Porto qualify with away goals, having played with 10 players for almost 70 minutes! Heroic things from Sérgio Conceição’s men. Juventus are out of the Champions League in the round of 16 for the second consecutive year.
After having seen Mehdi Taremi stupidly sent off between two goals by Federico Chiesa at the start of the second half, Porto’s impressive offensive display in the first 45 years suddenly seemed a long time ago, and it looked certain that it would be won by Juve.
However, with Pepe immense at the center of the defense, the visitors secured the ship, held on and scored the winning goal at the end of extra time, after a free kick by Sérgio Oliveira.
Porto are in the quarter-finals for the second time in three years; as for Juve, they hired Cristiano Ronaldo to overcome the final obstacle in the Champions League … and instead they stepped back in Europe’s top club competition.
Add the elimination of the Champions League to the fact that Juve are 10 points from the top of Serie A, and it’s fair to say that Andrea Pirlo’s first season in charge didn’t go even remotely as planned, despite the potential success of Coppa Italia.
Porto will join Borussia Dortmund in Friday’s quarter-final draw, who completed a 5-4 aggregate victory over Sevilla tonight, while striker Erling Braut Haaland scored two more goals for the Germans.