Inter Milan reached the Champions League quarter-finals for the primary time in additional than a decade after surviving a late barrage of strain at Porto to flee with a 0-0 draw which took them via 1-0 on combination.
It was a disappointing evening for the house followers at a sold-out Dragao stadium because the Portuguese champions tried in useless to wipe out the slender deficit from the primary leg in Italy.
A disciplined Inter facet appeared content material to carry onto their lead and didn’t face a critical menace till added time.
Porto struck the woodwork twice inside 30 seconds earlier than Pepe was despatched off for a second yellow card as Inter joined metropolis rivals AC Milan within the quarter-final draw.
How Inter edged previous Porto…
Inter Milan gamers rejoice after reaching the Champions league quarter-finals for the primary time since 2011
In the long run, Romelu Lukaku’s aim 4 minutes from the tip of the primary leg was sufficient to see Inter via to their first Champions League quarter-final since 2011.
Mehdi Taremi got here inside inches of forcing the tie to additional time when he rattled the crossbar within the closing levels.
Porto’s Toni Martinez reacts after a giant likelihood goes begging
The Portuguese facet had been lowered to 10 males within the seventh minute of injury-time when winger Pepe was proven a second yellow card.
On-loan Chelsea striker Lukaku got here on for Inter 20 minutes from time, changing Edin Dzeko who had come closest to scoring for Simone Inzaghi’s facet with a low effort that was saved by Diogo Costa.
Napoli might make it three Serie A golf equipment within the final eight on Wednesday, holding a 2-0 lead over Eintracht Frankfurt from the primary leg.
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