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

On May 18, 2011, FC Porto won the Europa League by defeating 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 found the net with a header following a long cross from Guarín into Braga’s penalty area, deciding a historic encounter between two Portuguese teams.

The victory gave FC Porto the seventh international title in its history, capping a season of great European success. 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 decisive header remains the strongest image from that 2010/11 Europa League final, sealing a narrow but sufficient victory to once again place FC Porto at the top of European football.

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