With four second-half goals from Falcao and another added by Fredy Guarin, Porto cruised back from a first-half deficit to defeat Villarreal 5-1 in their UEFA Europa League semi-final first leg.
Benfica will take a slight advantage into the second leg of their all-Portuguese UEFA Europa League semi-final following a deserved victory over Braga at the Estadio da Luz.
There was last-minute drama for both Liverpool and Rangers in the UEFA Europa League last-32 tonight, relying on late goals to progress, while Manchester City, Villarreal and Bayer Leverkusen will join them in the last-16.
Atletico Madrid failed in their last-ditch attempt to qualify for the UEFA Europa League knock-out stages, while Anderlecht succeeded in scraping through thanks to results going their way elsewhere.
Odense and Getafe both bade farewell to the UEFA Europa League after playing out a 1-1 draw in testing conditions in