BRAZILIAN-BORN FORMER Portuguese international Deco had his testimonial tonight and played a half each for two of his old clubs — Barcelona and Porto.
Ex-team-mates such as Lionel Messi, Samuel Eto’o, Edgar Davids and Ludovic Giuly took part and greeted Deco before kick-off.
South African striker McCarthy, once of Blackburn Rovers, was guilty of an open-goal miss early on:
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But did get on the scoresheet as the Portuguese side went two ahead:
Barca brought on big guns in Messi and Eto’o and the pair combined to pull one back:
Then the man of the hour scored himself to make it 2-2 with a nonchalant lob.
These types of games are often high-scoring affairs and both sides found the back of the net with Deco added a second in the blue of Porto with this classy volley in injury time. The game ended 4-4. https://vine.co/v/M0O9Qb9F2XB
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Deco scores two crackers for Barca and Porto in his own testimonial
BRAZILIAN-BORN FORMER Portuguese international Deco had his testimonial tonight and played a half each for two of his old clubs — Barcelona and Porto.
Ex-team-mates such as Lionel Messi, Samuel Eto’o, Edgar Davids and Ludovic Giuly took part and greeted Deco before kick-off.
South African striker McCarthy, once of Blackburn Rovers, was guilty of an open-goal miss early on:
But did get on the scoresheet as the Portuguese side went two ahead:
Barca brought on big guns in Messi and Eto’o and the pair combined to pull one back:
Then the man of the hour scored himself to make it 2-2 with a nonchalant lob.
These types of games are often high-scoring affairs and both sides found the back of the net with Deco added a second in the blue of Porto with this classy volley in injury time. The game ended 4-4.
https://vine.co/v/M0O9Qb9F2XB
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