Braga – FC Porto Favourite Sporting Braga and outsiders have written a piece of football history and made the first Portuguese final in a European Cup competition perfectly. Champion Porto could not afford after the 5-1 first leg win against Leverkusen-Slayer Villarreal in the semi-final second leg in Spain 2-3 (1-1) defeat. Braga celebrated after the 1-2 first leg defeat the greatest success of his club’s history with a 1-0 (1-0) victory in the second leg against Benfica of Portugal’s most successful. The final takes place on 18 May in Dublin instead.
In Porto striker Falcao provided for a record. The Colombians arrived in the 48th Minute to the 2-1 lead of the Champions League winners in 2004 and achieved his 16th European Cup results this season. 15 goals in a season was also the former German international Jurgen Klinsmann scored in the UEFA Cup victory at Bayern Munich in the 1995/96 season. Falcao had the first leg with four goals almost decided on its own.
The hosts, who had turned in the second round Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen, first tried to create the wonder and began before 22,000 spectators in the packed Estadio El Madrigal powerful. Cani used in the 17th First minute of the numerous opportunities for leadership, but the results were preceded by an offside position. Villarreal missed it in the episode, nachzulegen the second goal. Five minutes before half-time the guests arrived by a deflected shot from Hulk to compensate. After the goal by Falcao Villarreal came with goals from Joan Capdevila (75) and Giuseppe Rossi (80./Foulelfmeter) them to victory.
Braga Custodio scored after 19 minutes with a header following a corner kick the golden hits. Before 25 384 spectators, the hosts came back into the game and had by Lima in the eleventh minute the first scoring opportunity. The best chance for the guests who had turned in the second round VfB Stuttgart awarded, the Argentine Javier Saviola with a shot to the inside of the post (41.) Lisbon pushed for an equalizer but in the end, but missed by the semi-final from the first collection in a European final for 21 years.