Oporto (2) 0 - Espanyol (0) 0

Espanyol: Argensó; Navas, Soldevilla, Pochettino, Roger (Toledo 60'); Galca, Sergio, Toni Velamazán, De Lucas (Nan Ribera 70'), Arteaga; Serrano (Manel 60'). 4-2-3-1.

Goals: None.

Despite a valiant effort, Espanyol became the third of the ten Spanish teams to drop out of Europe this season. The 0-2 result in Montjuic a fortnight ago was always going to be difficult to turnover against the former European champions, and in the end Oporto's greater experience told. With an important league match on Sunday against city rivals Barcelona on the horizon, manager Paco Flores decided to leave some of his more tired players at home, and Tamudo, Cristóbal, Martín Posse, Nando and Oscar didn't even board the plane. However Galca, Roger and Manel had recovered from injuries and joined the squad. Flores also decided to give an outing to his reserve keeper Argensó, leaving Mora on the substitute's bench for once.

The conditions of the pitch were not the best, and after a torrential rainstorm throughout the day, there were even doubts whether the match would be played. This should have benefited Espanyol, having already had to play a couple of times in Montjuic on a waterlogged pitch, although in reality it made the ground virtually unplayable. Serrano could have scored early on, but after a quarter of an hour the Swedish referee Karl Erik Nielsen awarded a penalty to Oporto for a foul by Argensó on Pena. However Esquerdinho curled the ball against a post and Espanyol were let off the hook. With the scoreline in their favour Oporto sat back, and De Lucas went close a couple of times as Espanyol came forward looking for a goal. Flores put on Manel for Serrano, his first appearance for several games, but he too could not find the way through. Espanyol were out, and they have to pick themselves up again before their next game in the Nou Camp.