Dusan Vlahovic melted the hearts of Juventus fans in his Champions League debut. Chelsea, who defended his UCL title, kept Lille in check.
Juventus’ new offensive reinforcement Dusan Vlahovicin the football champions league career at the Turin giant could hardly have started better than what was seen as a guest of Villarreal in Spain on Tuesday. Vlahovic melted the hearts of Juventus fans by opening his paint account in just over half a minute.
However, a 1-0 hit by Serbi Vlahovic from his second ball contact did not carry the away team to victory. Villarreal Daniel Parejo leveled the score in the 66th minute, and the teams ended in a 1-1 draw before the decisive second quarter.
Vlahovic, who moved to Juventus with a generous sum of more than 70 million from Fiorentina, had had time to play three Italian league games in Serie A before Juventus on Tuesday. In them, he had hit between the paint poles just over two weeks ago against Verona.
Juventus deputy
After taking the lead against Villarreal with lightning, Juventus patched up any holes in his defense. Villarreal, who had thirsted a hand, got a penalty Gerard Morenoa the home team was attacking for a long time.
The closest goal to Villarreal was an Argentine striker in the first half Giovani Lo Celso. With 12 minutes played, a mistake by the home side’s left defense allowed Tomasz Kowalski to get through.
Juventus was on the field as a deputy. Among other things, they were absent from the defense Giorgio Chiellini and the attack Paulo Dybala. Head coach of Juventus Massimiliano Allegri exchanged for the second half everything experienced Leonardo Bonuccin to secure the defense.
Chelsea did what was needed
Although Chelsea have lost valuable league points in the English Premier League for the championship match, there was no guest surprise from the French Lille in London on Tuesday. Chelsea, who won the Champions League last season, set off a 2-0 win.
Chelsean Kai Havertz was the scorer. The German Havertz was on the first ten-minute field in a flare-up.
Chelsea American player Christian Pulisic doubled the lead to 2-0 in the 63rd minute.
The decisive second matches of the quarterfinals will be played in Turin and Lille on March 16th.