2023-04-20 21:57:00
Shaken, Juventus Turin climbed into the last four of the Europa League by settling for a draw Thursday in Lisbon on the lawn of Sporting (1-1) in the quarter-final return. Adrien Rabiot allowed Juve to take the lead (1-0, 9th) before Sporting recovered thanks to a penalty converted by Marcus Edwards (1-1, 20th). In the semi-finals, the Bianconeri will face Sevilla FC, winner of Manchester United (3-0) at the same time.
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After a good start from the Portuguese, the Old Lady proved effective by scoring on her first opportunity. Federico Chiesa fired a corner that the Sporting defense pushed back on Adrien Rabiot, the Habs hitting in pivot for the opener (1-0, 9th). But this goal did not dampen the enthusiasm of the Lisbon people who continued to put pressure on the Turin cages.
In the wake of a strike from Francisco Trincão on the post following a tumble from Edwards, Rabiot mowed Manuel Ugarte in the area (18th), the referee of the meeting, François Letexier, pointing to the penalty spot. Edwards converted it with a low strike in the center of the cages guarded by Wojciech Szczesny who had dived to his left. Affected by this equalizer, the Turinese fell back once morest a threatening Sporting. Ousmane Diomandé also believed to give the advantage to the Lions with a header from a corner which missed the target by a few centimeters (35th).
Juventus players celebrate Adrien Rabiot’s goal during Sporting Lisbon-Juventus – Europa League 2022-23
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Returning from the locker room, the Turinese got a huge opportunity when Dusan Vlahovic, yet completely alone a few meters from the goals, missed his header following a service from Angel Di Maria (54th). With their advantage in the first leg (1-0), thanks to a goal from Federico Gatti, Juve then settled for defending well by repelling Sporting’s incursions into their area, even if they got scared on a shot from Sebastian Coates in the last moments (90th).
Massimiliano Allegri’s men can be doubly happy. In addition to qualifying, their sanction of 15 penalty points in the league for alleged accounting fraud was suspended on Thursday. They thus return to third place in Serie A and do not, for the moment, need to win the C3 in order to qualify for the next Champions League.
With Roma, Italy has two clubs in the last four as in C1
As in the Champions League, which will have two clubs in the semis with Inter and AC Milan, Italy has two representatives in the last four of C3 following the late qualification of Roma (a fifth Italian club, Fiorentina, will play the semi-finals of the Europa League Conference). Thanks to a goal from Paulo Dybala at the end of regulation time (2-1 victory), José Mourinho’s team pushed Feyenoord into extra time and finally won 4-1 at home with goals from Stephan El Shaarawy (101st) and Lorenzo Pellegrini (108th).
Finally in Belgium, Union Saint-Gilloise’s first European adventure came to an abrupt end following Bayer Leverkusen’s 4-1 victory. Moussa Diaby, Mitchel Bakker, Jeremie Frimpong and Adam Hlozek scored the goals for Bayer, and erased their check in the first leg (1-1).
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