Villarreal get hard-fought split in Italy (video)

Nothing is decided between Juventus Turin and Villarreal, back to back at the Ceramics stadium (1-1), despite a dream start to the match for the “Old Lady” and her rookie Dusan Vlahovic, neophyte in C1 and goalscorer after just 33 seconds!

Juve had all the cards in hand after this early goal but the equalizer from Dani Parejo (66th) complicates the equation for the Turinese, who dream of reaching the quarters after two consecutive failures in the past two seasons.

Vlahovic (22), for whom it was the first Champions League match, wasted no time by opening the scoring with a cross shot (1st minute). Enough to prove the Turin club right to have invested 70 M EUR in January to attract the Fiorentina striker.

It is not the fastest goal in the history of the European queen event, scored in 2006-2007 by the Dutchman Roy Makaay after 10 seconds, but it is already a great achievement.

Still, Juve may have managed this advantage a little too much and Villarreal, winner of the Europa League 2021, ended up coming back: Parejo, alone in the box, sent an instantaneous shot close to the post and preserved the suspense until to the return match on March 16.