On Wednesday night time, Juventus ended their Champions League group stage marketing campaign on a depressing observe, struggling defeat by the hands of Benfica.
The Portuguese had been the superior aspect within the first half and took an early lead by way of Vangelis Pavlidis because the Outdated Girl’s makeshift defence couldn’t maintain up. Thiago Motta’s males actually improved within the second interval, however they hardly managed to threaten Anatoliy Trubin’s objective. In actual fact, it was the Eagles who pounced on their alternative to make it 2-0 within the late levels.
Subsequently, the Bianconeri fell to the twentieth spot and can enter the playoff spherical as an unseeded group, the place they’ll tackle both Milan or PSV Eindhoven.
After the competition, the official Juventus web site offered us with probably the most fascinating info and stats registered within the aftermath.
The Bianconeri have misplaced for the primary time at house within the Champions League by greater than two objectives since their 0-3 defeat to Villarreal within the second leg of the Spherical of 16 in March 2022.
Juve now have a depressing file towards Portuguese opposition, succumbing to defeats in 4 of their final 5 conferences throughout all competitions.
On one other observe, Thiago Motta’s males launched 17 pictures on Benfica’s goal. The final time Juventus tried this many pictures with out scoring in a Champions League fixture dates again to December 2015 after they tried 19 pictures towards Sevilla.
Previous to Vangelis Pavlidis who scored within the sixteenth minute, the final participant to attain inside the first 20 minutes away towards Juventus within the Champions League was Kylian Mbappe (13′) again in November 2022.
Lastly, Weston McKennie grew to become the seventh participant to don the Juventus captain armband this season in an official fixture, that’s greater than some other Serie A membership this season. The checklist contains Manuel Locatelli, Andrea Cambiaso, Federico Gatti and Danilo who has now left the membership.