Evanilson, ex-Fluminense, with a hat-trick, leads the rout of Porto

Posted On: October 26, 2023

Former Fluminense Evanilson made the difference for Porto, during Porto’s 4-1 victory against Royal Antwerp, this Wednesday (25/10), at the Bosuilstadion, Antwerp, in the Champions League. The Brazilian striker came on at the end of the first half, while the team was losing 1-0. But it was in the final phase that he made the difference by scoring three goals. The Canadian Eustáquio did the other for the Portuguese. Nigerian Yusuf scored for the Belgian champions.

The match, valid for the third round of Group H of the Champions League, took the Portuguese team to six points, in second place, behind only Barcelona, with nine. Shakhtar, beaten by Barça, stopped at three and Antwerp had zero.

Evanilson celebrates. The striker, who started on the bench, scored three goals in Porto’s 4-1 victory against Antwerp – Photo: Kenzo Tribouillard – AFP via Getty Images

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Unrecognizable harbor

Porto had territorial control, trying as much as possible to find the striker Taremi, who tried to move, but the scorer could not escape the good marking of the Belgian champion. So, even with 60% possession, there was no shot, just two shots close to the target. To make matters worse, at 35, Varela came out with the ball, but lost it. As a result, Nigerian Yusuf scored the goal. Almost immediately, full-back Wendell was injured and the Porto coach added a striker, Evanílson, to increase the offensive strength of the team, which trailed 1-0 at the break.

Evanilson’s orders and the turnaround

Porto returned unchanged for the second half. But totally different and effective. During the first attack, Vermeeren fell asleep during the game and lost the ball to Taremi. The Iranian sees Evanilson well placed and passes. The Brazilian didn’t waste anything and left everything the same. At seven o’clock, Eustaquio almost turned around. But two minutes later, he redeems himself. Fullback João Mário received it on the right, moved forward and passed it to Eustáquio. The Canadian adjusted it and sent it into the net to score the turning goal. Evanilson continued to do good work with Taremi and, at 24, scored Porto’s third goal taking advantage of a pass from another Brazilian, Pepê (former Grêmio).

At 38, Taremi made an incredible throw from midfield to Evanilson. And the native of Ceará was even more incredible, on a covering shot taking advantage of the goalkeeper’s departure. Painting to top off the hat trick.

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