Malaga through to Champions League quarter-finals

Malaga through to Champions League quarter-finals
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Summary Malaga reached the Champions League quarter-finals by beating Malaga 2-0.

 

MALAGA (AFP) - Malaga became the third Spanish team to reach this year s Champions League quarterfinals by beating 10-man Porto 2-0 on Wednesday to overturn a first-leg deficit.

 

Porto led 1-0 from the first leg but Malaga s 20-year-old forward Francisco "Isco" Alarcon leveled the series in the 43rd minute by scoring with a high, curling shot that beat goalkeeper Helton and went into the far top corner.

 

Roque Santa Cruz got the decisive second when he rose to head a corner into the far post in the 77th.

 

Porto s Steven Defour was sent off after receiving a second yellow card for a late challenge on Joaquin Sanchez in the 49th minute.
 

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