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…
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.
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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