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Porto see off sorry Olympique Marseille to close in on Champions League last 16

Porto's Sergio Oliveira shoots a penalty kick during the Champions League group C soccer match between Olympique Marseille and FC Porto at the Velodrome stadium in Marseille, southern France, Wednesday, Nov.25, 2020. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)

Porto comfortably beat Olympique de Marseille 2-0 away on Wednesday to move to the brink of qualifying for the Champions League knockout phase.

Zaidu Sanusi’s goal and Sergio Oliveira’s penalty put Porto on nine points from four games in Group C while Marseille, who became the first team to lose 13 straight games in the competition since it was launched in 1992-93, were eliminated with zero points.

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