The hosts started the game with great offensive intentions. It took them only four minutes to get rewarded as Jermaine Jones slides a pass into Rafinha whose shot was blocked by the keeper but it came to Kuranyi who opened the score easily.

Schalke kept on driving forward especially moving on the flanks, but they failed to convert their domination.

It took Porto some time to get back in the game. They were slightly better in the second half and they'll have to blame Lisandro Lopez for not taking any points as he blasted Ricardo Quaresma's low cross wide over the bar.

Schalke will travel to Portugal on March 5 with a 1-0 advantage and they'll have to be solid enough to book their place among the last 8.