UEFA Champions League

Player Ratings Porto 2-3 Krasnodar Champions League 2019- Wanderson stars as FCP knocked out

FC Porto were stunningly knocked out of the Champions League in the third qualifying stage as Russian side Krasnodar beat them 3-2 at the Dragao, thus sealing the tie on the away goals rule. Porto had won 1-0 in the first leg a week ago, and many assumed it would be a formality for them to progress, especially at home, but Krasnodar stunned them with three first half goals- one from Tonny Vilhena and two from Magomed Suleymanov.

Here are the player ratings for Porto 2-3 Krasnodar from the Portuguese newspapers. Krasnodar’s Wanderson received special praise, with one paper even giving him a perfect 10 for this game.

Not such a great evening for Porto players like Saravia

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Player Ratings Dinamo Kiev 3-3 Club Brugge Second Leg Champions League 2019 | Percy Tau Red Carded, Mignolet ships in three

There was plenty of late drama in Kyiv as Club Brugge scored twice to draw the game 3-3 and win the two legged tie 4-3 on aggregate. In the first leg that marked Simon Mignolet’s debut for Brugge, the former Liverpool goalkeeper had kept a clean sheet. Here he shipped in three goals, but was still one of the better Brugge players on show, as can be seen in these Belgian paper ratings below (he got a 7/10- the only other players with a 7 were Brugge’s three goal scorers on the evening)

Percy Tau was red carded (two yellows)- a tad unjustly, as Brugge coach Philippe Clement mentioned after the game. Nevertheless the South African star was criticised for “forgetting his defensive duties” at certain times in the fixture, and was rated a 5/10

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Krasnodar 0-1 Porto Player Ratings Champions League 2019 | How did Marcus Berg & Sergio Oliveira play?

Click here for Porto 2-3 Krasnodar Player Ratings Second Leg 13 August, 2019

FC Porto beat Russian side FC Krasnodar 1-0 in the first leg of their Champions League qualifying clash. A big victory for Porto, given it came away from home, and they’ll be favourites to progress next week in Portugal.

How did Marcus Berg play for Krasnodar against Porto?

This was a terrible day at the office for Berg, to mildly put it. Across the three media ratings we’ve compiled, he was the worst Krasnodar player on show. Two newspapers gave him 1/5 and 1/10, and a third gave him 4/10.

How did Sergio Oliveira rate?

As the player who scored the winning goal (and it came in the 89th minute), Oliveira walked away with most of the plaudits.

Here is a look the player ratings for Krasnodar vs Porto from three different Portuguese papers.

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