Watch Porto's classy tribute to Sir Bobby Robson before Newcastle friendly

Sir Bobby Robson was remembered before Porto's friendly against Newcastle United.

The two clubs met at the Estadio do Dragao on Saturday as part of the Portuguese club's 125th birthday celebrations.

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Sir Bobby Robson.

Robson led Porto to successive league titles in the mid-1990s.

And the club played a short film before the match, which ended 0-0. There was applause from the 40,000-plus crowd in memory of Sir Bobby, who went on to take his beloved Newcastle into the Champions League.

Click on the video to watch the film

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