Portuguese clubs sparkle in Europa
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April 9, 2011, Saturday
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PORTO'S Radamel Falcao scored a hat-trick to help the newly-crowned Portuguese champion thrash Spartak Moscow 5-1 as goals flowed and South American players shone in Europa League quarterfinal first-leg ties on Thursday.
Porto's compatriot Benfica, attempting to reach its first European semifinal for 17 years, thrashed PSV Eindhoven 4-1 with all their goals coming from Argentines - two from Eduardo Salvio and one each from Pablo Aimar and Javier Saviola.
Two goals from Brazil striker Nilmar helped Villarreal to a 5-1 win over Dutch league leader Twente Enschede as 19 goals were scored on the night - one more than the total netted in this week's Champions League last eight first leg matches.
Dynamo Kiev was held to a 1-1 draw at home to Braga, Portugal's third representative and conqueror of Liverpool in the last 16, in the other tie with Andriy Shevchenko sent off just 15 minutes after coming on as a halftime substitute.
The former AC Milan and Chelsea player was booked twice in eight minutes, the second for playing on after the whistle had gone for offside. "I didn't hear the whistle. The goalkeeper didn't hear it either and played on," Shevchenko said.
Porto and Benfica, which met last Sunday with Porto winning 2-1 to clinch the Portuguese title in the stadium of its great rival, both started with eight South American players in their lineups.
Sweeping home
Colombia striker Falcao, whose second Europa League hat-trick made him top scorer in the competition with 10, opened the scoring for Porto in the 37th minute, sweeping home Alvaro Pereira's cross.
Silvestre Varela was the only Portuguese player to get on the scoresheet in any match when he volleyed in Falcao's pass in the 65th and Brazilian defender Maicon headed the third five minutes later.
Kirill Kombarov pulled one back in the 70th only for Falcao to add two more in the last six minutes.
Benfica utterly outclassed PSV, helped by two Argentine names from the past and one prospect for the future, in a repeat of the 1988 European Cup final which the Dutch won on penalties.
Former international Aimar swept home the opener in the 37th and 20-year-old Salvio added the second with a clever flick from Fabio Coentrao's cross on the stroke of halftime. Salvio netted a superb third in the 53rd, beating two defenders before rolling the ball into the far corner.
PSV's Zakaria Labyad pulled one back with 10 minutes left after goalkeeper Roberto fumbled a cross but former Barcelona and Argentina forward Saviola fired home a superb fourth goal in time added on.
Carlos Marchena, Borja Valero, and Giuseppe Rossi also scored for Villarreal. Marc Janka got a consolation for Twente in stoppage time.
Porto's compatriot Benfica, attempting to reach its first European semifinal for 17 years, thrashed PSV Eindhoven 4-1 with all their goals coming from Argentines - two from Eduardo Salvio and one each from Pablo Aimar and Javier Saviola.
Two goals from Brazil striker Nilmar helped Villarreal to a 5-1 win over Dutch league leader Twente Enschede as 19 goals were scored on the night - one more than the total netted in this week's Champions League last eight first leg matches.
Dynamo Kiev was held to a 1-1 draw at home to Braga, Portugal's third representative and conqueror of Liverpool in the last 16, in the other tie with Andriy Shevchenko sent off just 15 minutes after coming on as a halftime substitute.
The former AC Milan and Chelsea player was booked twice in eight minutes, the second for playing on after the whistle had gone for offside. "I didn't hear the whistle. The goalkeeper didn't hear it either and played on," Shevchenko said.
Porto and Benfica, which met last Sunday with Porto winning 2-1 to clinch the Portuguese title in the stadium of its great rival, both started with eight South American players in their lineups.
Sweeping home
Colombia striker Falcao, whose second Europa League hat-trick made him top scorer in the competition with 10, opened the scoring for Porto in the 37th minute, sweeping home Alvaro Pereira's cross.
Silvestre Varela was the only Portuguese player to get on the scoresheet in any match when he volleyed in Falcao's pass in the 65th and Brazilian defender Maicon headed the third five minutes later.
Kirill Kombarov pulled one back in the 70th only for Falcao to add two more in the last six minutes.
Benfica utterly outclassed PSV, helped by two Argentine names from the past and one prospect for the future, in a repeat of the 1988 European Cup final which the Dutch won on penalties.
Former international Aimar swept home the opener in the 37th and 20-year-old Salvio added the second with a clever flick from Fabio Coentrao's cross on the stroke of halftime. Salvio netted a superb third in the 53rd, beating two defenders before rolling the ball into the far corner.
PSV's Zakaria Labyad pulled one back with 10 minutes left after goalkeeper Roberto fumbled a cross but former Barcelona and Argentina forward Saviola fired home a superb fourth goal in time added on.
Carlos Marchena, Borja Valero, and Giuseppe Rossi also scored for Villarreal. Marc Janka got a consolation for Twente in stoppage time.
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