Tonight Juventus
will play with Porto in Portugal,
the first leg of the first knockout round of the Champions League. Juventus will play without strongest defender Leonardo
Bonucci, one of the most important players of the team.
Match Schedule:
Porto vs. Juventus
Champions League Round
of 16
Date: 14 March 2017,
2:45 PM
Stadium: Juventus Stadium
Bonucci is neither injured nor disqualified and left with the
team for Portugal, but tonight will be in the stands as "punishment"
established by the coach Massimiliano Allegri. Juventus have never lost against Porto in three competitive games.
The Bianconeri beat the Portuguese 2-1 in the final of the
1984 Cup Winners' Cup in Basel, while in the first group stage of the Champions League 2001/02 got an away
draw (0-0) and a home win (3- 1). Buffon is the only among the players on the
pitch that day to be still in pink.
Two-time winner of the Champions Cup, the Port took part in
the knockout stage for the second time in three seasons. Porto have collected seven points at home in the group stage,
winning 1-0 with Club Bruges and 5-0 against Leicester.
Searching for the seventh time in the quarterfinals, the
Dragons are unbeaten in six home games with Italian teams. Previously they had
just won a game of seven. Overall, the balance sheet in 28 games against teams
in Serie A is the S11 V8 P9.