Olympus is reached. Juventus obtains the pass for the quarter-finals as expected and definitively launches the challenge to the big names in Europe for the conquest of the Champions League.
Tomorrow, after tonight's last eighths (Atletico Madrid – Bayer Leverkusen and Munich – Manchester City), it will be time for the draws and therefore for the truth: in the urn, waiting for the final two, there are Bayern Munich, Real Madrid and Barcelona, but also Shakespeare's Leicester, very good at eliminating Seville but still definitely within reach.
A lot will come from there, but certainly Juventus arrive in the quarter-finals with two consecutive victories, moreover without conceding a goal: the offensive phase will not (yet) be up to the challengers, the defensive phase, on the other hand, is much superior.
“The goal was to finish at least in the top eight, now we'll see what the urn will tell us – thought Allegri – We're going to face important teams and we'll have to improve a lot compared to today's second time, where we were not very efficient. In those situations, either you attack with speed and pressure or you stay behind and spin it until you get bored, but we didn't do either of those things. Luckily we had qualification under control, but for the future we will have to work better on these aspects. In any case, we will courageously face whoever arrives, we must have the strength to go to the final”.
Needless to hide any longer, the time to expose yourself has arrived. Juventus certainly don't want to be satisfied with the quarter-finals and are ready (barring the help of luck in the urn) to challenge their main opponents to win the Champions League. In this sense, the round of 3 against Porto may have contributed to increasing self-esteem: XNUMX goals scored overall, none conceded.
Yesterday evening the bianconeri could have settled for a draw and, all in all, they did, especially in the second half, after Dybala had signed the 1-0/sentence on a penalty kick (41'). Episode that definitively extinguished Porto's ambitions, which remained in 10 just following this action (obvious hand from Maxi Pereira to save a safe shot from Higuain).
The second half lived with low rhythms and ball possession, also because the Portuguese, however now disheartened, missed the equalizing goal with Soares, unfortunate in wasting an incredible opportunity face to face with Buffon (50 ').
It was the beginning of the recovery and the story, perhaps, could have undergone some changes. Instead it ended like this, with Juve still winning at home and Porto saying goodbye to the Champions League. Where, on the other hand, Allegri's men remain, ever more ready to launch the challenge to the Europe that counts.
