Deportivo win stuns holders

Deportivo La Coruna produced the greatest second- leg comeback in Champions League history to humiliate holders AC Milan 4-0 and reach the semi-finals for the first time.

The Spanish team's astonishing performance meant they overturned a 4-1 first-leg deficit to go through 5-4 on aggregate. No team has previously overturned a threegoal first-leg deficit in the 11-year history of the Champions League.

Javier Irureta's side will face Porto in the last four after the 1987 European Cup winners drew 2-2 at French club Olympique Lyon for a 4-2 aggregate victory.

Six-time winners Milan followed fellow favourites Real Madrid and Arsenal out of the competition, meaning the leaders of Europe's three top leagues were all eliminated in the quarter-finals.

Of the four semi-finalists, only Porto have reached the final of Europe's elite club competition.

Deportivo's Riazor stadium witnessed an extraordinary opening 45 minutes in which the home side, who had won their previous seven home Champions League matches without conceding a goal, put Milan to the sword. Uruguayan Walter Pandiani fired Depor in front after five minutes and Milan's vastly experienced defence started playing like novices.

Goalkeeper Dida flapped at a free kick, allowing Juan Carlos Valeron to head in the second after 35 minutes.