published: tuesday 26 november 2013, 23.05cet fc porto 1-1 fk austria wien
jackson martínez's second-half strike cancelled out roman kienast's opener, the visitors' first in the group stage, but porto remained third in the standings.
fc porto's hopes of progression to the uefa champions league knockout stage are hanging by a thread after they were held to a draw by a courageous fk austria wien side.
roman kienast fired the visitors into a surprise early lead with their first ever goal in the group stage, and although jackson martínez equalised, their failure to find a second means porto go to group g winners club atlético de madrid on matchday six needing a win while hoping second-placed fc zenit slip up. this was another strong away showing from austria after their draw at zenit on matchday two, and they will attempt to get their first win against the same opponents in vienna in the final game; porto will hope that they can.
die veilchen arrived in northern portugal as the only one of the 32 teams in the group stage still looking for their first goal, so it was somewhat unexpected when they took the lead with their first attack. kienast picked up a loose pass from danilo and strode infield before firing a fine shot low inside helton's left-hand post from outside the penalty area.
to their credit porto responded and and almost equalised straight away, heinz lindner acrobatically tipping over jackson's firm header from an alex sandro cross. yet austria were full of confidence and nearly doubled their lead when a fine philipp hosiner run took him in on goal, only for lucho to produce a splendid last-ditch tackle.
the home side battled to get back on level teams, but despite enjoying the lion's share of possession, they found nenad bjelica's men to be resolute. there were nevertheless regular openings; lucho sent steven defour through but lindner was quickly out to parry the attempt to chip him with a sharply-deployed left arm.
fonseca decided a change of tack was in order for the second half, sending on silvestre varela for defour at the interval. the portuguese champions restarted the match with renewed purpose, and were soon level when jackson nodded in from point-blank range after eliaquim mangala had headed back josué's long corner.
the pressure mounted. lucho came close to giving porto the lead, diverting josué's cross on target only for lindner to come to the rescue again. varela then had a shot deflected just over by captain manuel ortlechner, before lucho volleyed over a danilo pass on the stretch. the outstanding lindner denied jackson again in the final seconds as austria held on to leave porto facing a nerve-jangling last day.
