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FC Porto and Juventus have met five times in history, with the Italian champions taking the best of four.
FC Porto will face Juventus in the knockout stages of the Champions League, according to the draw held this Monday at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon (Switzerland).
The Portuguese champion, winner of the most important European club competition in 1987 and 2004, will face “Vecchia Signora”, who also won the Champions League twice (1985 and 1996) and whose main figure is Cristiano Ronaldo.
This Monday, the president and owner of Juventus, Andrea Agnelli, on the sidelines of the Golden Boy ceremony, spoke about the draw for the knockout stages of the Champions League, taking the opportunity to remember the last game with FC Porto. “With a minimum of superstition involved, we are thinking of putting Bonucci on the bench … [risos]”, he said, recalling that in one of the matches on the last day between FC Porto and the Italian national team, Leonardo Bonucci remained on the bench, after a verbal confrontation with Juve coach Massimiliano Allegri.
FC Porto and Juventus have met five times in history, with the Italian champions taking the best of four. The other result was a draw. In 2017, also in the “eighth” of the Champions League, the team now led by Pirlo won both games, 1-0 in Italy and 2-0 in Dragão.
“We cannot lower our guard, just one minute of deconcentration and you are out of the competition. We will face an opponent with a great European history. We have teams throughout Europe with great tradition and history that are fighting in the Champions League and we are facing one of the most important teams, ”said Agnelli.
After finishing second in Group C, behind Manchester City, the team led by Sérgio Conceição will play the first leg at home on February 17 and the second in Turin on March 9.
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