Paulo Dybala: Juventus on same level as Real Madrid, Barcelona

If Porto overturn a 2-0 deficit at Juventus in the Champions League on Tuesday it would be a sensation to rival that of Barcelona’s comeback last week, but coach Nuno Espirito Santo has admitted such a prospect is slim. If you are out and about, though, or can’t watch the match live fear not, you can keep up with the scores right here.

The Foxes ran out 2-0 winners at the King Power Stadium to clinch a 3-2 aggregate victory in their Round of 16 tie, and their growing reputation around Europe was confirmed by veteran Italy star Buffon.

We should just post our recap from the first leg between Juventus and Porto, really, because they were basically the same game.

However, Allegri was unconcerned about Juve’s prospective opponents.

“I have great teammates who want to win it as well, and teammates who have already won it, so we’re all fired-up to try and lift this trophy”.

Alex Telles’ two quick yellow cards in the first half of the opening leg of this tie effectively ended Porto’s chances to get a result from the initial meeting between the two teams.

Once again, Porto was undone by a red card.

Juventus on the other side took a bit to get up and going in the first leg. “There will always be a doubt about what we could have achieved with 11 players for the entire time in both games”, Nuno said at a press conference. Given the age I am, and in my second year, winning the Champions League would definitely be insane.

Miralem Pjanic stung the palms of Iker Casillas with the game’s first decent effort, with the Spanish goalkeeper then pushing an effort from his former Real Madrid teammate Gonzalo Higuan behind for a corner.

Juventus, coming into the match with a 2-0 win in Portugal three weeks earlier which ensured them of a comfortable position, dominated the entire match and there was no miraculous fight-back from Porto as Maxi Pereira was sent-off for deliberate handball after 40 minutes. Juve have not reached the quarterfinals since 2015, when they lost 3-1 to Barcelona in the final.

In Turin, Juventus managed a narrow win over Porto on Paulo Dybala’s 42nd minute penalty.