A lone goal in the 84th minute was enough to give Porto a well earned victory away from home, and propel them into the knockout stage of the Champions League. The game started well, with Helton being forced to make a picture perfect save that kept his side in the match, and Falcao collected a good [. Click to continue reading...

FC Porto opened Week 9 in the Superliga (Liga Sagres) with a draw against Belenenses. The teams battled to a scoreless first half before the visitors opened the scoring when striker Lima scored early in the second half when he slipped the ball past Helton. Ernesto Farias then replied for Porto in the 64th minute when he volleyed the ball over the Belenenses' keeper. Click to continue reading...

Porto keeper Helton

Brazil have called up Porto's Helton for their final WC qualifiers against Bolivia on October 11th in La Paz, and Venezuela 3 days later in Campo Grande.

Helton is in as cover for Grêmio's Victor who has picked up a muscle injury. However, Victor remains with the squad.

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Chelsea 1-0 Porto French striker Nicolas Anelka's second-half goal maintained Carlo Ancelotti's unbeaten streak as Chelsea manager. A through-ball from Salomon Kalou gave Anelka a clean run for a one-on-one with goalkeeper Helton who saved the striker's first effort but the follow-up shot gave the Londoners the lead and a winning start in the Champions League. Click to continue reading...

. Chelsea won their Champions League opener against FC Porto through a lone goal scored by Nicolas Anelka. The game began in emphatic fashion as the Blues began in front of their fans, while the Portuguese side managed to bring the physical side of their game to the fore. It took some time for the west London [. Click to continue reading...

FC Porto continue their lossing ways at Stamford Bridge against Chelsea as the Blues topped the Dragons 1-0 on a goal by Anelka. Helton was sharp in net for Porto but they could not penetrate Chelsea's goal and start off the campaign with a loss. Click to continue reading...

The madness escalates as we conclude another wild week in the world of transfers...

The talk this week has been mostly about Villa, as Barca's vice president confirmed the club's interest in him. Soon after word came that negotiations were ongoing with Valencia; before it was announced that Barca's president, Laporta, made an official bid.

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CSKA Moscow is looking at Porto's keeper Helton. FC Porto having acquired Beto in the last week has made the Brazilian keeper expandable this off season. CSKA's Brazilian coach Zico is keen in bringing his countrymen to the Russian capital Click to continue reading...

It was a good game last night, probably closer than it should have been. The Mississippi Brilla had some good players who showed some skill, and for some stretches the Aztex didn't seem fully engaged and let the ball slip away.
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The Aztex start a game-packed June on Friday night, hosting the Charleston Battery at Nelson Field at 7:00. It's the first of 3 home games in 5 days: they'll play Charleston again on Sunday, and start their 2009 U.S. Open Cup qualifying against the PDL's Mississippi Brilla on Tuesday.
The still-undefeated Battery, chasing the Carolina Railhawks at the top of the standings, are coming off their own 3-game home stand. Click to continue reading...

Ronaldo scored a spectacular goal and sent United through to the semi-finals in what was probably the most boring game of the Champions League quarter-finals.

It only took Ronaldo 6 minutes to create the space necessary to unleash his rocket on goalkeeper, Helton. After a start like that, I began to brace myself for another mouth watering goal fest like the Chelsea v Liverpool game just a day before.

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FC Porto 0-1 Manchester United
(United win 3-2 on aggregate)

Has Cristiano Ronaldo scored a better goal? Has Cristiano Ronaldo scored a more important goal? A stunning 40-yard strike from the winger was enough to see Manchester United to the semi final and set up a mouth watering clash with Arsenal.

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Cristiano Ronaldo walked into the Dragao Stadium and six minutes into the 2nd leg of the Champions League Quarter-Final match sent a screamer into the top corner just out of the reach of Helton to give Man U a 1-0 lead and it was all the Red Devils needed to advance into the Semi-Final stage of the tournament to take on English side Arsenal. Click to continue reading...

From Estadio do Dragao, Attendance 50,000 , Referee Massimo Busacca Porto 0 - 1 Manchester United

Cristiano Ronaldo (6)

Porto Team Statistics Manchester United 0 Goals 1 3 Shots On Target 4 12 Shots Off Target 5 2 Shots Blocked 2 3 Corners 3 0 Offsides 3 12 Fouls 17 0 Yellow Cards 2 0 Red Cards 0 47. Click to continue reading...

This blog will start with live updates about 30 minutes prior to kick-off, around 19:15 GMT or 13:15 US central time.

The starting line-ups are in as its about 30 minutes from kick-off.

Manchester United - van der Sar, O'Shead, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra, Giggs, Carrick, Anderson, Rooney, Berbatov, Ronaldo,

Porto - Helton, Sapunaru, Rolando, Alves, Cissokho, Gonzalez, Fernando, Meireles, Lopez, Hulk, Rodriguez

1′ - Manchester United with possession to start a it's a home crowd of 50,000 for Porto.

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From Old Trafford, Attendance 74,517 , Referee Konrad Plautz Manchester United 2 - 2 Porto

Wayne Rooney (15)
Carlos Tevez (85)

Cristian Rodriguez (4)
Mariano Nicolas Gonzalez (89)

Manchester United Team Statistics Porto 2 Goals 2 8 Shots On Target 9 3 Shots Off Target 6 3 Shots Blocked 3 4 Corners 4 1 Offsides 1 12 Fouls 15 0 Yellow Cards 2 0 Red Cards 0 61. Click to continue reading...

Cualquier aficionado que vea el resultado del partido que esta noche empataron Atlético y Oporto (2-2) en el Vicente Calderón creerá que el resultado es bastante malo para los colchoneros con vistas al encuentro de vuelta que se disputará en el Estadio Do Dragão. Nada más lejos de la realidad; los portugueses han perdido una [. Click to continue reading...

First of all I apologise if in some websites this post appeared more than once but things like this happen when you drink one beer too many. Anyway, after we were labelled as the shame of the Carling Cup by Chelsea's Ray Wilkins, it's time to get the same treatment in the Champions League. Porto [... Click to continue reading...

After we were labelled as the shame of the Carling Cup by Chelsea's Ray Wilkins, it's time to get the same treatment in the Champions League. Porto goalkeeper Helton blasted our display, saying we were not good enough: I was disappointed with Arsenal because they did not seem ambitious enough in winning the game. Click to continue reading...