Benfica is strong, kicking a zebra, falling out of the choir.
It is a shock for fans of the Juventus team, who have to officially close the path of European football’s battle this season.
Juventus have been disappointing in both the league and the Champions League as they have now been knocked out of the group stage of the Big Ear Cup with six minutes of play. shot, but still the best in the end Bianconeri Army Has won 3rd place and has the right to play in the Europa League as a consolation
because in this season Italian giants Juventus have ended. After they faced a 4-3 defeat to Benfica, this game marks the first time since 2013 that Juventus had to be knocked out of the group stage by being subjected to a small team. The defeat was given unwillingly.
The game in Lisbon, home team Benfica was able to lead the Zebra team to a score of up to 3-1 before the end of the first half. But not enough early in the second half. The falcon of Lisbon Came to score more goals quickly, increasing the score to 4-1, and although the visiting team tried to speed up the goal, followed by two more goals, but it did not help them grab the points back to Turin.
And the defeat in this game resulted in Juventus being placed 3rd in Group H with only three points. Of the five games played, which is equal to the bottom team of the group Maccabi Haifa, but Juve scored better than the Israeli team.
After the game, Juventus boss Massimiliano Allegri gave an interview and attacked his players for not playing well. Until causing the team to meet with a setback that “we deal with competitors in the wrong way. which we looked so weak that we lost the door.”
“When we were shot 4-1, at that time we took more risks. And what happened was a good reaction from our team until the end of the game. and in the first half We had a lot of chances to score goals. We apologize for being knocked out of the Champions League and now we will have to think about the league game. We have started again in the last 20 minutes and we will try to win Lecce in the next game.”
Although Allegri is committed to the league game. However, the situation of Juventus in the Serie A battle is still in a situation that is not very good. They are in eighth place with 11 games in total, collecting 19 points, leaving them 10 points behind leaders Napoli.