The Porto from the mexican Jesus ?? Tecatito ?? Crown it fell 3-2 in the second leg of the round of 16 of the Champions League ante la Juventus of Cristiano Ronaldo, but it was enough to advance to the stage due to the away goals scored by the “Blue dragons“and the 2-1 win in Portugal.
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The Italians were in charge of having the first clear play of the match, after a center to the area of Juan Cuadrado who found the head of Álvaro Morata. Nevertheless, Agustín Marchesín, ex of America, was notable for covering the shot and preventing the fall of his bow.
After cardboard, Mahdi Taremi was shot down in the area by Merih demiral and the match judge did not hesitate to charge a penalty in favor of the Portuguese. Sérgio Oliveira was in charge of standing in front of the ball and converting the first goal into the Juventus Stadium. The cast that directs Andrea Pirlo He threw himself on the Argentine goalkeeper’s arc, but they did not manage to bother him in the first half.
In the complement, the “Vecchia Signora” managed to quickly tie the score, after a good combination in the area between Cristiano Ronaldo y Federico Chiesa, which ended with a definition to the angle furthest from the latter player.
Equality gave him hope of going back to the “Bianconeri“, who at that point were 3-2 down on aggregate. The excitement increased when Taremi was sent off with a double yellow card and left Porto with one less for almost 70 minutes (adding 30 ‘extra time).
As expected, CR7 and company turned on the goal of Marchesin, where the squared centers were the main weapon of the Italians. Precisely, a shipment to the Colombian area found Chiesa’s head and they matched the series at 63 minutes.
Despite that, Juventus sought to score another goal to avoid taking the definition of the series into overtime. One of the great figures of the meeting, Square, was very close to putting the 3-1 after overflowing on the right of the attack of the Italians and hooking for his left leg, but his shot at the far post hit the crossbar and avoided the goal of the former Fiorentina and Chelsea.
Everything had to be defined in the extension, because at 115 ‘ Sérgio Oliveira le gave Porto the tie with a great free kick that went under the barrier and slipped into the bottom of the goal guarded by Wojciech Szczęsny, that he was surprised when the wall of men was opened. However, two minutes later, Adrien rabiot He put Juventus back into the game with a great header that left Marchesín stopped after a corner kick.
With this, Porto assured its presence in the round of the eight best teams in the Champions League, where is also the Borussia Dortmund that he left on the way to Sevilla.
See here Porto’s goal against Juventus in the Champions League Round of 16.
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