[ad_1]
Sergio Conceição’s sentries started the fight aggressively and in the second minute of play they opened the scoring – Bentancourt gave the pass to Turintsy Szczensny’s goalkeeper, but Iranian forward Taremi beat the Polish goalkeeper and put the ball into the net. zebra. “Dragons” used a lot of pressure in the first minutes of the match and literally did not let the Juve defense breathe, Wojciech Szczęsny often touched the ball early in the match.
Closer to the 10th minute, Turintsy completely took control of the projectile, but basically it was all over before it started – it rolls in midfield. The game of Andrea Pirlo’s team at the beginning of the match looked very chaotic. In turn, the Portuguese calmly backed away, gave the ball to the Juventus players and went on to game “number two”, waiting for opportunities for sharp counterattacks.
The first moment of danger created by “Juve” in the 16th minute, Sandro hung in the penalty area, but Chiesa couldn’t handle the ball well and shot beyond the summer gate. Pirlo’s decision not to start Alvaro Morata from Turin seemed quite strange: it was very difficult for the Italian team to open the lower block of the Portuguese champion.
In the first half, central midfielder Weston McKenny was very active as part of the guests: the 22-year-old American managed to keep up with his team and out of goal: he entered the national team and tried to sharpen the game on stage Juve offense. Despite Juventus’ possession advantage, it was the hosts who came closest to their second goal. In the 35th minute there was a very unpleasant episode for the guest coach, the captain and leader of the defense of “Juventus” Giorgio Chiellini was forced to leave the field due to injury – the Italian central defender was replaced by the Turks Merich Demiral .
Deja vu was tested by Andrea Pirlo at the beginning of the second 45 minutes of regulation time – Conceição again managed to load his loads at the beginning of the half, and already in the second 19 (!) “Porto” managed to double his advantage, thanks to a accurate shot from Malian striker Mussa Marega!
In the 63rd minute, Juve’s mentor decided to strengthen his team’s attack line and put Morata on the field, but as a result the Spaniard was unable to properly enter the game and turn the situation around. Turintsy also continued to weave lace around the dragons penalty area, but the Italians clearly lacked inventiveness and determination in the final stage of the attacks. The game of the “zebras” did not go well at all, even the well-known master of equestrian fighting Cristiano Ronaldo lost his duels in the penalty area of the “dragons” …
According to the broadcast, it seemed that it was the Turintsy who were leading – the Italian champion was rolling the ball with measure … In turn, “Porto” was not afraid of the “Bianconeri”, they were not left out in defense and ran to vertical counterattacks whenever possible. However, at the end of the match, the guests managed to squeeze the “dragons” and play a goal: Rabiot made a cross to the penalty area, and Federico Chieso responded to the pass and shot in the opposite direction to that of the ” Porto ”Marchesin.
The teams ended the fight with the score 2: 1 on the scoreboard: the fate of a ticket to the quarterfinals of the main European Cup will be decided in Turin on March 9.
Champions League 2020/2021. First leg 1/8
Portugal. Porto. Stadium: “Dragau“
Porto – Juventus 2: 1
Goals: Taremi 2, Marega 46 – Chiesa 83
Port: Marcesin, Manafa, Sanusi, Pepe, Mbemba, Ottavio (Luis Fernando Diaz 58), Uribe, Corona (Lum 91), Sergio Oliveira (Francisco Conceição 91), Taremi, Marega (Gruich 67).
Head coach: Sergio Conceisau
Juventus: Schensny, Danilo, de Ligt, Chiellini (Demiral 35), Alex Sandro, Bentancourt, Rabiot, Kulusevski (Ramsey 77), McKenny (Morata 63), Chiesa, Ronaldo.
Head coach: Andrea Pirlo
Warnings: de Ligt 63, Danilo 81, Demiral 87, Sandro 92
Referee: Carlos del Cerro (Spain)
