Porto vs Schalke 1-0 Champions League Goal Highlights 05-03-2008

Champions League

Goals: Lopez 86'

Schalke beat 10-man Porto 4-1 on penalties to reach the Champions League quarter-finals for the first time after drawing 1-1 on aggregate on Wednesday.

An 86th minute Lisandro Lopez strike cancelled out Kevin Kuranyi’s first-leg goal while the Germans had young goalkeeper Manuel Neuer to thank for knocking out the former champions.

The 21-year-old saved two spot kicks in the shootout after making a series of impressive stops during the match, including twice keeping out point blank headers from Porto’s Moroccan forward Tarik Sektioui either side of halftime.

The home side, who were lucky not to have goalkeeper Helton sent off when he handled a goal-bound effort outside his area in the second half, were reduced to 10 men when defender Fucile was shown a straight red card for an 82nd minute foul.

“That was a real fighting display,” Schalke coach Mirko Slomka told Premiere TV. “We gave everything.

“It was a super performance from (goalkeeper) Manuel Neuer, and not only in the penalty shootout. He also made fantastic saves during the match.”

Porto coach Jesualdo Ferreira added: “Our defeat was so cruel. Everyone saw Porto were the better side and had numerous chances to score. My players didn’t deserve to go out of the competition in this way.”

Porto: 1-Helton; 12-Jose Bosingwa (Mariano 54'), 13-Fucile, 3-Pedro Emanuel, 2-Bruno Alves; 8-Lucho Gonzalez, 6-Paulo Assuncao, 16-Raul Meireles (Cech 8'); 9-Lisandro Lopez, 17-Tarik Sektioui (Farias 57'), 7-Ricardo Quaresma

Schalke 04: 1-Manuel Neuer; 18-Rafinha, 5-Marcelo Bordon (Howedes 24'), 20-Mladen Krstajic, 2-Heiko Westermann; 21-Carlos Grossmueller (Rakitic 21'), 13-Jermaine Jones, 8-Fabian Ernst, 3-Levan Kobiashvili; 19-Halil Altintop, 22-Kevin Kuranyi (Asamoah 79').