GOAL website reported that Juventus was eliminated by Porto in the Champions League round of 16 at home. Speaking of the free kick scored by Porto in overtime, the coach Pirlo did not evade the player's turn to dodge the ball. He thought the player might not be aware of the danger and felt that the free kick was too far away, but The fact is that it has been proven that the Juventus players made a huge mistake.
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At the beginning of the 53rd minute of the second half, Juventus already had the advantage of playing one more man, but was dragged into overtime by Porto abruptly. In the 115th minute of overtime, Oliveira hit the wall with a flat kick at a distance of 35 meters from the goal. Although Szesny struggling to save, he did not stop the goal. happened. And even more unfortunately, Oliveira's free kick just hit the position where Ronaldo was standing, and Juventus' leading star jumped up and turned around.
After the game, Ronaldo’s action caused a big wave of public opinion, and some media believed that Ronaldo’s action was totally inappropriate. The former coach of Italy and Juventus, Capello, said that Ronaldo's mistake is unforgivable. Speaking of this free kick defense, Pirlo said: "We chose this way of defending a wall, and there has never been such a situation before. Players will turn around, maybe they think the distance is too far, there will be no Dangerous."
"This is a big mistake, although (being directly scored) this usually does not happen. So the players don’t think this is a threatening free kick, but the fact is that we lost A ball." Pirlo said. Regarding his position, Pirlo explained: "I don't know why Sarri was fired. Juventus has a long-term plan for asking me to be a coach, so I don't worry about being fired._P5p
"I am very upset, we now have a full week of rest to prepare for the league, I prefer to stay in the Champions League league. What we can do now is to better improve every detail in training and improve our shortcomings. "Pirlo said.
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