Porto v Juventus: the eighth round of the Champions League, the first round – as it happened | Football

Andrea Pirlo speaks: “It’s not easy to react when you get such a goal after a minute,” says Juver’s coach. “The players lost their confidence and this influenced their performance for a few minutes. Fortunately we scored an important goal through Chiesa and now we will focus on the return. ”

Pepe speaks: “I studied Juventus well “, says the Porto captain. “The team assimilated very well what the coach asked for. I knew we had to press hard to keep Juventus from playing. In this type of game it is difficult to score goals at home, but we played a great game. ”

Federico Chiesa speaks: “Our approach was bad and the game became even more difficult for us after that early goal,” he told Eleven Sports. “When you’re not fully focused and you don’t give your best, [teams can] I punish you at this level. ”

At the final whistle: Several Juventus players surrounded the match referee Carlos del Carro, wondering in the strongest terms why he did not give them a penalty for challenging Sanusi on Ronaldo at the end of the game. My reading, for what it’s worth, is that Ronaldo was trying a Cruyff return to the penalty area, he lost his balance and Sanusi just hit him while he was falling. Ergo, no penalty. However, I wouldn’t have been surprised if it had happened and I’m surprised that Mr. Del Carro didn’t even take a look at his monitor on the ground.

Some post-match reflections: Porto will be delighted with the first victory they have ever had at Juventus … of course they will. However, their pleasure on the occasion will be tempered by the knowledge that they could and should have earned much more. The Italian champions stinked at the Estadio do Dragao tonight and were a pale imitation of them. They will be very relieved that they only escaped with a 2-1 defeat and the away goal that came with it behind such a sad performance.

Peep! Peep! Peeeeeeep! It all ended in Porto, where the host team won with the strange goal of three.

90 + 3 min: A late attack from Juventus. Cristiano Ronaldo appealed for a penalty after falling into a pile under a push from Zaido Sanusi while trying to control a long ball over De Ligt. There is no doubt that he received a push, but he was already on the ground when he came.

90 + 2 min: Alex Sandro was given a chance to change things around Mehdi Taremi while the striker went into Juve’s penalty area. It’s just a reservation because Matthijs De Ligt was nearby. From a free kick, Szczesny gives up the ball, but escapes with it.

90 + 1 min: Porto brings two more subs in an attempt to run permanently, including the son of their manager Francisco.

89 min: There is no bad victory against Juventus, but if it stays that way, Porto will be disappointed, they received a goal away. The Italian match was so bad for most of tonight’s match that they could not complain if they left the Estadio do Dragao on the wrong end of a hiding place. As things stand, they will consider this an extraordinary result. Pirlo’s replacements saved his team’s bacon.

87 min: Porto approaches while Mateus Uribe fixes the ball over a Juve defender on Taremi’s chest. Before he can shoot the trigger from four or five meters, the ball is taken to the corner by De Ligt. Nothing comes from the fixed part.

85 min: Ronaldo crosses a cross from the left towards the far post and then gestures angrily, discovering that there is no one there to try to get the ball home.

Juventus pulls one back. Coming in from the right wing, Adrien Rabiot found the back of the goal for Porto. Federico Chiesa meets him for the first time at about 14 meters from the goal, stabbing the ball into the ground and moving away from the celebration, while he jumps up and passes the Marchesin.

81 min: From a corner from Porto, Marco Grujic goes to Oliveira’s delivery in the far goal, but directs his effort. It was a good chance!

79 min: Seeing Marchesin four or five meters from his line, Morata hits the ball as high as possible towards the goal. It is a bold effort, and the ball falls on the roof of the net, but the goalkeeper covers it.

77 min: Alvaro Morata is playing behind Porto’s defense and brings a smart save from Marchesin. He was offside.

75 min: Alvaro Morata is appealing for punishment after being dispossessed by Chancel Mbemba, who was unpleasant but did not break any law. The Spaniard must be content with a corner.

73 min: Bentancur slips to deny Uribe the opportunity to send a cross into the Juve penalty. From the next corner, Sergio Oliveira’s corner is cleared in the nearby goal.

71 min: Good job of Ronaldo, who gallops on the left flank before drilling a low cross towards Chiesa. His shot is saved by Agustin Marchesin, but the flag goes up. Alvaro Morata was offside as he waited to hop over any football-sized crumbs thrown from Marchesin’s table.

68 min: Enterprising things from Jesus Corona, who sitting with his back to the Juve goal at about 20 meters, throws the ball in the air to set his own acrobatic bike shot. His effort was surpassed by the bar by Szczesny, but it would not have mattered if he had entered. The referee saw one violation or another.

67 min: Porto replacement: Moussa Marega, who scored Porto’s second goal after 20 seconds of the second half, goes out. He is replaced by Marco Grujic, the Serbian midfielder on loan at Porto from Liverpool.

66 min: Rodrigo Bentancur tries his luck with a long shot. He used almost no counterattack, but hit the ball with venom. Over the bar, but not by much.

65 min: Morata receives the ball and leads forward, only to be fouled by Mateus Uribe.

64 min: Juventus replacement: Alvaro Morata is replaced by Weston McKinnie.

62 min: Matthijs De Ligt is booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. The referee played an advantage at that time.

57 min: Now Kulusevski is penalized for controlling the ball with his hand and Porto uses the break in the game to make a change. Luis Diaz replaces Otavio.

56 min: Dejan Kulusevski has a half chance cut by Merih Demiral and it’s about everything Juventus had, as a chance, so far in this half.

52 min: Sergio Oliveira was caught napping as Wojciech Szczesny lifted a ball over him following a free kick, but the ball hit the bar, rebounding into the keeper’s arms. . Maybe the shot had a deflection – Juventus is hit here.

50 min: Juventus wins a corner and the ball is thrown to the goal by Sandro. Sergio Oliveira makes it clear.

48 min: Porto galloped from the shot and the ball was withdrawn to Marega in the penalty area on the line. His first touch was sublime and he removed it from Federico Chiesa before shooting a rather gentle shot into the corner after Szczesny, who was beaten at his near goal.

Hell bells! It’s ridiculous – another great start for Porto, as Moussa Marega puts the ball in the corner after 20 seconds of the second half.

46 min: Play redsumes without staff changes on either side. I was surprised that Alvaro Morata was not sent to beat Pirlo, as Dejan Kusulevski had a hard time.

Peep! This is your team for the first half, which started at the worst possible start for Juventus, when Mehdi Taremi threw himself on an error by Rodrigo Bentancur to beat an opportunistic goal. Juve were surprisingly lazy and already look really devoid of ideas. I guess we’ll see a change or two from Andrea Pirlo before too long. He was so comfortable for Porto, whose defense seemed remarkably assured.

45 + 1 min: Ronaldo tries to get hold of the ball but it slips out of his hands.

45 min: Ronaldo wins his team a corner after such a trip. Bentancur’s delivery is clear, despite Ronaldo’s efforts to reach the ball.

44 min: We are almost at the break and Cristiano Ronaldo had only one touch in the penalty area of ​​Porto. And he is frustrated, falling deeper and deeper in an attempt to get more time on the ball.

41 min: Another free kick from the same area. The ball is sent back to the far post and breaks it to Adrien Rabiot, whose header is saved by Marchesin, who clears it. It was a spectacular effort, but it had no venom. It was also Juve’s first shot on target.

40 min: Free kick from Juve, wide to the right after a foul by Sergio Oliveira on Matthijs De Ligt. Bentancur finally receives a right and chooses Cristiano Ronaldo in the long distance. His descending header does not bother Marchesin.