No Jackson Martinez, no problem for Porto.
Algerian attacker Yacine Brahimi’s sixth goal of the UEFA Champions League season has Porto up 1-0 (2-1 on aggregate) and edging toward the quarterfinals.
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Porto was the more dangerous team from the jump, as expected, and Brahimi burned the visitors with a 22-yard free kick to make it 1-0.
Walter Samuel committed a poor foul just outside the 18, and keeper Tomáš Vaclík could only watch as Porto’s Algerian star bent a ball over the wall and into the goal.