Porto 0–2 Barcelona: UEFA Champions League, 7 March 2000

The match

Porto and Barcelona finished 0–2 in the UEFA Champions League on 7 March 2000. The match was played in the second group stage in Porto.

Barcelona won the match by 2 goals.

Goals and key incidents

Abelardo scored in minute 37 (Barcelona). Rivaldo scored in minute 59 (Barcelona).

Competition and tie context

The same sides also met on 1 March 2000, when Barcelona finished 4–2 against Porto. That is a separate match result in this competition campaign.

The fixture was played in Group A of the second group stage. The match result belongs to this stage of the competition in the 1999/00 season.

Venue and attendance

The UEFA match record identifies the venue as As Antas, Porto.

The recorded attendance was 45,492 spectators.

The teams’ wider campaign

Porto came into this fixture after a Barcelona 4–2 Porto result on 1 March 2000 in the same competition campaign. Their next match in that campaign was Porto 2–2 Sparta Praha on 15 March 2000.

Barcelona came into this fixture after a Barcelona 4–2 Porto result on 1 March 2000 in the same competition campaign. Their next match in that campaign was Barcelona 3–1 Hertha on 15 March 2000.