18 May 2011: FC Porto beat Braga in Dublin to win the Europa League | OneFootball

On 18 May 2011, FC Porto won the Europa League by beating Sporting de Braga 1-0 in the final played in Dublin.

The only goal of the match came in the 44th minute and was scored by Radamel Falcao. The Colombian striker headed home from a long cross by Guarín into Braga’s penalty area, deciding a historic encounter between two Portuguese teams.

The victory allowed FC Porto to add a seventh international title to its honours, capping a highly successful European season. The triumph in Dublin also marked Porto’s return to winning the competition, following their previous continental success in the UEFA Cup in 2003.

Fifteen years after that memorable night, the Dublin final still holds a special place in the club’s memory, not only because of the trophy won, but also because of the way the team managed to come through a match of enormous competitive intensity.

Falcao’s precise header remains the defining image of that 2010/11 Europa League final, sealing a narrow but sufficient victory to put FC Porto back at the top of European football.

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