Thursday, 16 April 2015

UCL: Quaresma's Double Helps Porto Stun Bayern 3-1:Suarez Shine As Barcelona Blow PSG Away

PORTO (Portugal): Goal-scorer Ricardo Quaresma hailed Porto's shock 3-1 quarterfinal, first-leg, win over Bayern Munich on Wednesday as a night to remember to leave them on the verge of the semifinals.
Porto carry a weighty advantage to Munich for Tuesday's return leg while Bayern have only a glimmer of hope and must score at least twice.
The hosts exploited early mistakes by Bayern's Xabi Alonso and Dante to get a dream start with right winger Quaresma converting a penalty, then scoring Porto's second goal in the opening ten minutes.
Bayern pulled one back through Thiago Alcantara with 28 minutes gone.
But Porto captain Jackson Martinez, a surprise inclusion after six weeks out with a hamstring injury, added their third on 65 minutes for his 27th goal of the season.
"This is a night to remember, but more important than my performance was our victory," said the 31-year-old Quaresma who has scored five goals in his last three games.
Meanwhile, Luis Suarez hit a brilliant second-half double as Barcelona appeared to end Paris Saint-Germain's Champions League dream for another year with a 3-1 quarterinal, first leg win at the Parc des Princes on Wednesday.
The visitors' all-star attack made their class count as Neymar coolly converted from a Lionel Messi assist in the 18th minute to put Luis Enrique's men in control, before Suarez produced two clinical finishes in the final quarter of the game.
PSG got one back eight minutes from time from what was credited as a Jeremy Mathieu own-goal from a Gregory van der Wiel shot, but this was their first home defeat of the season and a first loss at home in Europe in 34 matches since 2006.
 

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