JUVENTUS have been knocked out of the Champions League on away goals despite beating Porto 3-2 this evening in Turin.
- RESULT: Juventus 3 Porto 2
- Juventus XI: Szczesny, Cuadrado, Bonucci, Demiral, Sandro, Chiesa, Arthur, Rabiot, Ramsey, Morata, Ronaldo
- Porto XI: Marchesin, Manafa, Mbemba, Pepe, Zaidu, Sergio Oliveira, Uribe, Otavio, Tecatito, Taremi, Marega
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THAT’S ALL FROM TURIN
Ten-man Porto beat the odds against Juventus and went through to the Champions League quarter-finals after a dramatic encounter that went to extra time.
The visitors opened the scoring with Sergio Oliveira’s penalty after 19 minutes and went back to the dressing room with an important 3-1 lead on aggregate.
However, Juve came back stronger and equalised with Federico Chiesa’s beautiful curling shot from a tight angle down the left flank on 49 minutes.
Porto tried to react but lost Mehdi Taremi to a second yellow card just five minutes later after the striker booted the ball away in anger.
The visitors were unable to produce after Taremi’s dismissal and so Chiesa gave Juventus the lead after 63 minutes thanks to a beautiful header.
The match went to extra-time and the Bianconeri continued to hammer the depleted Dragons.
However, Oliveira got a second goal on 115 minutes following a clever free-kick from 20-odd yards that he delivered under Juventus’ awful wall and buried behind Wojciech Szczesny’s bottom right corner.
Adrien Rabiot responded with a header that went past Agustin Marchesin just two minutes later but Porto held on to a 4-4 aggregate that saw them going through on away goals and eliminating Juventus as well as Cristiano Ronaldo.
That’s all from us here at SunSport, have a lovely night!
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LO MOMENT
Juventus manager Andrea Pirlo admits it’s going to take a while until his team can erase tonight’s shock.
Pirlo told Sky Sport Italia: “When you make four big errors over two legs in the Champions League Round of 16, you can get eliminated.
“We didn’t get it wrong when Porto were down to 10, as all we could do was try to spread them out by moving the ball side to side and packing the penalty area with bodies. That is how the goals arrived.
“It will take a few days to cancel this game from our minds, but then we must face every game with the right attitude, realise we’re still only in March and have time to climb the Serie A table.”
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OL MY GOD
Porto hero Sergio Oliveira, who scored both of the visitors’ goals in Turin, is ecstatic after the team’s qualification and insists they never gave up, even after Mehdi Taremi’s dismissal.
Oliveira said: “It is a unique feeling to score two goals here and I am very happy for the qualification.
“It is a source of pride for the club, which already deserved it, and for the country.
“We had to suffer. We played with the lines down, but we always wanted to score.
“The goal finally came and we are immensely happy. We must be proud of what we have done. I want to dedicate this victory to our fans.”
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IM-PORT-ANT MILESTONE
Porto have qualified for the Champions League quarter-finals, and they did it in style!
The defending Portuguese champions have eliminated not only Juventus, but also Cristiano Ronaldo.
And that was no fluke, as they won the first leg in dominant fashion.
If you think about it, Porto might be a major reason why we may see the rest of the Champions League without Ronaldo AND Lionel Messi!
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SERG-ING THROUGH
Here is how Sergio Oliveira sent Porto through to the Champions League quarter-finals.
Oliveira delivered a low shot through Juventus’ awful wall and buried the ball down Wojciech Szczesny’s bottom right corner.
Szczesny got a touch but couldn’t stop this beautiful shot.
Enjoy:
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Juventus suffered a shock elimination from the Champions League even though Porto played with 10 men for over 66 minutes after Mehdi Taremi’s dismissal.
Juve also dominated a whopping 68.4 per cent of possession throughout the encounter.
The defending Italian champions got 31 shots in, 13 of which were on target, compared to the visitors’ 14, seven of which were on target.
The dramatic encounter saw a whopping seven yellow cards coming out, four of which went to Juventus
FT: JUVENTUS 3-2 PORTO
Ten-man Porto have gone through to the Champions League quarter-finals after a dramatic match that went to extra time.
The visitors opened the scoring after 19 minutes with Sergio Oliveira’s penalty.
Juve equalised in the second half on 49 minutes with Federico Chiesa’s scintillating curling shot from a tight angle down the left flank.
Porto tried to respond but lost Mehdi Taremi to a second yellow card after he kicked the ball away in frustration in the 54th minute.
Juventus turned things around after 63 minutes with Chiesa’s header.
The game went to extra-time where Porto beat the odds and netted a second away goal with Oliveira’s brilliant free-kick after 115 minutes.
Adrien Rabiot got one back in two minutes later with a header but Juventus didn’t have another late shocker in store
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PEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!
AND THAT’S THE END! PORTO ARE THROUGH!!!!!!
JUVENTUS 3-2 PORTO
120+4 WHAT A CHANCE!
Cuadrado whips in a free-kick and Marchesin saves after flick toards his goal!
JUVENTUS 3-2 PORTO
120+2 YELLOW CARD
Mbemba gets in the books, probably for dissent…
So much happening!
JUVENTUS 3-2 PORTO
90+2 CHANCE
Rabiot wastes a chance in the closing moments with an awful shot at the edge of the box.
The Juventus star had a lot of options
JUVENTUS 3-2 PORTO
120 Nothing fromt he corner kick.
Three more minutes of stoppage time to go!!!
JUVENTUS 3-2 PORTO
120 But it’s just a corner!
Can they score from that?
JUVENTUS 3-2 PORTO
120 PENALTY APPEAL!
VAR are looking at a potential penalty for Juventus!
De Ligt goes down after a challenge from Leite!
JUVENTUS 3-2 PORTO
118 SUBSTITUTION
Porto make another switch as Loum replaces the visitors’ hero Oliveira
JUVENTUS 3-2 PORTO
117 What a game!
Rabiot gets a header from a corner kick and beats Marchesin!
Juventus need another goal as Porto have scored two away goals on their aggregate of 4-4
GOOOOOOAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLL!
JUVENTUS SCORE WITH RABIOT!!!!!!!!!
JUVENTUS 2-2 PORTO
115 Unbelievable!
Oliveira scores with an incredible free-kick from 20-odd yards!
The wall is a shambles as the Porto star goes low and beats Szczesny down his bottom right corner.
The ex-Arsenal keeper got a touch but it wasn’t enough!
GOOOOOOAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLL!
PORTO SCORE WITH OLIVEIRA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
JUVENTUS 2-1 PORTO
114 YELLOW CARD
Rabiot gets booked for a bad foul on Diaz
JUVENTUS 2-1 PORTO
113 CHANCE!
Kulusevski runs the ball down the right flank with a lovely run and finds Morata in midfield.
The Juventus star shoots but but the ball goes straight to Marchesin
JUVENTUS 2-1 PORTO
113 For your information…
The replay shows Cuadrado’s arm didn’t come in contact with the ball inside the box
JUVENTUS 2-1 PORTO
111 CHANCE
Diaz drives the ball down and dribbles past Cuadrado – interesting to see if the Juventus ace’s arm came in contact with the ball when he fell inside the box.
The Porto ace passes to Grujic who hesitates and his shot is blocked
JUVENTUS 2-1 PORTO
110 CHANCE!
Kulusevski breaks into the box from the left flank and tries a shot that is blocked by Mbemba!
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108 Both teams need a goal to go through to the quarter-finals.
If Juventus score then Porto need another one.
If Porto score then Juventus need two due to away goals rules
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
