It’s Porto vs Chelsea in the Champions League quarter-finals!
A hard-headed Porto side inspired by veteran Pepe will meet Tuchel’s unbeaten Chelsea in what is expected to be a fantastic spectacle of attacking & defensive football.
Porto made it to the Champions League quarter-finals by holding out Serie A Champions Juventus 4-4 on aggregate and going through on away goals. The Portuguese giants won the first leg by two goals to one, before going on to lose 3-2 in Turin, with the two away goals by Sergio Oliviera making the difference in the end.
Chelsea however, outplayed a defensive Atletico Madrid side and sealed two clean sheets in two legs. The 3-0 aggregate victory sealed Tuchel’s 13th record unbeaten match since taking charge in London.
The Blues will face either Real Madrid or Liverpool if they manage to oust Porto over two legs. It is undoubtedly a clash Chelsea that has got the fans grooving. You can see some of the reactions below.
More than happy.. Over joyous
— Samson okoliko (@OkolikoC) March 19, 2021
I couldn’t be more happier 🔵🔵👏👏 we have managed to avoid those tricky teams
— Liam Cooper Mcgrady (@Djabal17) March 19, 2021
best possible draw ( even for semis ), doesn’t mean we’r sure to get to finals but we avoid the 2 biggest ( or even 3 ) favorites in bayern, city ( and psg ? )
— mouh (@MouhSai) March 19, 2021
I couldn’t have asked for a better draw
— Tawie (@Bla_Taw) March 19, 2021
Very satisfied but Porto is a tricky tie
— Mangas Farm Services (@Ayindelukman1) March 19, 2021
Not a bad one 👊🏿
— Abuti K. (@Basic_KG) March 19, 2021
Tuchel in June pic.twitter.com/vpsNBUvitM
— leWis🇪🇹 (@CarefreeLewisG) March 19, 2021
There is no easy team in the UCL but you cannot complain about this draw. This is great.
Porto are a impressive team no doubt knocking out juve but it was either them or bvb I wanted
— Rasen – HakimTheDream (@RasenRendanX) March 19, 2021
We played a Portuguese team in the quarter final of 2012 a Spanish team in the semifinals than German team in the final, guess what it’s happening again 💃💃
— IFEANYICHUKWU (@agu_i) March 19, 2021
Semi final here we come
— Mohammed Segun (@MohammedSegun1) March 19, 2021
If we get through I hope we play the scousers so we can get our own back on the Phantom Goal in the 2004/5 semi finals.