PORTO HAVE ONE foot in the Champions League’s semi-finals after their shock 3-1 win at home over Bayern Munich in tonight’s Champions League quarter-final first leg.
Porto carry a weighty advantage to Munich for the return leg at the Allianz Arena while Bayern have a glimmer of hope after their away goal, but still need to score at least twice at home.
The Portuguese will be without Real Madrid-bound defender Danilo, who is suspended after picking up a late yellow to add to his previous bookings.
Porto coach Julen Lopetegui got one over his ex-Barcelona team-mate Pep Guardiola with Porto poised for a first semi-final appearance since 2004 when they won the Champions League under Jose Mourinho.
Lopetegui had said Porto needed to be the ‘perfect protagonists’ against Guardiola’s Bayern and they got off to a dream start as right winger Ricardo Quaresma scored twice in the opening ten minutes.
Bayern pulled one back through Thiago Alcantara with 28 minutes gone.
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But Porto captain Jackson Martinez, a surprise inclusion in the starting line-up after several weeks out with a groin injury, added their third on 65 minutes for his 27th goal of the season.
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