After claiming a resounding 4–0 victory over its Belgian–Berouge host on Wednesday in the fifth (penultimate) round of the Group Two fixtures of the continental championship, the Portuguese team Porto maintained its prospects of making it to the Champions League elimination rounds.
Despite the defeat, Bruges maintained the lead with 10 points, one point ahead of Porto, who came in second, and officially qualified for the tournament’s round of 16.
Prior to its matchup with its German guest, Bayer Leverkusen, who has three points, in the same round as later today, Atletico Madrid sits third with four points.
At the Jean Praidal stadium, Mahdi Tarmi opened the scoring in the interest of Porto in the 33rd minute, before Nawa Lang wasted a penalty kick in the interest of Bruges in the 51st minute.
After Ivanelson added the second goal in the 57th minute, the punishment for the Portuguese team, champions in 1987 and 2004, came swiftly for the loss of the missed Bruges penalty.
In the 60th minute, Stephen Antonis scored Porto’s third goal. In the 70th minute, Tarmi returned to the action, scoring the fourth goal for the visitors as well as his second goal of the game.
Porto retorted with this triumph that he had lost the identical outcome to Bruges in their encounter at the group’s first stage in Portugal.
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