After an All-Time great round of 16 leg with Barcelona and PSG, today’s games had a lot of hype to live up to. We have Leicester City trying to capitalize on an away goal from a 2-1 defeat in Sevilla. As for the champions of Italy Juventus are in prime position to knock off Portuguese giants Porto after a very successful away leg that saw them go up 2-0 after a red card.
Juventus vs. Porto:
What a relief it must be for a top club like Juve to score two away goals without conceding. The Old Lady returned home for the second leg against Porto with a ton of confidence after extending their Serie A win streak at home to thirty straight games. This one was pretty much over before it started, with a red card in the 40th minute saw Paulo Dybala convert a penalty to put Juventus up 3-0 on aggregate and Porto down a man. This was another impressive job by Juve not to only prevent Porto from scoring but managing to do so when a team is as desperate as they were. The Old Lady will advance yet again to the final 8 of the Champions League with the title in site. Something that seems more and more doable as each round passes by.
Tomorrow’s games feature Manchester City vs Monaco and Atletico Madrid vs Bayer Leverkusen. Tune in here on Soccer Showdown!