EFE
F.Hederic Church Juventus hope in the Champions League, as his late attack earned them a crucial away goal in a 2-1 loss at Porto
However, the Italian’s 82nd minute strike ended an unwanted run for Juve’s forwards as he became the first player to score a goal in the Champions League knockout rounds, except Cristiano Ronaldo since the arrival of the Portuguese in 2018 Real Madrid
Andrea Pirlo couldn’t have asked for a worse start, and Rodrigo Bentancur will go through sleepless nights for his share of the Porto opener, which came after just 61 seconds.
Juventus appeared to be playing the ball from their own penalty kick, but things all went wrong when the Uruguayan’s carelessness was exposed by the hosts’ aggressive press. In his own box, Bentancur played a blind pass to Wojciech Szczesny, but Mahdi Taremi slipped in to get there in front of the pole and gave the Portuguese side the lead.
Porto kept pressing high and La Vecchia Signora struggled to find a way to overcome it. They wanted to implement a more direct approach, but Porto was equal to anything they had thrown at them.
Frustratingly for the Bianconeri, the second half started the same way as the first, with the hosts celebrating their second goal within a minute of the restart. A ball in the box Wilson Manafa found it Moussa Marega who, after taking a tap to qualify, defeated Szczesny by the front post with a shot that the Juventus goalkeeper could have done more with.
Federico Chiesa withdrew one for Juve in the last ten minutes and finished excellent in one Adrien Rabiot Reduce.
On March 9, the two sides will fight again and Juventus has a chance to fight thanks to Chiesa’s late attack.