With this draw firmly in the balance, it was Roma that began clearly and could have break the impasse within the first five minutes when Lorenzo Pellegrini sent a duikkop over the bar from the Lofted Pass of Zeki Celik.
Pellegrini then raised Eldor Shomurodov for a header, and it seemed just a matter of time before the Giallorossi first struck.
Porto, however, had other ideas, because Samu Porto moved to a 2-1 aggregated lead in a emphatic way.
Claudio Ranieri was left to reinforce a goalkeeper blunder by Mile Svilar, who redeemed himself to admit possession by Stephen Eustaquioo, but Fabio Vieira responded to the loose ball and after seeing his first shot blocked by Gianluca Mancini, He nodded the rebound to Samu to Samu to Samu to Samu fire home one Not to stop overhead kick.
The joy of the visitors was short-lived in what a pulsating first half was, because Paulo Dybala recovered the parity with a delicious muted finish on Diogo Costa after a fantastic link-up game with Shomurodov in an opportunity designed by Manu Kone's device midfield.
Kone was also involved in Roma's second goal, where he was on Dybala to fire an excellent left-wing strike along Costa in his nearby post to give the Giallorossi a 3-2 total benefit during the break.
The men of Martín Anselmi went a man in just six minutes in the second half when referee Francois Letexier was called to the Pitchide monitor to revise an argument between Eustaquio and Leandro Paredes.
Eustaquioo was shown a straight red card to take a wipe to the Argentina -International, who fell dramatically on the turf that he held his face.
Shomurodov looked at Hamher Home Roma's superiority, but painfully waved a close attempt over the bar before an attempt was excluded for offside a little later.
Evan Ndicka might not be lucky not to send it himself and to equalize the game with 10 players each, because he clearly infringed Samu before the Spain International strike had channeled the post of the post.
Every hope for a Porto comeback was effectively reduced when Niccolo Pisilli turned the cross of Angelino clinically to seal a place in Friday's draw, where they will play Athletic Club of Lazio, although Porto had the last word when Devyne Rensch had A Goncalo Borges Cross Ins Ins Ins Ins Ins Wird Invest own just deep in the stop time.
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