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Detached from its historical greatness, with a
minimized Cristiano
both in the first leg and in the return leg,
Juventus
last night consummated an elimination with the aroma of the final season.
The
Oporto
, as courageous as limited, supported by the hierarchy of
Pepe
and talent of
Sérgio Oliveira
, Office of the Champions to the Italian champions stranded in the knockout round for the
second straight season.
And the most bloody thing is that the Portuguese found glory in extra time, after playing for 60 minutes with one less footballer.
There are no excuses for a Juve that was not enough by the great match of the double-scorer
Chiesa
.
His talent could not cover the enormous deficiencies of the team of
Pirlo
who, so
far also the leadership of Serie A
, the credit runs out.
As legendary as it may be.
After opening the game with a powerful header from
Morata
stopped by
Marchesín
, Juventus completed a dire first half.
His football was slow, flat, predictable, monotonous.
He circulated the ball heavily without making Porto feel in the least intimidated.
And when he got tired of doing it and tried with crosses to the area it was even worse, since none of them had the precision necessary for someone to finish them off.
The last straw for Juve was the clear penalty that
Demiral
committed on
Taremi
and that
Sérgio Oliveira
converted, forcing Pirlo's team to score three goals.
Chiesa, the best
As things couldn't get worse after the break, it got better.
Juventus conspired to take advantage of the space that Porto left between its rear and its goalkeeper to look for more frontal centers towards that area.
This is how
Chiesa
scored
his two goals, the first of them after a clever drop-off from Cristiano.
Between one and the other came the
expulsion of Taremi
, after the Iranian striker saw the second yellow for moving the ball away after a foul against.
The first he had seen two minutes before.
Any anger that
Sérgio Conceiçao
threw at him
, no matter how big, would be insufficient.
There was still half an hour of regulation time left, but Juve, despite the fact that Chiesa was in a trance, was unable to complete their comeback.
Cuadrado
, with a left foot to the crossbar in discount, was the one who was closest to fastening the tie.
Pepe, imperial at 38 years old, had a lot to do with the clash going into extra time, in which it was hardly noticed that the big team played with 11 men and the small one with one less.
Everything seemed doomed to the penalty shootout when
Sérgio Oliveira
led Porto to ecstasy with a long
, dry and low free
kick
that surprised
Szczesny
.
Juve, already with water up to their necks, scored through Rabiot a minute later, but still needed one more goal that never came, consummating an elimination that should have some consequence in Turin.
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