10-men Porto forcefully eject Juventus out of Champions League

FC Porto entered into the first leg with a 2-1 scoreline during the first leg.

10-men Porto forcefully eject Juventus out of Champions League
Pepe and team mates celebrate

10-men FC Porto have eliminated Juventus from the Champions League despite a 3-2 victory at Turin.

The visitors qualified into the next round of the competition with away goals after 4-4 aggregate between both legs.

The Dragões took the lead in the 19th minute through Oliveira after the referee awarded a penalty kick for the visitors when Uribe ventured inside the penalty area on the right and sent a low cross into the path of Taremi, who was adjudged to have been clipped by Merih Demiral in front of goal.

Oliveira tucked a low finish to Szczęsny's right as the goalkeeper dived the other way to make it his 16th of the season fourth in his UEFA Champions League.

Porto kept finding spaces in the Juventus midfield as they initiated shots from good positions.

Rabiot attempted a goal in the 30-minute but Pepe headed a cross from the left unconvincingly clear and tempted the Juventus man to send in a half-volley from a central position at distance.

Porto looked comfortable and took control as Juventus were frequently on the back foot because of their counterattacks with Ronaldo yet to receive the kind of service he needed.

Juventus came level in the 49-minute, scored by Chiesa; Ronaldo showed masterful delicacy to stop the ball dead deep inside the penalty area on the left, from where Chiesa curled a delightful finish beyond Marchesín and into the far left-hand corner of the goalkeeper's net.

Chiesa levelled the scores 13 minutes later against 10 men Porto after Mehdi at the blast of the referee’s whistle on an infringement hit the ball away in the 54-minute to attract a second yellow card.

Sérgio Oliveira performed a nutmeg to win a free kick in second half extra time and then dusted himself off to smash in a low shot from a considerable distance, slightly to the left of centre. The Juventus wall jumped and the power of the strike beat Szczęsny at his near post.

Juventus responded 2 minutes later when Marchesín did brilliantly to save a Ronaldo’s strike at his near post and, from the resulting corner, Bernardeschi located Rabiot in the centre of the penalty area, who powered a header beyond the goalkeeper at his right-hand post.

The game ended with Porto eliminating Juventus.