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Porto beats Chelsea in Champions League
(Agencies)
Updated: 2004-12-08 09:00
Defending champion Porto moved into the second round of the Champions League
on Benni McCarthy's 85th-minute goal for a 2-1 victory over Chelsea on Tuesday,
ending the unbeaten streak of former coach Jose Mourinho.
Chelsea's Frank
Lampard (L) celebrates team mate Damian Duff's goal as he runs past
dejected Porto's Diego (R) during their Champions League Group H soccer
match at Dragon stadium in Porto December 7, 2004.
[Reuters] |
Mourinho, who guided Porto to last year's title before moving to England,
enjoyed an early lead on Damien Duff's goal, but Ribas Diego tied it in the 60th
minute and McCarthy won it with five minutes remaining.
The victory enabled Porto to overtake Paris Saint-Germain for second place in
Group H and a spot in the final 16. Chelsea, already assured of advancing,
finished atop the group with 13 points despite Mourinho's first loss in 16
Champions League games with Porto and Chelsea.
"I always want to win," Mourinho said. "Whether it's against Porto,
Portuguese teams or Chinese teams, I want to win all the time. I'm professional.
Nobody likes to lose and we played enough to get a different result tonight."
PSG lost 3-1 at home to last-place CSKA Moscow, who had three goals from
Sergei Semak. CSKA was on course to advance until McCarthy's late goal, while
the French club dropped from second to last.
Racing to a 4-1 halftime lead, host Arsenal routed Rosenborg 5-1 to finish
first in Group E, and German champion Werder Bremen won 2-0 at Valencia thanks
to two goals by substitute Nelson Valdez to also reach the second round from
Group G.
Nine clubs already had secured places in the round of 16: Italy's Juventus,
AC Milan and Inter Milan; England's Chelsea and Manchester United; Germany's
Bayern Munich; French champion Lyon; Dutch club PSV Eindhoven; and Spanish
league leader Barcelona.
After four consecutive ties, Jose Antonio Reyes put Arsenal ahead in the
third minute. Thierry Henry and Francesc Fabregas added goals five minutes apart
to extend the lead to 3-0, and after a fumble by goalkeeper Manuel Almunia led
to Rosenborg of Norway's only goal by Erik Hoftun, Robert Pires converted a
penalty kick.
"When it came back to 3-1 there was a little moment of worry," coach Arsene
Wenger said. "But we always controlled the game and looked dangerous when we won
the ball back."
Greek champion Panathinaikos won 4-1 over PSV Eindhoven, but failed to make
it because of Arsenal's triumph. American DaMarcus Beasley scored for the Dutch
team.
Bremen's 2-0 victory meant the German champion joined Bayern Munich in the
last 16, then Valencia forward Miguel Angel Angulo was sent off as tempers
flared just before the final whistle.
Coach Claudio Ranieri was unhappy with the performance of Swedish referee
Anders Frisk.
"The referee favored them (Bremen) and this makes you nervous. I understand
how they cut the referee's head in Rome," Ranieri said in reference to an AS
Roma fan hurling an object that hit Frisk on the head during an abandoned
Champions League game against Dynamo Kiev in September.
Milan was held 0-0 by Glasgow Celtic, but finished atop Group F, while
Shakhtar Donetsk produced the surprise of the evening, a 2-0 victory over
Spanish league leader Barcelona with two first-half scores by Nigerian forward
Julius Aghahowa.
Another Nigerian striker, Obafemi Martins, scored two as Inter Milan beat
last-place Anderlecht 3-0 to finish first in Group G ahead of Bremen.
On Wednesday, nine-time winner Real Madrid has to beat AS Roma in Rome's
Olympic Stadium to reach the next round. The game will take place in an empty
stadium because UEFA banned fans from Roma's home games after referee Frisk was
hit on the head with the object from the stands.
Leader Dynamo Kiev goes to Bayer Leverkusen in the other Group B game.
Four-time winner Liverpool has to beat Group A leader Olympiakos, while
second-place Monaco, last season's Champions League runner-up, visits Deportivo
de La Coruna, which is already out.
Juventus and Bayern Munich already have qualified from Group C, and
Manchester United and Lyon are through from Group D.
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