Porto 0-0 Inter Milan (0-1 on agg): Italian side move into Champions League quarter-finals

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Edin Dzeko has a changeable  for Inter Milan against PortoInter Milan won the European Cup successful 1964 and 1965 and the Champions League successful 2010

Inter Milan moved into the Champions League quarter-finals for the archetypal clip since 2011 arsenic they eliminated Porto successful their last-16 tie.

Porto had a bully accidental aboriginal connected but Andre Onana made a good prevention to support retired Mateus Uribe's 25-yard strike.

Mehdi Taremi deed the station and past the crossbar successful wounded clip for Porto but Inter managed to clasp on.

In the seventh infinitesimal of wounded time, Brazilian winger Pepe was sent disconnected aft receiving his 2nd yellowish card.

Porto, 2nd successful the Primeira Liga, were without 40-year-old defender Pepe, a three-time Champions League victor with Real Madrid, portion midfielder Otavio was suspended aft his reddish paper for 2 bookable offences successful the archetypal leg.

The hosts had the champion chances successful the archetypal fractional but Mehdi Taremi curled a changeable wide, Evanilson saw his effort blocked by Federico Dimarco's fantabulous sliding situation and Stephen Eustaquio was incapable to get a interaction connected an inviting debased cross.

Porto fans spell retired  the words FC Porto earlier  their crippled  against Inter MilanPorto fans produced this awesome Tifo earlier the game, but the location supporters could not animate their squad to victory

Uribe fired a volley implicit successful the 2nd fractional and Onana denied Marko Grujic but the location broadside could not marque the breakthrough arsenic Inter defended excellently.

Edin Dzeko had Inter's champion accidental with a low, angled onslaught but was denied by location goalkeeper Diogo Costa.

Inter, three-time European champions, articulation metropolis rivals AC Milan successful Friday's quarter-final draw, which takes spot astatine 11:00 GMT astatine Uefa's office successful Nyon, Switzerland.

Bayern Munich, Benfica, Chelsea and Manchester City are besides successful the past eight.

Serie A leaders Napoli, 18 points wide of Inter, could go the 3rd Italian broadside done arsenic they clasp a 2-0 vantage implicit Eintracht Frankfurt earlier Wednesday's 2nd leg, portion Real Madrid pb 5-2 against Liverpool aft their first-leg triumph astatine Anfield.

Inter's past quality successful the Champions League quarter-finals came 12 years agone erstwhile they mislaid 7-3 connected aggregate to German broadside Schalke.

Line-ups

FC Porto

Formation 4-2-3-1

  • 99Diogo Costa
  • 11Aquino CossaBooked astatine 90mins
  • 2Cardoso
  • 5Marcano
  • 12SanusiSubstituted forWendellat 85'minutes
  • 16Grujic
  • 8UribeSubstituted forNamasoat 85'minutes
  • 30de Lima BarbosaSubstituted forMartínezat 71'minutes
  • 46EustáquioSubstituted forRusso Francoat 71'minutes
  • 13Rodrigues bash Nascimento Galeno
  • 9Taremi

Substitutes

  • 4Mota Veiga Teixeira Carmo
  • 7Fonseca de Souza
  • 14Morais Ramos
  • 17Fernandes da Conceição
  • 19Namaso
  • 20Russo Franco
  • 22Wendell
  • 29Martínez
  • 67Cardoso Sousa
  • 70Albuquerque Borges
  • 87Pereira Folha
  • 94Portugal Lima

Inter Milan

Formation 3-5-2

  • 24Onana
  • 36DarmianBooked astatine 33minsSubstituted forSkriniarat 80'minutes
  • 15AcerbiBooked astatine 90mins
  • 95BastoniSubstituted forde Vrijat 74'minutes
  • 2Dumfries
  • 23BarellaSubstituted forBrozovicat 80'minutes
  • 20Çalhanoglu
  • 22Mkhitaryan
  • 32DimarcoSubstituted forD'Ambrosioat 70'minutes
  • 10La Martínez
  • 9DzekoBooked astatine 69minsSubstituted forLukakuat 70'minutes

Substitutes

  • 1Handanovic
  • 5Gagliardini
  • 6de Vrij
  • 11Correa
  • 12Bellanova
  • 14Asllani
  • 21Cordaz
  • 33D'Ambrosio
  • 37Skriniar
  • 45Carboni
  • 77Brozovic
  • 90Lukaku

Live Text

  1. Match ends, FC Porto 0, Inter Milan 0.

  2. Second Half ends, FC Porto 0, Inter Milan 0.

  3. Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by André Franco.

  4. Foul by Fábio Cardoso (FC Porto).

  5. Romelu Lukaku (Inter Milan) wins a escaped footwear connected the near wing.

  6. Second yellowish paper to Pepê Aquino (FC Porto) for a atrocious foul.

  7. Foul by Pepê Aquino (FC Porto).

  8. Danilo D'Ambrosio (Inter Milan) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.

  9. Wendell (FC Porto) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.

  10. Foul by Romelu Lukaku (Inter Milan).

  11. Offside, FC Porto. Marko Grujic tries a done ball, but Mehdi Taremi is caught offside.

  12. Marko Grujic (FC Porto) hits the barroom with a header from the centre of the box. Assisted by Galeno with a cross.

  13. Attempt saved. Mehdi Taremi (FC Porto) header from the centre of the container is saved successful the bottommost near corner. Assisted by Iván Marcano with a headed pass.

  14. Attempt blocked. Iván Marcano (FC Porto) near footed changeable from the centre of the container is blocked. Assisted by Toni Martínez.

  15. Wendell (FC Porto) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.

  16. Foul by Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Inter Milan).

  17. Attempt missed. Toni Martínez (FC Porto) close footed changeable from the centre of the container misses to the left. Assisted by Iván Marcano with a headed pass.

  18. Corner, FC Porto. Conceded by Denzel Dumfries.

  19. Offside, Inter Milan. Hakan Çalhanoglu tries a done ball, but Danilo D'Ambrosio is caught offside.

  20. Attempt missed. Daniel Namaso (FC Porto) header from the centre of the container is excessively high. Assisted by Fábio Cardoso with a cross.

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