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Due to heavy fog, the match between Porto and Nacional is officially postponed!


CD Nacional-FC Porto foi adiado devido ao nevoeiro#CDNFCP pic.twitter.com/bU9vjMSWEv
And the game is suspended once again. The fog gets thicker and the teams leave the field to wait for the situation to improve – or for the match to be postponed.
And we’re back! Even with the heavy fog, the players decide to continue with the match!
And now we have the game stopped due to the heavy fog on the field, which prevents the players from being able to see what is happening.
Yellow card for Rodrigo Mora, for stepping on Soumaré in the attacking half. VAR reviewed the incident, called the referee, who decided to maintain the yellow card.
The teams appear on the field and the ball rolls for the first half of the match!


Aquecimento 💥#CDNFCP pic.twitter.com/vuPYw2x0uR — FC Porto (@FCPorto) January 3, 2025
Nacional’s last home win came 2-1 in 2014. After that, there were 11 matches, with 10 wins for Porto, nine of them in a row, and one draw.
In these 46 matches, Nacional have scored 33 goals, with an average of 0.72 per match, compared to 105 goals for Porto, with an average of 2.28 per match. 
At home, Nacional have played against Porto in 25 matches, with three wins, three draws and 19 losses. In the Portuguese League, there have been 20 matches, with two wins, three draws and 15 wins. 
There have been 46 matches between the two teams in history, with seven wins for Nacional, four draws and 35 wins for Porto. In the Portuguese League, Nacional have won five, drawn four and won 31 in 40 matches. 
The players go up onto the pitch to begin warming up.
Cláudio Ramos, Tiago Djaló, Fábio Vieira, Vasco Sousa, Iván Jaime, Namaso, João Mário, Deniz Gul, Gonçalo Borges.

Encarnação, Francisco Gonçalves, João Aurélio, Léo Santos, Daniel Penha, André Sousa, Labidi, Dyego Sousa, Appiah.
France, Gustavo Garcia, Ze Vitor, Ulisses and Jose Gomes; Matheus, Hadji, Costa, Esteves and Dudu; Isaac.
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“It’s an opponent that always creates a lot of difficulties at home. In the last four games, they only lost to Benfica, they only conceded goals against Benfica. These are warning signs for us. We know that it is a stadium with peculiar conditions that could postpone the game to another date. But we have to get there and win. The team is growing, gaining maturity, but we cannot deviate from the profile of the squad, looking at their characteristics, the number of years they have been at FC Porto. We must also look at the eleven with which we finished the previous day, and this is an exercise that should occupy your analysis. Realize that there is room to grow and that this growth is being sustained. Strength must be our way. When some of us fail, others get the chance. Football is like that. We have three players who can fill that space: André Franco, Vasco Sousa and Alan Varela, but not in that order. It’s clear that Nico has the ability to break lines with the ball, to face the game head on. But we have players who offer other types of arguments. We cannot ignore the fact that Varela has been away for almost 18 months without rest, without vacation, and at some point you have to pay for that. We feel that it was a phase in which he was not the Varela we knew. But he is once again recovering his greatest characteristic, as someone who embodies the spirit of FC Porto. He is very important to us and will never stop being a starter. Fábio is in shape, he has been called up. Whether or not he is a starter is a strategic decision. Accidents happen to everyone. It happened to him. It’s good that he gets the message, that it can’t happen again, the rules are the same for everyone. Anyone who tries to deviate from the norm can suffer this type of consequence. In a growth process, there is always room for advances and setbacks. But we cannot ignore the fact that we have a young squad, that many people are taking their first steps in professional football, who understand the demands of the club. All of this takes time. I know that all of this is analyzed every week, every week is a moment of analysis and evaluation, but this is our life. We have to be very faithful to what we are building and have players who are involved in this daily work. I look at them and see an inexhaustible desire to do exactly what is asked of them. We have to realize that we haven’t been champions for two years and we have to be champions this year“.
Porto’s likely team for today’s match is: Diogo Costa, Martim Fernandes, Pérez, Otávio and Galeno; Vasco Sousa, Eustaquio, Fabio Vieira, Rodrigo Mora and Pepê; Samu.

Nacional’s likely team for today’s match is: Encarnação, Garcia, Ulisses, Santos and Gomes; Soumaré, Esteves, Aurelio, Costa and Dudu; Isaac.
Nacional will be without Lucas França, who is injured, for today, while Porto will be without Nico González, who is suspended, and Grujic, who is injured.
Porto is in second place in the Liga Portugal, tied with Sporting at the top, with 40 points, two above Benfica and 10 above Santa Clara. Nacional is in 15th place with 13 points, tied with Farense, one above Boavista and Arouca, one behind AVS SAD, two behind Estoril and three behind Estrela Amadora.
Porto have won three straight games today. On December 16, by 2-0, the victory came over Estrela Amadora at home, with goals from Nico González and Gonçalo Borges. On Saturday (21), by 3-0, the victory was away from home against Moreirense, with goals from Samu, Rodrigo Mora and André Franco. And on Saturday (28), by 4-0, the victory was at home over Boavista, with goals from Samu, who scored two, Nico González and Rodrigo Mora.
Nacional comes into today’s game with two defeats and a draw in their last games. On December 19, by 2-0, the defeat came at home to Benfica, with two goals from Di María. On Monday (23), in a 2-2 draw, the match was with Vitória away from home, with goals from Isaac and João Aurélio, while Tiago Silva and Nuno Santos tied for Vitória. And on Sunday (29), by 2 to 1, the defeat was away from home to Rio de Janeiro, with goals from Clayton, who scored two goals, while Bruno Costa scored.
My name is Victor Cunha and I’ll be your host for this game. We will provide you with pre-game analysis, roster updates, and news as it happens live here on VAVEL.

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