Juventus falls in Lisbon and must say goodbye to the Champions League. Max Allegri’s team loses 4-3 to Benfica after the heavy defeat against Maccabi and must say goodbye to the chances of reaching second place. Benfica rises to 11 points with PSG winning against Maccabi who remain at 3 points like Juve and will play for third place to go down to the Europa League with the bianconeri. Read also THE MATCH – Allegri for the decisive challenge in the Champions League chooses the 3-man defense with Szczesny in goal, Danilo, Bonucci and Gatti to form the defensive trio. Locatelli director with McKennie and Rabiot at his sides. Wide on the flanks will act Cuadrado and Kostic. Ahead confirmed the couple seen in the league against Empoli made up of Vlahovic and Kean. Schmidt instead lines up Vlachodimos between the posts, with the 4-man defense and Ramos forward together with Joao Mario and Rafa Silva. Gatti tests and leaves Szczesny no chance. Juventus is not there and finds the equalizer shortly after. At 21 ‘Vlahovic’s goal arrives. Corner beaten from the left by Kostic towards the near post where Danilo spits, Vlahovic comes out on the second and hits with his head against Vlachodimos, the referee cancels at first but after the intervention of the Var assigns the goal to Juventus. However, he passes very little, Cuadrado hits the area with his hand and the referee Jovanovic awards a penalty kick. At 28 ‘the former Inter Joao Mario shows up on the spot and displaces the goalkeeper and scores 2-1. Juve feel the blow and suffer the three of a kind in the 35th minute: Joao Mario serves in the area Rafa Silva who with a spectacular heel strike still knocks Szczesny down. In the second half Juve’s reaction is not there and Benfica still scores. At 50 ‘Bonucci makes a very serious mistake by serving Grimaldo directly: central pocket for Rafa Silva who, with his left-handed, beats Szczesny with a dig, a personal double and 4-1. Allegri’s team fails to make itself dangerous due to the imprecision of its attackers and risks collapse. At 61 ‘double chance for Benfica with Szczesny who saves first on the close shot of Rafa Silva, and then on that of Aursnes.Allegri tries everything and inserts Iling and Soulé for Kostic and Vlahovic, after having also included Milik, and the race changes. At 76 ‘Rafa Silva devoured the hat-trick with a left-footed volley on an assist from Joao Mario and then Juve scored two goals in two minutes. At 77 ‘Iling jumps Bah on the left and crosses to the center where Milik in turn with the left beats Vlachodimos. At 79 ‘another blaze from Iling on the left, strong cross in the center where Vlachodimos smanaccia on the feet of Soulé who tries to jump the goalkeeper and to conclude, the rebounded ball arrives between the feet of McKennie who reopens the game with the left plate for 4 -3. Juve pours forward and risks suffering again but in the 86th minute Rafa Silva makes himself half the field ball and chain followed by the Juventus defense, but once in front of Szczesny he kicks incredibly on the post. In the agitated final of the match the Bianconeri close to an incredible equal: at 89 ‘still descent in the left-handed lane of the young Iling, low cross towards the center where Soulé arrives who hits the spot badly with his right and sends to the bottom. Then at 91 ‘Gatti a whisker from 4-4: corner beaten by the left and head off of the young defender who touches the post.
