Hwang In-beom assists with a key goal 2 minutes after coming on as a substitute... Porto wins first UCL victory

Porto, the 'Portuguese team' with the help of Hwang In-beom, the 'midfield coach' of the Korean national soccer team, defeated Napoli (Italy) and won its first victory in the 2026-2027 UEFA Champions League (UCL) league phase.

Porto won 4-1 against Napoli in the 4th game of the 2026-2027 UCL League Phase held at Dragan Stadium in Porto, Portugal on the 5th (Korean time).

This is the first time that Porto has scored three or more goals on the UCL stage since winning 5-3 against Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine) in December 2023.

Porto won its first valuable victory after three consecutive losses in the league phase and recorded 1 win and 3 losses (3 points, goal difference -1), tying with Napoli (1 win, 3 losses, 3 points, goal difference -5), but ranked 26th in goal difference. Naples is ranked 27th.

On this day, Hwang In-beom was named on the substitute list against Naples and waited on the bench.

Porto, desperate for their first win of the UCL league phase, took the lead in the 11th minute of the first half when Jan Bednarek headed Gabri Veiga's corner kick into the opener.

However, Porto was unable to maintain the lead, giving up an equalizing goal to Napoli's Scott McTominay in the 43rd minute of the first half.

Porto, who finished the first half with a 1-1 score, continued a tight battle in the second half, and in the 26th minute of the second half, Veiga, who helped the first goal, scored on a counterattack to make the score 2-1.

Porto removed Veiga in the 33rd minute of the second half and brought in Hwang In-beom, who was waiting on the bench.

Hwang In-beom became the main character in assisting the key goal just two minutes after taking the field.

The game on this day was watched on site by Robert Moreno, interim coach of the national soccer team, who was inspecting the European team ahead of the second international match in November.

Jakub Kivior headed in a corner kick taken by Hwang In-beom, and Porto ran away with a 3-1 lead.

With this assist, In-beom Hwang recorded his first attack point with an assist in 4 games in the UCL league phase this season.

Hwang In-beom is recording 1 goal and 2 assists in official games this season (1 goal, 1 assist in the regular league, 1 assist in UCL).

Porto was awarded a penalty kick in the 43rd minute of the second half when Napoli defender Rafa Marin was sent off for a foul in the penalty area, and Samu Agehowa, who took the kicker, scored in the 45th minute of the second half, ending the 4-1 win.

Meanwhile, defender Lee Han-beom, who plays for Brugge (Belgium), missed the 4th game away game of the UCL League Phase against PSV Eindhoven (Netherlands) held at Philips Stadium in Eindhoven, Netherlands.

Brugge beat Eindhoven 2-1, making an exciting 3-game winning streak since losing in the first game, recording 3 wins and 1 loss (9 points), moving up to 9th place. Eindhoven (1 win, 1 draw, 2 losses, 4 points) fell to 24th place.