19’ Juventus 0-1 Porto (1-3)
49’ Juventus 1-1 Porto (2-3)
54’ Taremi sent off
63’ Juventus 2-1 Porto (3-3)
115’ Juventus 2-2 Porto (3-4)
117’ Juventus 3-2 Porto (4-4)
The Champions League delivers again!
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Sérgio Oliveira’s game by numbers vs. Juventus:
100% shot accuracy
72 touches
7 crosses
7 ball recoveries
7 duels won
3 shots
3 shots on target
2 chances created
2 tackles
2 fouls won
2 goals
Sending Porto through to the quarter-finals.
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38-year-old Pepe made EIGHTEEN clearances against Juventus, all from inside his own box:
✰ 100% aerial duels won
✰ 18 clearances (most)
✰ 12 headed clearances (most)
✰ 8 ball recoveries
✰ 2 blocked shots
✰ 2 tackles made
An absolute titan 
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Rio Ferdinand on Pepe’s performance vs Juventus: “If I’m coaching at a football club now, I would get these clips and clip them up for every centre-half at the club to watch.”
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2003-04 - FC Porto have progressed in a Champions League knockout tie after winning the first leg for the first time since the 2003-04 quarter-final vs Lyon. Survival.
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August 7, 2020:
Lyon knock Juventus out in the Ro16
March 9, 2021:
Porto knock Juventus out in the Ro16
Twice in seven months 
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Most clearances in a UCL knockout game since 2016-17:
◎ 19 - Diego Godín vs Leicester (18-04-2017)
◉ 18 - Pepe vs Juventus (09-03-2021)
◎ 18 - Stefan Savić vs Liverpool (11-03-2020)
Diego Simeone is on the phone right now. 
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Ronaldo took 56 games to score 20 Champions League goals.
Messi was a bit quicker - 40 games.
Lewandowski was even better, only 36 games.
Erling Haaland did it in 14.
FOURTEEN.
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Played for an hour with 10 men
Pepe dominating defence at 38
Oliveira coming up clutch in ET
Kept Ronaldo from scoring in both legs
Incredible performance from Porto last night 
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Match Preview: Liverpool Vs Leipzig
Liverpool and RB Leipzig will return to the Puskas Arena in Budapest for the second leg of their Champions League last-16 tie on Wednesday evening.
The Reds come into the match boasting a 2-0 lead from the first leg, which was also held on neutral territory at the same venue, and will hope to put their domestic difficulties to one side and book a quarter-final spot for the third time in four seasons.
Reasons for cheer are few and far between for Liverpool at the moment, but the first leg of this tie on February 16 was a rare high point in 2021 so far.
A 2-0 victory in the ‘away’ leg at the Puskas Arena means that Jurgen Klopp’s side return to Hungary with one foot in the quarter-final, and they have never before been knocked out of this competition after winning away from home in the first leg.
The Reds have also remarkably never lost any of their previous 20 ‘home’ matches against German opposition, winning 16 and drawing four with an aggregate score of 52-9, although it is difficult to class this match amongst the rest given that it takes place in Hungary, while Liverpool have made a habit of setting unwanted history in recent weeks.
Indeed, Klopp and his players are probably pleased that this match is taking place 1,300 miles away from Merseyside given that they have now incredibly lost their last six games at Anfield - the worst run in the club’s 129-year history.
The most recent of those was a 1-0 reverse at the hands of relegation-threatened Fulham on Sunday, meaning that Liverpool are also still without a goal from open play at home this calendar year; their only home goal of any kind in their last seven outings came via the penalty spot in a 4-1 defeat to Manchester City.
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Form Guide
Liverpool Champions League form:
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Liverpool form (all competitions):
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RB Leipzig Champions League form:
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RB Leipzig form (all competitions):
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Team News
Roberto Firmino and Ozan Kabak were left out through injury, and Firmino remains a doubt for this match having missed training on Wednesday.
James Milner was also absent from training for unspecified reasons and so has a question mark over his fitness, but Kabak was back in that session and so is expected to be available.
Jordan Henderson, Virgil van Dijk, Joe Gomez and Joel Matip all remain long-term absentees for Liverpool, while back-up goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher is doubtful alongside Firmino, Kabak and Milner.
The German outfit are expected to be without former Manchester City full-back Angelino, who has missed the last three matches with a thigh problem.
Marcel Sabitzer and Willi Orban are also doubts for Nagelsmann’s side, while Konrad Laimer and Dominik Szoboszlai are both sidelined.
Emil Forsberg is now back fit after missing the first leg.
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Key Stats
This is RB Leipzig’s third Champions League campaign, all in the last four seasons, and their fourth in Europe overall. They are playing in the Champions League knockout rounds for the second successive year.
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Like Angelino, Leipzig attacking midfielder Christopher Nkunku also has seven goals in all competitions this season, including four across his last nine outings.
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Leipzig goalkeeper Peter Gulacsi was on the books at Liverpool between 2007 and 2013, but did not make a first-team appearance.
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Liverpool are in the Champions League for the 13th time. They won the competition for the sixth time in 2018/19.
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Player to Watch
Christopher Nkunku
In a game where Leipzig are expected to come out all guns blazing, Christopher Nkunku is set to play a vital role for the visitors in their attempts to break down the depleted Liverpool backline.
The former PSG attacker was one of the star performers in Leipzig’s recent win over Freiburg. It could be different against Liverpool, with Nkunku likely to cause a menace for the backline with his marauding runs and excellent technical awareness.
The Frenchman is also capable of releasing very useful forward balls – making it easier for his team to find themselves in good positions. Alexander Sorloth, in particular, is hoping for some quality support from Nkunku this midweek as the duo look to continue their fiery form in front of goal.
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Match Preview: Paris Saint-Germain Vs Barcelona
Aiming to channel the spirits of the 2016-17 La Remontada heroes, Barcelona travel to the Parc des Princes on Wednesday hoping to overturn a 4-1 deficit from the first leg of their Champions League last-16 battle with Paris Saint-Germain.
Lionel Messi broke the deadlock against his long-term admirers from the penalty spot at Camp Nou before Kylian Mbappe’s hat-trick and Moise Kean’s effort saw PSG put one foot firmly in the quarter-finals of Europe’s elite competition.
By chalking up a trio of goals on the Catalans’ famed turf, Mbappe became just the third player of all time to score a Champions League hat-trick against Barcelona - following in the footsteps of Faustino Asprilla and Andriy Shevchenko - while another goal on Wednesday would see him become the youngest player in the history of the tournament to hit 25 goals - a record currently held by none other than Messi himself.
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