At kickoff, 4 Brazilians were holders. On the side of FC Porto, the two Luso-Brazilians Pepe and Otávio and on the side of Juventus in Turin, full-backs Alex Sandro and Danilo.
The two Brazilians from Juventus are also nominated for the Golden Samba and the votes are still open for you to decide who is the best Brazilian player playing in Europe in 2020.
It was the Porto players who opened the scoring from the first minutes of the match. On a badly adjusted back pass from Betancur, Taremi grabs the ball and scores (1-0, 2 ‘).
Porto hit the nail on the head at the start of the second half with Moussa Marego doubling the score (2-0, 46 ‘). The entire Piedmont defense remains frozen while Alex Sandro followed the action.
Juventus will close the gap at the end of the game thanks to Federico Chiesa. The Turinese ended the match with 65% possession and 12 shots at 8.
This poor performance caused strong criticism against Cristiano Ronaldo but the team should re-mobilize with the goal of the final on May 29 in Istanbul.
The Champions League will continue next week with other Golden Samba nominees.
Douglas Costa will play with Bayern Munich against Lazio Rome on February 23 and Thiago Silva with Chelsea against Atlético de Madrid on the same day.
On February 24, it will be the turn of the Brazilian colony of Real Madrid with Marcelo, Vinícius, Rodrygo and Casemiro to face Atalanta Bergamo.
On Wednesday, Citizens Gabriel Jesus, Fernandinho and Ederson face M’Gladbach.
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