Pôrto

American

[pawr-too] / ˈpɔr tʊ /

noun

Portuguese name of Oporto.

Porto British

/ ˈportu /

noun

the Portuguese name for Oporto

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Thursday's penalty shootout win at Midtjylland earned them a Europa League quarter-final tie with Porto, edging them closer to an early-season goal of winning the competition.

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Forest will take on Porto in the quarter-final on 9 and 16 April, welcome Aston Villa to the City Ground in between the two legs and then host Burnley the following weekend.

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They thrashed Jose Mourinho's Roma 6-1 at home in the Conference League five years ago, while Celtic, Besiktas, Porto and Lazio have also been victims in recent years.

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The Spanish side were Champions League debutants and impressed as they topped a group containing AC Milan before beating Porto in their first knockout tie.

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If they reach the Champions League quarter-finals this week it would be a fairytale up there with Jose Mourinho's Porto winning it in 2004.

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