Champions League

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Champions League | Group Stage

Sep 16, 2015 at 7.45pm UK

Dynamo Kiev
2-2
Porto

Gusev (20'), Buyalsky (89')

FT(HT: 1-1)

Aboubakar (23', 81')

Half-Time Report: Vincent Aboubakar cancels out Oleg Gusev's opener to bring Porto level

By Sam McEvoy, Reporter | 16 September 2015

Porto and Dynamo Kiev go into half time level, as Vincent Aboubakar equalises for the Portuguese side three minutes after Oleg Gusev broke the deadlock.

Porto and Dynamo Kiev have gone into half time level courtesy of a Vincent Aboubakar equaliser for the Portuguese side three minutes after Oleg Gusev had broken the deadlock.

Players of FC Porto reacts after a goal during the UEFA Champions league group G football match between FC Dynamo Kiev and FC Porto at Olimpiysky stadium in Kiev on September 16, 2015 © Getty Images

The Ukrainian side started the game brightly as they picked up an early corner inside the opening three minutes, only for the set piece to be headed wide by defender Yevhen Khacheridi.

The hosts continued to push on for the first goal and were rewarded for their efforts, as Gusev latched on to a low, driven cross to tap into an wide, open net, with the ball somehow evading the Portuguese defence.

However, Kiev's lead lasted only three minutes, as Senegalese striker Aboubakar jumped highest to powerfully head home Maicon's diagonal ball into the middle of the area.

Iker Casillas was forced to make a save just before half time, as Gusev lifted the ball into Denys Garmash who hit his shot into the ground, only for the Spanish goalkeeper to tip it over.