Jesualdo Ferreira's troops fall short

FC Porto 1

Lopez 86 Fucile s/o 82

Schalke 04 0

Porto 1 Schalke 0 (1-4 pens) March 05 2008

Manuel Neuer was the shoot-out hero as Schalke reached the last eight of the Champions League beating Porto 4-1 on penalties.

The goalkeeper saved from Bruno Alves and Lisandro Lopez to cap a superb display over the 120 minutes as the Bundesliga side claimed a shoot-out triumph to qualify for the quarter-finals for the first time in their history.

Lisandro had cancelled out the German club's one-goal lead from the first-leg with just four minutes of normal time remaining to win the game 1-0 on the night.

Porto's hopes had looked dashed when defender Jorge Fucile was harshly sent-off in the 82nd minute for a late tackle.

But Lisandro turned just inside the left edge of the area before bending a shot beyond the reach of Neuer and into the far top corner via the underside of the crossbar to force extra-time.

But neither side could find a winner and it was left to Jermaine Jones to fire home the winning penalty after Neuer's heroics in goal.

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