Despite today’s rivals for Porto being Schalke 04, the venue wasn’t the imposing Veltins-Arena, where in 2014 Iker silenced the rowdy home fans with a great save from Draxler with a 0-1 score line. Today’s game was played in the Hidewaldstadion, home of Gütersloh, approximately 120 kilometers from Gelsenkirchen. Before a crowd of 12.000 supporters, Iker put in , arguable his best performance for his new club since joining ‘Os Dragoes’ some weeks ago. The Spanish player played for the first 45 minutes of the match and was decisive for the Liga Nos side. After just four minutes of play he pulled off a fantastic stop as a Huntelaar volley from the left of the area was goal bound, Casillas pulled off one of his trademark ‘reflex’ saves.
Next stop for Casillas is the Colonia Cup which takes place at the Rhein Energie Stadion, home to FC Koln. Porto face Valencia on Saturday, August before facing English Premier side, Stoke City on the 2nd.