The Portuguese won but Chelsea imposed their trade to pass the round.
A Chilean by Mehdi Taremi in added time was insufficient for Porto to eliminate a Chelsea that made a good 0-2 in the first leg and that goes to the semifinals of the Champions League, for the first time in seven years, despite the defeat of this Tuesday in Seville (0-1).
It will be the English who go to the semifinals, for the first time since the 2013-2014 season, waiting for Real Madrid or Liverpool, with a football of control, regardless of the figure of the ‘nine’, who despaired of a Porto who threw of less individual quality and that he could not repeat the miracle that he already achieved against Juventus in Turin.
Sergio Conceiçao’s men tried what they had to try to lift a tie that was practically lost in the first leg. The 0-2 left very few options for the Portuguese, who squeezed them in the first half in which they deserved more than the 0-0 with which they went to rest.
Unlike Atlético de Madrid in the round of 16, Porto did come out for the match and frequented Mendy’s area more than the English did Marchesín’s.
Corona, the ‘Tecatito’, was the man who could change the sign of the tie. His were the clearest occasions to bring the Portuguese closer to the miracle, but he was more incisive than successful. Mendy, nervous with his feet, gave him a frank ball when he tried to get the ball, but the Mexican did not hit the goal.
When minutes later he won the game against a soft Ben Chilwell and stood in front of the Senegalese goalkeeper, but he did not know how to define. ‘Tecatito’ had in his hand put fear in the body of the English, but those of Tuchel went unscathed to the second half and put chloroform into the game.
They regained command of the game, put Porto to sleep and were even able to go ahead with a death pass that Christian Pulisic finished off with a shin. Mehdi Taremi approached, with a placid header that stopped Mendy, but Porto never seemed in a position to create the same danger as in the first half.
However, he scored one of the most beautiful goals of the competition. In the 93rd minute, Taremi scored a spectacular Chilean, shortly before Clement Turpin sealed the end of the match, ending the adventure of the Portuguese, who take the lives of Juventus with them.
Chelsea will play their first semifinals in seven years, against the winner of the Real Madrid-Liverpool cross. His eighth semifinals in the top competition, the first since he was eliminated by Atlético de Madrid before losing the final in Lisbon to Real Madrid.
– Datasheet:
0 – Chelsea: Mendy; Chilwell, Rudiger, Silva, Azpilicueta, James; Kanté, Jorginho; Mount (Ziyech, m.86), Havertz (Giroud, m.92) and Pulisic.
1 – Porto: Marchesin; Sanusi, Pepe, Mbemba, Manafa (Nanu, m.75); Uribe, Grujic (Taremi, m.63), Oliveira (Vieira, m.84); Otavio, Marega (Evanilson, m.74) and Corona (Diaz, m.75).
Goal: 1-0, m.93: Taremi.
Referee: Clément Turpin (FRA). He warned Oliveira (m.46), Corona (m.74), Pepe (m.82), Diaz (m.88) and Taremi (m.95).
Incidents: second leg of the quarterfinals of the Champions League played at the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán in Seville behind closed doors.
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