PAULO Dybala is targeting a special achievement when Juventus host FC Porto in the Champions League tonight– scoring a goal past the distinguished Iker Casillas.
A quarter-final place is up for grabs in Turin, with the Old Lady holding a handy 2-0 lead from the first leg in Portugal.
But as well as helping his side into the last eight in Europe, 23-year-old Dybala has a personal motivation for the 90 minutes ahead.
The Argentinian now has 13 for the season and hopes to add to that tally against former Real Madrid and Spain number one Casillas.
“Obviously I’d like to score against him,” Dybala told O Jogo. “My job is to score goals and to do so against a goalkeeper like him, with the maximum respect, would be special.
“Despite his age he is still a big player at Porto. His achievements as a goalkeeper are historic, everything he has managed to win at Real and the Spanish national team.”
“The last win against Porto gives us some peace of mind because we have a good advantage, but the truth is that Porto are a good team and, in the first leg, they made life difficult for us until we scored.
“Our away goals will be the key, so we’ll have to be very careful at the back. In order to qualify we have to be very careful.
“We dream of winning the Champions League, but we’ll have to pass through different traps: Porto is the next one.”
But Casillas believes Porto can spring surprises when the chips are down.
“We know we face a very hard task but in football anything can happen. We will look put in a good performance, try to win and see what happens,” he said through his media social media platform.
Meanwhile, Porto coach Nuno Espirito Santo is also hopeful of turning the tables against the hosts saying: “We can not give up. This is in our education, this is how we are.”
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