deportivo la coruna (teknik direktör: javier irureta) jose francisco molina, manuel pablo garcia, cesar martin, noureddine naybet, enrique romero, victor sanchez (lionel scaloni 55'), sergio gonzalez (diego tristan 67'), aldo duscher, juan carlos valeron, albert luque (francisco javier gonzalez “fran” 72'), walter pandiani
fc porto (teknik direktör: jose mario dos santos mourinho) vitor manuel martins baia, paulo renato rebocho ferreira, jorge paulo costa almeida, ricardo alberto silveira carvalho, nuno jorge pereira silva valente, francisco jose rodrigues costa “costinha”, pedro miguel da silva mendes (jose bosingwa 88'), anderson luis de souza “deco”, nuno ricardo oliveira ribeiro “maniche”, carlos alberto gomes (pedro emanuel dos santos 68'), vanderlei fernandes silva “derlei” (benni mccarthy 90')
yardımcı hakemler: marco ivaldi (ita), narciso pisacreta (ita)
4. hakem: roberto rosetti (ita)
deportivo: josé francisco molina(gk), manuel pablo, enrique romero, nourredine naybet (c), césar martín, walter pandiani, sergio gonzález (dk. 67 diego tristán), sánchez víctor (dk. 55 lionel scaloni), albert luque (dk. 72 fran), juan carlos valerón, aldo duscher
yedekler: gustavo munúa (gk), joan capdevila, djalminha, pablo amo
teknik direktör: javier iruretagoyena amiano (esp)
porto: vítor baía (gk), jorge costa (c), ricardo carvalho, costinha, nuno valente, deco, derlei (dk. 90+3 benni mccarthy), maniche, carlos alberto (dk. 68 pedro emanuel), paulo ferreira, pedro mendes (dk. 88 josé bosingwa)
yedekler: nuno (gk), ricardo costa, edgaras jankauskas, dmitri alenichev
teknik direktör: josé mourinho (por)
goller: 0-1 [penaltıdan] derlei dk. 60
sarı kartlar: dk. 11 nourredine naybet (c), dk. 90 diego tristán (deportivo) dk. 34 carlos alberto, dk. 80 pedro mendes (porto)
kırmızı kartlar: dk. 70 nourredine naybet (c) (deportivo)
derlei decisive as porto progress published: tuesday 4 may 2004, 23.00cet
rc deportivo la coruña 0-1 fc porto (agg: 0-1) derlei's penalty takes portuguese champions into final.
by graham hunter in the riazor
a second-half penalty from fit-again striker derlei was enough to secure fc porto a place in the uefa champions league final at the expense of ten-man rc deportivo la coruña.
successful gamble porto coach josé mourinho reinstated the free-scoring striker and his gamble paid off as the brazilian, making his first european appearance since december, scored a second-half spot-kick. the 28-year-old's goal rewarded the portuguese champions for intelligent defending and incessant pressure which proved too much for the home side, who had nourredine naybet sent off for two bookings.
costinha task tension dominated the early development of the game and it soon became clear that mourinho's team had come to la coruna with the intention of stretching their iberian neighbours' nerve - and above all closing down juan carlos valerón. costinha was given the job of policing valerón and it was significant that deportivo's playmaker did not make a meaningful contribution until almost half an hour had passed.
naybet booked benni mccarthy's exclusion for the newly-fit derlei was a reference to the fact that the brazilian finished last season's uefa cup as top goalscorer, and that the south african had not scored in nine games for porto. derlei's earliest act was to dramatise a naybet tackle in the eleventh minute which brought a yellow card from pierluigi collina - and meant that the moroccan was immediately suspended from the final.
pressing game porto were playing their normal high-tempo, pressing game and deportivo found that experience suffocating. in the 14th minute, derlei began a mazy run which ended in maniche's shot skidding threateningly close to josé molina's right-hand post. the nerves were gnawing away at the home side and the uefa cup holders were achieving their objectives.
perfect pass typically, it needed valerón, the man who did so much damage to both juventus fc and ac milan in the previous rounds, to rouse his team. after 28 minutes, the elegant midfield player found space and flicked a perfect pass to walter pandiani, who volleyed over. at that instant, the referee's assistant raised his flag but the galvanising effect was apparent.
key chance sadly for valerón he could not profit from the work which he himself had kick-started. as the ball rebounded from side to side in the porto penalty box, he found himself in a surprising amount of space, right in front of goal, but carelessly volleyed wide. it was a key moment, precisely the kind which javier irureta's team had been converting in crucial moments against previous opponents.
porto pressure before half-time, carlos alberto was booked for a lunge at víctor sánchez and immediately after the break porto so nearly created the away goal which they craved. deco found freedom on the right-hand side and crossed for derlei to stoop down and head against molina's right-hand post. then within minutes deco's prompting led to derlei's surging run, and césar martin and molina needed to combine to prevent him scoring.
brazilian brilliance it was an indication that the two brazilians were revelling in being reunited after derlei's extended absence with a knee injury. deco, in particular, had found time and space to orchestrate the game and the result was deadly for deportivo. having given the warning signs, the pair combined again to leave porto on the verge of the final. deco skipped around césar on the edge of the box and the spaniard's tackle brought the penalty which derlei nervelessly converted.
naybet dismissed although irureta's side fought back and threw everything into attack, there were two immediate indications that the luck was with porto. first, pandiani headed a bright deportivo chance wide from a superb alberto luque cross. then naybet was sent off for a second bookable tackle, this time on paulo ferreira, and deportivo's task seemed too tough.
tristán desperation even when diego tristán added his skills the game would not turn deportivo's way. one brilliant block in front of goal from pedro emmanuel prevented him from scoring before the substitute's subsequent free-kick curled half a metre wide. his desperation was summed up by a late booking for simulation in a forlorn attempt to earn a spot-kick.
şampiyonlar ligi yarı final rövanş maçında porto deplasmanda deportivo'yu 1-0 yenerek finale kalmayı başardı. ilk maç 0-0 sona ermişti. diğer finalist bu gece chelsea- monaco maçıyla belli olacak. ilk karşılaşmayı monaco 3-1 kazanmıştı. ( https://www.macanilari.co...etir.php?fid=200320045126)
36 yaşındaki deschamps, monaco'yu, 40 yaşındaki mourinho ise porto'yu şampiyonlar ligi'nde finale çıkardılar.
şampiyonlar ligi'nde monaco-porto finali sürpriz olarak değerlendirilirken, bu başarının mimarları iki genç teknik direktör oldu. porto'yu çalıştıran 40 yaşındaki jose mourinho, bobby robson'ın tercümanlığından başladığı kariyerinde mavi beyazlılar ile iki lig şampiyonluğunun yanısıra geçen sezon uefa kupası'nı müzesine götürdü. önceki gün chelsea'nin monaco ile 2-2 berabere kaldığı şampiyonlar ligi yarı final maçını izleyen mourinho'nun ingiliz ekibinin yeni teknik direktörü olmasına kesin gözüyle bakılıyor. didier deschamps ise sezon başında ekonomik yetersizliği nedeniyle önce küme düşürülen ardından son anda 1. ligde kalmasına izin verilen monaco'yu zirveye taşıdı. monaco, lider lyon'un üç puan gerisinde ikinci sırada.
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