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Roma takes positive result from difficult trip to Portugal

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Roma has taken a positive result from a difficult trip to Portugal against Porto. 

Porto did not give up and scored in the second half, while the match ended with a 1:1 draw. 

Now Roma will seek advancement to the 1/8 finals of the Europa League at the "Olimpico", where the return match will take place. 

Zeki Çelik scored in the fifth minute of added time in the first half to give Roma a 1:0 lead. 

After a quick counterattack, Porto equalized in the 67th minute through Francisco Moura. 

From the 73rd minute, Roma played without Bryan Cristanten, who was punished with a second yellow card. 

This is also considered the strongest match of this stage of the Europa League.