Fast begin sees Porto stun Juventus 2-1 in Champions League

Porto scored at first of every half to beat Juventus 2-1 within the first leg of the spherical of 16 of the Champions League on Wednesday.
Mehdi Taremi gave Porto the lead after simply 63 seconds after a defensive mixup by Juventus gifted him a simple end, and Moussa Marega netted 19 seconds into the second half.
Federico Chiesa scored what may show to be a significant away objective for Juventus within the 82nd minute.
“Our approach changed after a minute, because when you concede like that after a minute you lose confidence,” Juventus coach Andrea Pirlo mentioned. “The lads let their heads drop a however they usually (Porto) may play the match they wished, closing themselves up and counterattacking.
“Luckily we managed to get back on track for the return match with Chiesa’s goal. We shouldn’t have played this type of match and it’s a pity, we could have done better. We had prepared a different game.”
Juventus ahead Cristiano Ronaldo was stored quiet on his return to his homeland because the guests struggled to make an impression, though the Portugal worldwide did have a penalty attraction waved away within the last seconds of stoppage time.
The second leg shall be on March 9 in Turin.

“Juventus had its first dangerous shot only in the 70th minute and we are talking about the Italian champion, a very strong team with some of the best players in the world,” Porto coach Sérgio Conceição mentioned. “That exhibits the solidity of our efficiency.
“We could have made it 3-0. … It is bittersweet: the players did not deserve the goal we conceded.”
In the opposite round-of-16 match on Wednesday, Borussia Dortmund got here from behind to win 3-2 at Sevilla.
Juventus beat Porto house and away with out conceding a objective the final time the 2 sides met on the identical stage 4 years in the past.

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But it gifted Porto the lead after barely a minute when Juventus midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur tried to play a again cross to goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny, not realizing Taremi was proper behind him to intercept and slot house from six yards.
Juventus appeared to lack power and concepts and its evening bought worse within the thirty fifth when captain Giorgio Chiellini limped off with a calf damage.
Porto was even faster off the mark at first of the second half when Wilson Manafá ran down the proper earlier than rolling throughout for Marega to show in on the close to submit.
Juventus coach Andrea Pirlo introduced on ahead Álvaro Morata shortly after the hour mark for Weston McKennie.
Morata had scored six targets in as many Champions League appearances this season and Juventus regarded extra harmful after he got here on.
Porto hadn’t conceded a objective at house within the Champions League this season however that streak got here to an finish when Adrien Rabiot burst down the left and crossed for Chiesa to fireside a first-time shot into the far nook.
Chiesa turned the primary Juventus participant aside from Ronaldo to attain in a Champions League knockout recreation since Blaise Matuidi in 2018.
That appeared to wake Juventus up and it got here near snatching what would have been an undeserved draw.
Ronaldo was left livid when he went down underneath a problem from Zaidu Sanusi seconds earlier than the full-time whistle and the incident was not checked out on video assessment.
Haaland leads Dortmund previous Sevilla in Champions League
Erling Haaland scored twice as Borussia Dortmund ended Sevilla’s nine-game profitable streak with a 3-2 come-from-behind victory within the first leg of the spherical of 16 of the Champions League on Wednesday.

The win ended Sevilla’s good run and put Dortmund again on monitor after a collection of poor outcomes that had left coach Edin Terzic underneath strain in Germany.
The second leg shall be on March 9 in Germany.