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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