The Bianconeri’s comeback mission at home to Porto in Turin after losing the first meeting.
Jump to:
Juventus must perform optimally and reverse their aggregate lag from Porto if they want to go further in the Champions League this season.
The 2-1 defeat in the first leg of the last 16 in February made the Bianconeri’s move to the quarter-finals quite tough.
Lineups of Players
JUVENTUS (4-4-2): Wojciech Szczesny; Juan Cuadrado, Leonardo Bonucci, Merih Demiral, Alex Sandro; Federico Chiesa, Arthur, Adrien Rabiot, Aaron Ramsey; Alvaro Morata, Cristiano Ronaldo.
Cadangan: Carlo Pinsoglio, Gianluigi Buffon, Radu Dragusin, Matthijs de Ligt, Giorgio Chiellini, Gianluca Frabotta, Weston McKennie, Nicolo Fagioli, Alessandro Di Pardo, Federico Bernardeschi, Dejan Kulusevski.
PORTO (4-4-2): Agustin Marchesin; Wilson Manafa, Chancel Mbemba, Pepe, Zaidu Sanusi; Corona, Sergio Oliveira, Mateus Uribe, Otavio; Mehdi Taremi, Moussa Marega.
Cadangan: Diogo Costa, Malang Sarr, Diogo Leite, Fabio Vieira, Mamadou Loum, Marko Grujic, Toni Martinez, Francisco Conceicao, Felipe Anderson, Luis Diaz, Nanu, Evanilson.
Summary
Juventus vs Porto – Curated tweets by GOAL_ID
The course of the match
1. FIRST HALF KICK-OFF!
3. Chance Juventus! Juan Cuadrado sent in a cross which Alvaro Morata continued, but Augustin Marchesin, who reacted quickly, was still alert to secure the ball.
7. KANS PORTO! Zaidu Sanusi provided the bait which was struck by Mehdi Taremi’s strike. The ball was successfully blocked by Leonardo Bonucci, and the ball rebounded again by Taremi’s horn who still hit the Juve crossbar!
17. PENALTY FOR PORTO! Taremi fell in the forbidden box as a result of fighting over the ball with Merih Demiral which made the referee immediately point to the spot, even after seeing the penalty VAR was still awarded.
19. GOAL! Porto opened the scoring! Sergio Oliveira calmly hits the ball into the left corner of the net which sends Wojciech Szczesny in the opposite direction.
Live Streaming Juventus Vs Porto
The second leg match of the 2020/21 Champions League last 16 between Juventus and Porto will be broadcast on Champions TV 1 on Wednesday (10/3) at 03:00 WIB.
Check out the full TV schedule here.
| TV station | Champions TV |
| LIVE streaming | Champions TV |
When is the Juventus vs Porto match?
| Competition | Juventus Vs Porto |
| Date | Wednesday, March 10, 2020 |
| Kick-off | 03:00 WIB |
| Stadium | Allianz Stadium |
Predictions of the Juventus Squad
Paulo Dybala still has to step aside because he is not fully fit from a knee injury, Rodrigo Bentancur is absent due to undergoing a positive isolation period for COVID-19.
Juve will also be without their all-around player, Danilo, who cannot play because he has to undergo card accumulation.
| Position | Estimated starting lineup for Juventus (4-4-2) |
| Goalkeeper | Szczesny |
| Defender | Square, Bonucci, Demiral, Sandro |
| Midfielder | Ramsey, Rabiot, McKennie, Chiesa |
| Striker | Morata, Ronaldo |
Predictions Squad Porto
Chancel Mbemba is the only Porto player who cannot be played at Juventus due to injury problems.
While for the rest, coach Sergio Concecao did not experience any significant obstacles and could lower his best squad.
| Position | Expected lineup for Porto’s first team (4-4-2) |
| Goalkeeper | Marchesin |
| Defender | Manafa, Pepe, Leite, Zaidu |
| Midfielder | Oliveira, Uribe, Otavio, Corona |
| Striker | Taremi, Marega |
Preview
The 2-1 defeat experienced by Juventus at Porto headquarters in the first leg of the last 16 was a bit of a loss for them.
The Serie A champions must be guided to appear perfect. A 1-0 victory was enough for them to qualify for the quarter-finals.
However, of course coach Andrea Pirlo will not take the risk and will instruct his team to exert all their strength and anticipate Porto’s potential counterattacks.
For this reason, the Bianconeri have positive capital by winning two previous home matches in the Champions League against Porto, namely winning 3-1 in October 2001 and 1-0 in March 2017, the last being the second leg of the last 16 in the 2016/17 edition.
That record is reinforced by the fact that Porto have not won in their last 13 away games in the knockout stages of the Champions League. The last time they won was in the 2003/04 season with a 1-0 win over Deportivo La Coruna in the semi-finals.
But Juve must also be wary, as they were eliminated in five of the last six editions of the Champions League knockout phase after they lost in the first leg, except for the last 16 of 2018/19 against Atletico Madrid.
Porto came to Turin with good capital, winning 2-0 over Gil Vicente in the Primeira Liga continued last week. It’s just that they are still 10 points behind the leaders, Sporting CP.
Juventus is also in a positive trend, ready to host the Portuguese giants after winning a 3-1 comeback victory when receiving Lazio’s visit to Serie A at the weekend.
Prediction: Juventus 2-0 Porto
– .
