Summary and goals of Juventus-PSG (1-2) matchday 6 of the Champions League

The Frenchman scored a goal and offered an assist in a match that did not serve to certify first place

Juventus, third, says goodbye to the Champions League showing its best version

Juventus, despite losing, won this Wednesday deservedly his place to play the Europa League after submitting to a PSG (1-2) that, however, he abused his quality to take the three points thanks to a goal and an assist from Kylian Mbappéalthough they finally qualified for the round of 16 as second in the group after Benfica’s thrashing of Maccabi Haifa (6-1).

The ‘Juve’ jumped to the lawn of his house, a Juventus Stadium committed and connected with his team, riddled with casualties, but with two clear objectives: to bid farewell to the Champions League in front of their fans, leaving a good image and, above all, to give absolutely everything to win third place in the group and to be able to play the Europa League like that.

The team succeeded with flying colors Allegrineutralizing a sleepy PSG that used the creativity of Messi and Mbappé to cause danger, suffered after Fabián Ruiz’s injury in the first few minutes and the bad party paid dearlyas Benfica snatched the first place in the group after thrashing Israeli Maccabi Haifa.

And it is that the ‘Juve’ showed his best version of the seasonwith intensity, determination, good football and the self-confidence necessary to compete head-to-head against a team like PSG, with so much quality in all phases.

It started biting the local setshooting out with each robbery, with each absent-mindedness of the visitors, who they managed to control the initial momentum of the Turinese with long possessions ball seeking to generate spaces for a Mbappé who needed very little to open the scoring and throw away the great Juventine start.

He made a goal seem easy that seems impossible for most players and to which the Frenchman is already accustomed, with power and quality. He threw a pipe at Gatti, sat Locatelli down with a cutout and shot Szczesny from the front with a shot that hit the post before entering. PSG managed to put out the ‘Juve’ outburst with possession and Mbappe’s magic.

But the ‘Vecchia Signora’, unlike many other games so far this season, did not give up the stakeand convinced of her possibilities, accompanied by her ‘tifosi’ and with the freshness of the homegrown players, showed another facet unknown to date in this campaign and with which he managed to dominate PSG until the break, pressing high and with useful possessions in the three-quarter zone, ending the first half with ten shots for three of the Parisians.

Locatelli warned with two shots very dangerous from outside the area, Square did the same with another and Miretti had the clearest after a steal by Locatelli in the front, but the young man was somewhat slow in the definition. All without PSG, who at that time did not need anything else to be first in the group, showed signs of life, although will show obvious signs of not being comfortable with the future of the party.

A party that, inevitably, it was closer to the draw of the ‘Juve’ than anything else. And before the intermission, just at the sunset of the first act, Bonucci achieved the well-deserved equalizer when he finished off the center that his teammate Cuadrado signed with his head..

The trend of the second half continued the line of sight in the first, Juventino dominance against the Frenchbut with the difference that with Benfica’s goal in the other game they needed to win the match in Turin. Galtier moved the bench and it took effect the minute the changes were made, when Mbappé found the newly incorporated Nuno Mendes in depth to finish from the left-handed profileinside the box, and returned PSG to first place in the group.

Despite the disappointment of be eliminated in the group stagethe ‘Juve’ said goodbye leaving a good football taste in the mouth the one who put the final icing on the cake Federico Chiesawho returned to playr after injuring the cruciate ligament in his left knee on January 10.

Chiesa’s energy brought ‘Juve’ back into the game after a PSG goal who continued subdued, and even returned to equalize the contest with a goal from Locatelli, but the assistant raised the flag for offside and canceled the goal.

With the victory, PSG had the first place tied, but Benfica surprised with the sixth goal against Maccabi and relegated him to the second. Equal to everything, the imbalance in favor of the Portuguese team came from the highest number of goals scored away from home. The ‘Juve’, by his part, benefited from the win by the Portuguese to seal their pass to the round of 32 of the Europa League.