorite of group C, deserved to win at the Estadio do Dragão but Agustín Marchesín came out as the figure of the night with 4 or 5 spectacular saves. The VAR was also on the side of Porto, canceling a goal by Gabriel Jesus in the 80th minute for an offside at the beginning of the action.

Uribe played the 90 minutes as an inside midfielder in a 3-5-2 system, it did not have much prominence in creation and attack, his work focused on defending. Porto barely made it to Ederson’s goal once in the first half.

Luis Díaz was a substitute and entered the 62nd minute for Mexican Jesus ‘Tecatito’ Corona. He stood as second striker next to the Brazilian Evanilson, who entered through Moussa Marega. The Colombian winger did not change the face of the team and was left without generating risk in Guardiola’s defense.

With this tie at home, Porto reached 10 points and secured a place among the 16 best in the Champions League. City is still first in the zone with 13 units, with one match remaining. The other group match, between Marseille and Olympiacos, ended in favor of the French (2-1).

Matheus and Díaz’s team visit Olympiakos in Greece next Wednesday. In Manchester the other two of this group C face off.