Porto knocks Fener out
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Oluşturulma Tarihi: Kasım 27, 2008 00:00
ISTANBUL - Two goals from Lisandro earned Porto a 2-1 victory against Fenerbahçe on Tuesday and a place in the Champions League last 16, with a late goal from Kazım Kazım not enough to rescue the Turkish side.
Lisandro put the visitors ahead in the 19th minute in the Group G match after erratic goalkeeper Volkan Demirel failed to clear a corner, hooking in a shot from close range through the home side's defense. He doubled the Portuguese side's lead after a throw-in nine minutes later. Demirel blocked his first shot on goal only for Lisandro to score with his second effort, despite claims of handball from Fenerbahçe players.
Half-time substitute Kazım pulled a goal back for Fenerbahce in the 63rd minute with a long-range shot, which deflected off Bruno Alves and beyond the reach of Porto goalkeeper Helton.
"The first 10 minutes were difficult and Fenerbahçe gave us problems. We have a young side but we came through in the end so we are happy," said Porto coach Jesualdo Ferreira.
The result lifted Porto to nine points, second behind Arsenal on 11 points after their defeat of Dynamo Kiev.
Fenerbahçe, fourth on two points, retains hopes of a UEFA Cup place but needs to beat Kiev away in its final game on Dec. 10.
"We started well and if we (had) scored then the game could have been different. We now have to focus and win the Kiev game," said Roberto Carlos.
"All I want to say is we didn't manage to convert our chances. Their second goal was a clear handball. The first one was Volkan's fault," said Fenerbahçe coach Luis Aragones.
Advancing to the quarterfinals in last year’s Champions League for the first time in its history, Fener’s bid to repeat that feat fell flat with that loss. What makes it worse for the Yellow Canaries is that this is close to their poorest performance on the highest level of European club competitions.
During the 2000/2001 season, Fenerbahçe was eliminated with failing to get any points, and this year is only the second time that the Istanbul side could not win a game in its six seasons in the Champions League.
Half-time substitute Kazım pulled a goal back for Fenerbahce in the 63rd minute with a long-range shot, which deflected off Bruno Alves and beyond the reach of Porto goalkeeper Helton.
"The first 10 minutes were difficult and Fenerbahçe gave us problems. We have a young side but we came through in the end so we are happy," said Porto coach Jesualdo Ferreira.
The result lifted Porto to nine points, second behind Arsenal on 11 points after their defeat of Dynamo Kiev.
Fenerbahçe, fourth on two points, retains hopes of a UEFA Cup place but needs to beat Kiev away in its final game on Dec. 10.
"We started well and if we (had) scored then the game could have been different. We now have to focus and win the Kiev game," said Roberto Carlos.
"All I want to say is we didn't manage to convert our chances. Their second goal was a clear handball. The first one was Volkan's fault," said Fenerbahçe coach Luis Aragones.
Advancing to the quarterfinals in last year’s Champions League for the first time in its history, Fener’s bid to repeat that feat fell flat with that loss. What makes it worse for the Yellow Canaries is that this is close to their poorest performance on the highest level of European club competitions.
During the 2000/2001 season, Fenerbahçe was eliminated with failing to get any points, and this year is only the second time that the Istanbul side could not win a game in its six seasons in the Champions League.