Juventus slammed for 'awful' Porto performance by the Italian media
Daily MailAndrea Pirlo's struggling Juventus have woken up on Thursday morning to find themselves widely slammed in the Italian media, following their Champions League last-16 defeat by Porto. The Bianconeri fell to a miserable 2-1 defeat in their opening match, which threatens a shock exit from the competition that many have backed Cristiano Ronaldo and Co to go on and win this season. Italian media pulled no punches with Juventus on Thursday and slammed their efforts Cristiano Ronaldo and Co face the humiliation of a last 16 exit from the competition yet again Pirlo's men toiled in the opening period before allowing Moussa Marega to score less than 20 seconds into the restart, with Italian sports daily Tuttosport branding their performance 'awful'. Ronaldo was denied a penalty in the closing moments after the referee waved appeals away Corriere dello Sport labelled it an 'off night' for Ronaldo but praised Federico Chiesa's late goal Porto put on a spirited display, and will be looking to match their exploits of two seasons ago when they booked a place in the last eight of the competition against the odds.