Porto produce clinical display to see off Stuttgart & make Europa League's last eight

[p]Looking to level the tie, Die Schwaben came out quickly with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/stiller-angelo/0hF2GIXS/"]Angelo Stiller[/a]’s set-pieces causing problems as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/diogo-costa/hC31Ab0c/"]Costa[/a] was forced to push a [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/chabot-julian/f1kf4eiH/"]Jeff Chabot[/a] header over the crossbar before [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/fuhrich-chris/bczcNJFB/"]Chris Fuhrich[/a] fired an attempt over.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/undav-deniz/tUHAdtMH/"]Deniz Undav[/a] then bent a shot wide from a Fuhrich pullback, and that wastefulness was punished by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/fc-porto/S2NmScGp/"]Porto[/a] in the 21st minute. Somewhat against the run of play, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sainz-borja/SzitpUuB/"]Borja Sainz[/a]’s determination was rewarded when the ball bounced off him from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/karazor-atakan/zc2VFBzR/"]Atakan Karazor[/a]’s tackle and into [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/william-gomes/v1KRIiNj/"]William Gomes[/a]’ path for the midfielder to tap home.[/b][/p][embed guid="21b832ac-c8a2-4590-8288-4e2e8e423b34" url="https://x.com/FCPorto/status/2034729864155005397" social-type="twitter" /][p]Even with their lead extended, Porto had to battle to maintain it as they had three yellow cards by the half-hour mark.[/p][p]The hosts still showed the potential to extend their buffer as Sainz broke forward again and found [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/zaidu/Wr0Iog1G/"]Zaidu Sanusi[/a], whose shot was saved.[/p][p]Costa was required to put in more impressive work to maintain it, as the Dragoes captain got down to tip [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/el-khannous-bilal/Ui6gj3Cl/"]Bilal El Khannouss[/a]’ strike wide before clawing away a Fuhrich attempt that had looked destined to curl into the top corner.[/p][p]Sainz then fired wide with a shot of his own before [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mora-rodrigo/rFpsoDia/"]Rodrigo Mora[/a] slid his effort agonisingly past the post.[/p][p]It didn’t take long after the restart for Costa to catch the eye yet again, this time reacting superbly to tip Undav’s effort wide.[/p][p]The goalkeeper wasn’t required when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mittelstadt-maximilian/x0JgoYBA/"]Maximilian Mittelstadt[/a] sent a tame shot trickling past the post, and when he was given a scare with Undav flicking the ball over him, the ball went wide as a goal continued to evade Die Schwaben despite the relentless pressure they were applying.[/p][p][b]Porto made forays forward of their own and inflicted a devastating blow in the 72nd minute, as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/froholdt-victor/MT3X8wqn/"]Victor Froholdt[/a] was dispossessed by Stiller but won the ball back from him and emphatically smashed it into the top corner.[/b][/p][embed guid="6f5c5cdc-a653-419d-ac78-01fb45029c5d" url="https://x.com/FCPorto/status/2034748496163524824" social-type="twitter" /][p]Things soon got worse for the visitors, as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/nartey-nikolas/ja18uZOO/"]Nikolas Nartey[/a] was sent off after receiving two yellow cards inside a minute, having only been on the pitch for 15 minutes.[/p][p]Porto still didn’t let up at all to ensure a clean sheet accompanied the 11th win from their last 12 home games across all competitions, as they set up a contest against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/nottingham/UsushcZr/"]Nottingham Forest[/a] in the Dragoes’ first UEL quarter-final since 2013/14.[/p][p]In contrast, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/vfb-stuttgart/nJQmYp1B/"]Stuttgart[/a] have just one win from their last five away fixtures as they exit the competition.[/p][p][b]Flashscore Man of the Match: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/diogo-costa/hC31Ab0c/"]Diogo Costa[/a] ([a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/fc-porto/S2NmScGp/"]Porto[/a])[/b][/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/fc-porto-S2NmScGp/stuttgart-nJQmYp1B/?mid=j9r96JPM"]Click here for more on the match[/a][/b][/p][image alt="Match momentum" id="b4340ea3-f2bc-423c-93cb-766e987f9a00" credit-line="Opta by StatsPerform" guid="4e14a7e8-1878-4bff-addc-896ab2172175" original-width="1080" original-height="1080" /]