Lopetegui hails ‘fantastic’ Porto after Basel blowout
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PORTO’S four fantastic goals showed the gulf in class with its Champions League victim Basel, which was outgunned in every department in their last-16 second leg on Tuesday.
Julen Lopetegui’s side was in scintillating form to beat its sorry Swiss opponent 4-0 on the night, with excellent long-range strikes, to complete a 5-1 aggregate victory.
Porto, which along with Chelsea are the only unbeaten sides still in the competition, showed it will be an unwelcome draw for the more-fancied teams left in the last eight.
“This is all about continuing to grow, not about one game but about a whole season and making sure it comes to a satisfactory end,” Spanish coach Lopetegui told reporters.
“As far as the game was concerned, we showed a huge amount of ambition and also great quality from our boys. This is a very young side and to win so well in such a big game shows the quality running through our squad.”
Porto took the lead with an excellent first-half free kick from Yacine Brahimi followed by equally eye-catching second-half strikes from Hector Herrera, Casemiro and Vincent Aboubakar.
The only sour note for Porto was a collision between fullback Danilo and goalkeeper Fabiano, which resulted in the defender being rushed unconscious to hospital.
“It was a very dramatic, shocking moment when Danilo was rushed from the field,” Lopetegui said. “First of all we have to say that he appears to be ok, but to see him being taken away like that was a shock to us all.”
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