Soccer/Champions League/Inter Milan 3 Porto 1: Brazilian striker Adriano scored a hat-trick as Inter Milan beat Porto 3-1 to end their reign as European champions and put Inter safely through to the last eight of the Champions League on a 4-2 aggregate.

Adriano scored after six and 63 minutes to put Inter 3-1 ahead on aggregate, but they were pegged back to 3-2 when Jorge Costa scored his first goal in the competition for more than five years by scrambling home from a corner after 69 minutes.

That set up an anxious last spell for the home side, who could have made life easier for themselves if Javier Zanetti had scored on a breakaway in the closing minutes but his shot was cleared off the line by Pedro Emanuel.

Instead, it was left to Adriano to complete his hat-trick three minutes from time to see Inter through to Friday's quarter-final draw along with Italian rivals AC Milan and Juventus.

The rest of the quarter-final line-up includes Chelsea and Liverpool, Bayern Munich, PSV Eindhoven and Olympique Lyon.

Porto, surprise winners last season, become the first defending champions to fail to make it to the last eight in the subsequent season.

Adriano had scored just one goal this calendar year, but it was his return to his explosive best which proved to be the difference. By the end of the match he had taken his Champions League tally for the season to seven goals from six matches.

INTER MILAN: Toldo, Javier Zanetti, Materazzi, Mihajlovic, Ze Maria, Cambiasso, Cristiano Zanetti, Stankovic (Gonzalez 83), Veron (Van der Meyde 89), Adriano, Cruz (Martins 76). Subs Not Used: Carini, Emre, Gamarra, Vieri. Booked: Cristiano Zanetti. Goals: Adriano 5, 63, 87.

FC PORTO: Vitor Baia, Jorge Costa, Pedro Emanuel (Pepe 81), Ricardo Costa (Postiga 66), Costinha, Nuno Valente, Maniche, Diego, Seitaridis, Claudio (Quaresma 46), McCarthy. Subs Not Used: Nuno, Raul Meireles, Paulo Machado, Ivanildo. Booked: Nuno Valente, Maniche, Jorge Costa. Goals: Jorge Costa 69.

Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway).