{"id":7944,"date":"2021-03-09T23:09:58","date_gmt":"2021-03-09T23:09:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thethundergh.com\/?p=7944"},"modified":"2021-03-09T23:09:58","modified_gmt":"2021-03-09T23:09:58","slug":"uefa-champions-league-10-man-porto-knock-out-juventus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thethundergh.com\/uefa-champions-league-10-man-porto-knock-out-juventus\/","title":{"rendered":"UEFA Champions League: 10 -man Porto knock out Juventus"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"css-1oteowz\">\n<p>Cristiano Ronaldo got the blame for Juventus&#8217;s Champions League exit to Porto, as he turned his back in the wall and let Sergio Oliveira&#8217;s extra-time free-kick fly through his legs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1oteowz\">\n<p>The ball &#8211; hit from a fair distance out &#8211; reached Wojciech Szczesny in goal, but the former Arsenal keeper couldn&#8217;t keep the ball out, as he palmed it into the net.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1oteowz\">\n<p>That made an action-packed game 2-2 on the night, but 4-3 to Porto on aggregate. Juventus pulled one back through Adrien Rabiot, but the last-16 tie finished 4-4 overall and Porto went through on away goals.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1oteowz\">\n<p>Ronaldo and Szczesny will be looked at for their role in the crucial goal.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">THIS IS TRULY INCREDIBLE!!!!<\/p>\n<p>S\u00e9rgio Oliveira scores for 10-man Porto and the visitors are on the brink of going through!<\/p>\n<p>WHAT. A. GAME! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PkUAlrfxd5\">pic.twitter.com\/PkUAlrfxd5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/footballontnt\/status\/1369416714245509122?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 9, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ronaldo&#39;s role in the wall for that free kick <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xCDYC1jkv3\">pic.twitter.com\/xCDYC1jkv3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; GCIIMessi (PixelPrintDesign) (@GCIIMessi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GCIIMessi\/status\/1369416353728315396?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 9, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Maybe <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Cristiano?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Cristiano<\/a> isn&#39;t your guy for making a wall. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JUVPOR?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#JUVPOR<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UCL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UCL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rgHI28j24c\">pic.twitter.com\/rgHI28j24c<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Troop 501 (@NotTheCabin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NotTheCabin\/status\/1369417363179900928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 9, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Porto pinch it surely. We\u2019ve finally found something Ronaldo can\u2019t do: stand still in a wall. Blimey, Juve have scored again. 4-4 and Porto lead on away goals. Bonkers game.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GaryLineker\/status\/1369416501942452233?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 9, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Juventus and Ronaldo &#8211; the record Champions League goalscorer &#8211; exited the competition. Juve have never got past the quarter-final stage since the Portuguese ace joined the club in 2018.<\/p>\n<div class=\"css-1oteowz\">\n<p>Porto actually got off to a perfect start with Oliveira&#8217;s first-half penalty putting the visitors 1-0 up on the night and 3-1 up on aggregate.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1oteowz\">\n<p>However, Juventus got their act together in the second half as the man who scored their goal in the first leg &#8211; Federico Chiesa &#8211; curled in a superb shot to equalize on the night.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Federico Chiesa is the first Italian player to score 2\ufe0f\u20e3+ goals in a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UCL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UCL<\/a> knockout stage game for Juventus since Filippo Inzaghi&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>That was in April 1999 against Manchester United! \ud83e\udd2f<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcdd Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OptaPaolo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@OptaPaolo<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mBkd5vu4JK\">pic.twitter.com\/mBkd5vu4JK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/footballontnt\/status\/1369409064573210625?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 9, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"css-1oteowz\">\n<p>A second booking for Porto&#8217;s Mehdi Taremi followed a few minutes later &#8211; for kicking the ball away of all things &#8211; and his side were down to 10 men as the striker trudged off.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1oteowz\">\n<p>Then that man Chiesa struck again, this time meeting Juan Cuadrado&#8217;s cross with a powerful header to level the tie overall at 3-3.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1oteowz\">\n<p>Former Chelsea winger Cuadrado was the inspiration for Juve&#8217;s second-half fightback &#8211; and he almost won the game for the Serie A side when his injury-time shot struck the underside of the bar but came back out.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Juventus were THIS CLOSE to going through in the 93rd minute! \ud83d\ude31<\/p>\n<p>A superb Juan Cuadrado effort rattled off the bar \u274c<\/p>\n<p>FT: Juventus 2-1 Porto (3-3 agg)<\/p>\n<p>Next up: extra-time! \ud83d\ude4c <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/t8ravwyQ3O\">pic.twitter.com\/t8ravwyQ3O<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/footballontnt\/status\/1369407822694322191?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 9, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"css-1oteowz\">\n<p>That sent the game into extra time, where Moussa Marega had a chance to put Porto ahead with a close-range header but the forward powered it straight at Szczesny.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1oteowz\">\n<p>But Szczesny was at least partially to blame for the goal which put Porto through, as he failed to keep out the long-range free-kick which went through Ronaldo in the wall and into the back of the net.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cristiano Ronaldo got the blame for Juventus&#8217;s Champions League exit to Porto, as he turned his back in the wall and let Sergio Oliveira&#8217;s extra-time free-kick fly through his legs. 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