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Porto record first-ever victory over Juventus

Soccer Football- Champions League - Round of 16 First Leg - FC Porto v Juventus - Estadio do Dragao, Porto, Portugal - February 17, 2021 Juventus' Cristiano Ronaldo reacts next to FC Porto's Pepe at the end of the match [REUTERS/Pedro Nunes]

Goals from Mehdi Taremi and Moussa Marega propelled Porto to their first-ever victory over Juventus in the Champions League after they secured a 2-1 win over the Italian champions in the first leg of their last 16 tie on Wednesday.

On a night when very little went Juventus’s way, Federico Chiesa’s late strike at least handed them a lifeline going into the return leg in Turin on March 9.

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