Barcelona Triumphs Over Porto: Reddit Reactions and Match Highlights

🟦🟥 Greetings Culers! It’s time for a post-match debrief on Barcelona’s thrilling encounter against Porto, where the Blaugrana emerged victorious, securing a spot in the next stage! Let’s dive into the exciting moments and fan reactions from the game.

💬 Imaguywithwifi (Reddit): “Hopefully the dark ages are now behind us.” 💬 norcule (Reddit): “Europa League curse broken!!”

⚽ FULL TIME! Barcelona 2-1 Porto

🔄 90′ Raphinha off, YAMAL on!
🫢 88′ Oof, Raphinha is simply unlucky here, could’ve scored a beauty. His conversion rate is worrying.
🔄 82′ Balde is on for Cancelo who leaves the pitch with a standing ovation!

💬 Shakshouk (Reddit): “Honestly, we haven’t had a player this much better than literally anyone else on the pitch since Messi. Cancelo is insane!”

🫢 79′ Wow. That’s some truly courageous defending from Barca. Despite the one-goal lead, we keep giving away those chances, unbelievable.
🔄 74′ Joao Felix is off! Ferran on.
🫢 64′ Damn… it feels like we’ve seen Lewandowski on our screens for the first time in ages. He has been invisible most of the time despite linking up well in the first half.

⚽ 57′ GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!!! FINALLY, JOAO FELIX SCORES! Brilliant work by Cancelo again to set it up. 💬 SomewhereExisting (Reddit): “Cancelo needs to be getting a percentage of the attackers’ salaries for this season.” 💬 Ecstatic Jacket (Reddit): “Cancelo on the left > Balde. Creativity monster.”

😒 52′ We’re failing to control the game properly in this second half so far. Porto gets one chance after another. 💬 ngv192 (Reddit): “Even half-retired Busi would have started in this midfield. His presence was usually not noticeable, but we can feel it clearly when he’s gone.”

⚽ SECOND HALF! (And Felix hits his beloved crossbar already)

👍 Best players so far:
- Pena. Made multiple saves and couldn’t help much at the conceded goal.
- Inigo. Brilliant passing (as usual), crucial defending.
- Cancelo. The Portuguese was to blame for the conceded goal, but he simply gives us too much in attack tonight. His goal was special.
👎 Worst players so far:
- Gundogan. Simply doesn’t look good in this midfield tonight. Partly at fault for the conceded goal.
- Felix. Far from his best at linking up with the others. Missed a sitter he should’ve buried.
⏱️ Half time. Barcelona 1-1 Porto.
🤬 42′ How come you don’t score this, Raphinha?! So good, so active upfront, but his finishing is just terribly poor.
📒 36′ Frenkie booked.
😫 34′ Felix misses another sitter. How come… it’s happening so often these days. He badly needs that confidence back.
⚽ 32′ GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!!! CANCELO WITH A FAST EQUALISER! HE REHABILITATES FROM HIS MISTAKE! He did it all himself! 💬 jiraiya (Reddit): “This is what we want from Balde. Cancelo is so good!” 💬 SpiritualBet6355 (Reddit): “Play Cancelo as a winger from now on.”
⚽ 30′ Goal. Porto 1-0. Simply no defending at all from Cancelo here.
🔥 25′ Inigo is on fire again! Two great tackles near Barca’s box this time. Kounde’s poor pass led to his heroics. 💬 Thechosenone (Reddit): “I didn’t expect us to look great, but we look worse than I thought.” 💬 fourby (Reddit): “Why even make such a risky pass attempt? We try to take risk when there is absolutely no reward.”
🔎 19′ One more curious thing to note: Inigo often plays at left-back while De Jong drops to the central defence. So much variety at the back.
📝 17′ Pedri’s positioning tonight is quite interesting – we often find him close to the right winger position. Pretty much involved in the attacking play.
👏 11′ Prime Kounde is back again, hopefully. Brilliant tackling and duelling.
👍 8′ Loved that powerful effort from Raphinha. But he’s done that so often in the Champions League – just can’t find the net with those yet. 💬 elsavador3 (Reddit): “Good things happen when you shoot. Loving these outside-of-the-box attempts so far.” 💬 TrueCooler (Reddit): “More of that outside-the-box stuff tonight please!”
🤭 **6′ Whistles and boos every time Pepe (the one in Porto’s defence) touches the ball. Some early 2010s