the home team stayed top of group a as goals from lucho gonzález, joão moutinho and silvestre varela set up a matchday six summit meeting.
already qualified fc porto maintained their lead at the head of uefa champions league group a with a solid win against a determined gnk dinamo zagreb.
ante Čačić's visitors stretched their losing run in the competition proper to 11 games despite having their share of chances. they had no answer to joão moutinho, who set up goals for lucho gonzález and silvestre varela either side of scoring himself. ıt means porto finish the group stage with a perfect home record for only the second time, and a draw at paris saint-germain fc on matchday six will clinch first place. dinamo will aim to avoid equalling rsc anderlecht's competition record of 12 successive defeats against fc dynamo kyiv.
dinamo started brightly, and sammir dragged a shot wide from range as they sought their first goal of the group stage. the newly capped croatian international then came even closer, his powerful effort crashing back off the inside of a post.
Čačić's men were looking confident but, somewhat against the run of play, the portuguese champions took the lead in the 20th minute. a deftly constructed move involving jackson martínez and moutinho ended with lucho collecting the portugal midfielder's through pass to guide a delightful left-footed shot into the top corner.
the noisy travelling contingent tried to lift their team, yet dinamo seemed uncertain for the first time and were almost two behind shortly afterwards when varela broke clear on the left. fortunately for the away side, the winger mis-hit his shot straight at goalkeeper ıvan kelava.
dinamo regrouped and almost had an equaliser from a corner just before half-time. helton made a sprawling save from domagoj vida's header and fatos beqiraj's follow-up was creeping in until varela stretched to hack it off the line.
porto, however, began the second period on the front foot and rarely let up thereafter. kelava beat away a stinging attempt from james rodríguez and then dived to palm away a shot from jackson after the big centre-forward ran onto a pass from his fellow colombian.
the pressure on croatia's title holders continued to mount as coach vítor pereira introduced fernando and alex sandro, both fresh back from injury. the pair had barely set foot on the pitch when the dragons extended their advantage. after josip šimunić had pulled back jackson, moutinho stepped up to curl an imperious free-kick over the wall and into the corner of the net.
moutinho then returned to his creative role with a delightful back-heel for varela to drive in the third that crowned an ultimately comfortable porto victory – but there is still work to do in paris.
yardımcı hakemler: mauro tonolini (ita), lorenzo manganelli (ita)
4. hakem: riccardo di fiore (ita)
çizgi hakemleri: luca banti (ita), paolo silvio mazzoleni (ita)
porto: helton (gk), danilo, lucho gonzález (c) (dk. 75 christian atsu), joão moutinho, jackson martínez, james rodríguez, silvestre varela, eliaquim mangala, abdoulaye ba (dk. 66 alex sandro), nicolás otamendi, steven defour (dk. 66 fernando)
yedekler: fabiano (gk), andré castro, kléber, miguel lopes
teknik direktör: vítor pereira (por)
dinamo zagreb: ivan kelava (gk) (c), josip šimunić, arijan ademi, mateo kovačić, sammir (dk. 76 ante puljić), šime vrsaljko, josip pivarić, fatos beqiraj (dk. 86 ivan krstanović), domagoj vida, marcelo brozović, duje Čop (dk. 84 alen halilović)
yedekler: romeo mitrović (gk), adrián calello, ivan tomečak, mehmed alispahić
vítor pereira, porto coach ıt was a good game for us. we were consistent and had a good dynamic in the second half, with more aggression and better passing.
ante Čačić, dinamo coach ıt's difficult to be realistic after losing 3-0, but ı really think that this was the best dinamo performance in this season's uefa champions league group stage.
şampiyonlar ligi a grubu'nda zirvede bulunan porto, konuk ettiği dinamo zagreb'i 20. dakikada lucho gonzalez, 67. dakikada joao moutinho ve 85. dakikada sebastien varela'nın attığı gollerle 3-0 yendi ve liderliği kaptırmadı.
mücadeleye jackson martinez'in 5. dakikasında kafa vuruşuyla rakip kaleyi yokladığı pozisyonla başlayan porto, daha sonraki dakikalarda kalesinde iki pozisyon verse de 20. dakikada komutan lakaplı lucho gonzalez'in golüyle öne geçmeyi başardı. ev sahibi ekip golü bulmasıyla daha rahat bir oyun sergilerken hırvatistan temsilcisi bulduğu pozisyonlardan yararlanamadı ve devre bu sonuçla bitti.
ikinci yarıya daha rahat bir şekilde çıkan porto hemen 48. dakikada kornerden yarattığı pozisyonda james rodriguez ve jackson martinez'in vuruşlarından yararlanamadı. grupta puanı bulunmayan zagreb ekibi, bu devrede rakibine karşı fazla bir tepki veremezken, ilk golün de asistini yapan joao moutinho 67. dakikada skoru 20-25 metre uzaklıktan kullandığı serbest vuruşta topu ağlarla buluştururarak takımını 2-0 öne geçirdi. karşılaşmada bu dakikadan oyundan düşen dinamo zagreb 85. dakikada silvester varela'nın golüne de engel olamadı. maç bu golle 3-0 sona erdi.
porto bu skorla a grubu'nda puanını 13'e çıkarırken dinamo zagreb 0 puanda kaldı.
