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Football Soccer – Champions League – Round of 16 Second Leg – Juventus – FC Porto – Allianz Stadium, Turin, Italy – March 9, 2021 Cristiano Ronaldo of Juventus looks dejected after the REUTERS / Massimo Pinca match
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Juventus fell out of the Champions League in the round of 16 when the 10-man Porto scored away goals after extra time.
Porto won the first leg 2-1 and moved into the last after a 2-3 extra time in Turin eight before. The tie ended 4-4 overall.
Sergio Oliveira’s free kick, his second goal that night, proved the difference as he hit a poor Juventus wall and got past Wojciech Szczesny to keep Porto with seven minutes of extra time.
The hosts went straight to the other end to restore their lead through Adrien Rabiot on the night, but Porto held onto the closing stages for a memorable win.
Previously, Oliveira Porto only gave Federico Chiesa a penalty in the second half to turn the tide in favor of the Serie A team – especially since Mehdi Taremi was sent off between Chiesa’s goals for the guests.
Tied with Pepe in good shape at the center of his defense, Porto resumed play in another 30 minutes where the drama continued and Oliveira’s second attempt eventually saw through it .
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Football Soccer – Champions League – Round of 16 second leg – Borussia Dortmund – Sevilla – Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund, Germany – March 9, 2021 Erling Braut Haaland of Borussia Dortmund celebrates his second goal over REUTERS / Leon Kuegeler TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
Erling Haaland was the fastest player in the Champions League with 20 goals when Borussia Dortmund made progress at Sevilla’s expense.
The striker only needed 14 games to hit the mark when Dortmund was in an action packed one Second leg drew 2-2 and advanced into the last eight games with an aggregate win of 5-4.
Sevilla kept Haaland calm in the early stages, but he broke the impasse 10 minutes before half-time when he hit a Marco Reus pass typed.
He seemed to achieve a good solo second, but had ruled out the possibility of a foul before the VAR intervened and Dortmund awarded a penalty for an earlier jersey against Haaland. < That wouldn't be the end of the drama as Haaland's penalty was saved by Yassine Bounou, who also parried the rebound only to be punished for straying from his line – with the free kick taken again and Haaland none Made mistakes.
Sevilla kept fighting and gave the hosts something to think about when Youssef En-Nesyri pulled one back with his own penalty and equalized that night with a last breath header.
In the Champions Women’s League, Paris St. Germain took full control of the round of 16 against Sparta Prague.
Last season’s semi-finalists beat their Czech opponents 5-0 in the first leg in Paris, when Marie-Antoinette Katoto scored twice and Ramona Bachmann , Ashley Lawrence and Luana Paixao captured the win.
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