Atletico Madrid 2 FC Porto 2LISANDRO Lopez scored a goal in each half to help Porto rally twice to draw 2-2 at Atletico Madrid in their Champions League first leg match last night.
Atletico took the lead in the third minute when Sergio Aguero’s attempted pass to strike partner Diego Forlan ran through to Maxi on the right of the area and he slammed the ball past goalkeeper Helton.
Porto came back strongly and equalised after 22 minutes when defender Pablo Ibanez badly misjudged a header and Lopez raced through to drive the ball in off keeper Leo Franco.
Forlan fired a speculative long-range effort and the ball squirmed through Helton’s hands and into the net for Atletico’s second just before half-time before Lopez turned in Aly Cissokho’s low cross with 18 minutes left.
ATLETICO MADRID: Franco, Seitaridis, Pablo, Ujfalusi, Antonio Lopez, Maxi (Miguel 80), Paulo Assuncao, Raul Garcia (Maniche 67), Simao, Forlan, Aguero (Sinama Pongolle 56). Subs not used: Coupet, Pernia, Heitinga, Camacho. Booked: Raul Garcia, Paulo Assuncao. Goals: Maxi 4, Forlan 45.
FC PORTO: Helton, Sapunaru (Pedro Emanuel 79), Rolando, Bruno Alves, Cissokho, Lucho Gonzalez, Fernando, Raul Meireles (Costa 90), Lopez (Sektioui 90), Hulk, Rodriguez. Subs not used: Nuno, Stepanov, Mariano Gonzalez, Farias. Booked: Sapunaru, Lopez. Goals: Lopez 22, 72.
Referee: Howard Webb (England).
Tonight’s games
Chelsea v Juventus; Real Madrid v Liverpool; Sporting Lisbon v Bayern Munich; Villarreal v Panathinaikos.
