BRUGGE, Belgium (CP-AP) 鈥 春色直播 international Stephen Eustaquio scored as Porto punished Club Brugge's defensive mistakes to hand the Belgian champion its first defeat in the Champions League this season and reach the knockout stage with a 4-0 win Wednesday.
The 25-year-old 春色直播 midfielder made it 3-0 in the 60th minute, knocking hme his own rebound after he was found unmarked by Porto striker Medhi Taremi.
It was his first Champions League goal.
Tajon Buchanan started for Brugge with fellow 春色直播 Cyle Larin on the bench.
Porto avenged its 4-0 home loss when the teams first met in Group B last month and advanced to the round of 16 after Atletico was held 2-2 by Leverkusen.
With one match left to play in the group phase, Porto moved one point behind group leader Brugge, which had already secured advancement before kickoff. Atletico stood third, five points off the pace, with Leverkusen lagging one point further back.
Brugge had not conceded a single goal in its four previous matches but was far from its best at Jan Breydelstadion, where Taremi completed a brace.
鈥淲e had a collective off-day. It鈥檚 unfortunate because we wanted to become group winners," Brugge midfielder Hans Vanaken said. 鈥淲e should put our heads together and analyze what happened. And then next week we have to make sure we鈥檝e learned from this.鈥
The Belgian side was overwhelmed from the start and Porto had its first chance in the sixth minute when Eustaquio found himself unmarked in the box but fluffed his shot over the bar.
Under pressure, Brugge lost almost all duels and struggled to clear its lines but Porto missed two more big chances within the opening 15 minutes through Taremi.
Brugge finally cracked in the 33rd minute after Brandon Mechele gave the ball away with a poor pass near the midfield line. Porto captain Otavio recovered it and picked out Taremi with a through ball, with the Iranian striker coolly converting from outside the box with a curled finish.
Brugge failed to produce a single shot on target in the first half. And when the hosts finally had a chance to get back in the match, they squandered it.
Porto conceded a penalty in the 49th but Porto goalkeeper Diogo Costa parried away Vanaken鈥檚 attempt, only for the referee to order the kick to be taken again for an encroachment.
Noah Lang took it this time, and Costa made another save, screaming in delight.
That was a turning point, with Porto scoring three goals in 14 minutes afterwards.
Brazilian forward Evanilson doubled Porto鈥檚 lead in the 57th after another spell of na茂ve defending from the hosts, who failed to clear their box and were punished from close range. After Eustaquio's strike, Taremi scored his second from Otavio's assist in the 70th.
鈥淚n an important game, we didn鈥檛 shy away from our responsibilities," Porto coach Sergio Conceic茫o said. 鈥淭here were some fantastic individual performances."
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