Juventus drew 1-1 with Villarreal at La Cerámica, in the first leg of the Champions League round of 16. The first goal was at 30 seconds by the Serbian Dusan Vlahovic, who debuted in the European tournament with the Old lady. But in the complement he equalized Daniel Parejo. It’s a knockout the Spanish team arrives at its best moment of the season and in which he aspires to be able to overcome one of the competition’s historical figures. The rematch will be played on March 16 in Turin.
From the opening whistle the Italian team imposed the rules and following a deep pass Vlahovic He lowered her chest in the area and defined a half turn to put the Turin cast ahead. The Serbian plays with number seven, the one he used Cristiano Ronaldo for three seasons together bianconeri. It was the fastest goal of the current edition of the UCL.
But Yellow Submarine He did not give up and went for the draw. His strongest first chance was the shot at the crossbar. Young Lo Celso following a good combination with Alfonso Pedraza.
Later the local cast kept trying with Lo Celso himself as his best credential, but the Italians withdrew well in the background and truncated those possibilities. In that search, Villarreal left spaces and Juve had some arrivals, but failed to extend their lead in the initial 45 minutes.
In the complement the Spanish team approached Juve’s area, but lacked depth, and had to take care of their rival’s quick exits with John William Square and Mattia De Sciglio.
However, at 65 minutes the local got the tie and it was with a nice goal. came the pass Etienne Capoue and in the area Daniel Parejo he spliced first and sent it to the net.
The rematch of this key will be played next Wednesday March 16 in Turin and both will define who will be one of the best eight in the main Old World club tournament.
FORMATIONS
Villarreal CF: Rulli; Foyth, Albiol, Pau Torres, Pedraza; Chukwueze, Capoue Parejo, Alberto Moreno; Lo Celso, Danjuma.
Juventus: Szczesny; De Sciglio, Danilo, De Ligt, Sandro; Cuadrado, Locatelli, Rabiot, McKennie; Morata, Vlahovic.
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