Porto’s courage was not rewarded against a very defensive Inter Milan and the Italians will be the team present in the Champions League quarterfinals. The Portuguese put the dominance and the intention but they did not find the goal in the 180 minutes of both games and said goodbye to the competition. Lukaku’s solitary goal in Milan settled a very close tie in which the Portuguese put the football on and the Italians the goal.
The match at Do Dragao was marked by total control of Porto. Those of Conçeiçao, without Otavio or Pepe, spared no courage to look for Onana’s goal from the first minute. Porto was an orderly, intense team, well worked tactically, but lacking in gunpowder in attack. Without Otavio he lost that last precise pass. And it does not have a top-level striker to solve extreme situations.
Porto wasted patience for a good part of the game. The clear occasions did not arrive, but the arrivals were constant. Matheus Uribe was the first to search for the Interista goal with a long shot that skimmed the top corner. Galeno and Evanilson were the highlights of the Portuguese team. Both did not give up in their efforts to surprise on both sides.
Opposite, Inter raised a party against. The mission of Inzaghi’s team was to maintain the result of the first leg at all costs. Without blushes, the Italians locked themselves up during many phases of the game in their own area. The only clear chance in the first half was for the Bosnian Dzeko, but his shot was deflected by Diogo Costa without problems. There was no news of Lautaro Martínez in Portugal.
After the break, Porto tilted the field even more. Little by little he was hanging more balls, going deeper down the wings, although Onana rarely suffered. Uribe tried it again from the outside before Grujic shot from inside the area, although it was insufficient for the goal.
Until the end, Porto demanded the best of himself from Inter Milan to maintain the result. a real wall that prevented the Portuguese from forcing the extension. In added time, Dumfries saved a shot from Marcano on the line. And later Taremi and again Grujic found the stick in the same play. Inter’s job was stronger and this earned him a quarterfinal in the Champions League, where he will be together with Milan for the first time since 2006.
