Failure of Juventus: Defeat in Lisbon and out of Champions

A great is out of the most important club tournament in Europe. With one day left in the group stage, Juventus was left with no chance of advancing and now they only have to aspire for third place to go to the Europa League round of 16 playoffs.

La Vecchia Signora, with Juan Guillermo Cuadrado 60 minutes on the court, fell 4-1 in their visit to Benfica at Estadio da Luz, with which the Portuguese club secured its place in the best 16 of the Champions together with PSG.

In the first half, Benfica already had the match resolved in their favour. António Silva opened the scoring in Lisbon, but the visitor’s response quickly came through Moise Kean. Later, A handball from Cuadrado in the area gave the local a penalty that Joao Mario changed for a goal.

The Portuguese club went into the break with a comfortable lead thanks to the first goal from Rafa Silva, who completed his brace at the start of the additional stage to sentence Juve. A reflection of what has been the discreet start to the season for the Vecchia Signora, because it is also far from the top at the local level.

Milik and McKennie gave Juve hope

Two goals in two minutes excited the visitor. Milik first defined a center from the left of the youthful Illing-Junior at 77 ‘and at 79’ the Englishman reappeared on that side, ball into the area, an error by Vlachodimos that left her alive, a series of rebounds and McKennie appeared to send it at the bottom. 4-3 for a vibrant finish in Lisbon.

Options on both sides. Juventus had a couple of clear chances to tie the game and Rafa Silva, on a counterattack, had the local’s fifth, but the post told him no. In the end it was a 4-3 victory for Benfica and the Italian team will close the group stage by receiving PSG, seeking to add to continue with European participation in the first half of 2023. Before that, he will visit Lecce for Serie A.