14/04/2009 07:41, Report by Ben HibbsThe advantage may be Porto's after their late leveller in the first-leg last week, but that hasn't tainted Paul Scholes' belief that United can reach the Champions League semi-finals at the Estadio do Dragao on Wednesday.
At Old Trafford the Reds started badly against the Portuguese champions - a greater threat than most fans had perhaps expected - but recovered to take the lead with goals from Wayne Rooney and Carlos Tevez.
United arguably should be presiding over a 2-1 head start going into Wednesday's second leg, but a sloppy Portp goal late on has made the task difficult but not, Scholes insists, impossible.
"It's a big game, and there's no doubt it's going to be difficult," he told MUTV. "But all we have to do is win a football match, and with the players we've got we're capable of doing that."
Porto can boast a record of never having lost to a British team on home soil, but United have always liked to pave the way for others to follow.
And Scholes also says that another dramatic victory - with Federico Macheda again coming off the bench to win it against Sunderland on Saturday - has further lifted spirits in United's dressing room.
"It's always nice to get a win," added Scholes, who gave United the lead at the Stadium of Light, rolling back the years with a late run into the box and glancing header into the far corner.
"I think it does boost your confidence when you win games, and going into the big matches we have coming up, I think we needed that little boost against Sunderland."
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