Round Thursday for Juve: they bring back 15 points in the semifinals

Round Thursday for Juventus. During the afternoon the sanction of 15 points in Serie A was revoked and after some time, with this morale boost, they reached the semifinals of the Europa League after drawing with Jose Alvalade (1-1) and take advantage of the 1-0 win in Turin.

Sevilla, who knocked out Manchester United, will next face a Juventus who will be playing in their first continental semifinal since being runners-up in the Champions League in 2017. In the Europa League the ‘vecchia signora’ have not reached the semis since 2014.

Juventus once again took advantage of a set piece to open the scoring. As in the first leg, the goal came after a corner. If Federico Gatti scored then After a mistake by Antonio Adán, this time the Madrid goalkeeper did not miss, but his defense did not defend well and the ball fell into the Adrien Rabiot who in turn shot 0-1 in the 9th minute.

Edwards, the best, equalized from a penalty

The tie was put in front of JUve, but Sporting didn’t take long to respond. English winger Marcus Edwards, their most dominant player, He came down the right wing to the end line and his cross was about to finish Danilo on the network. The post saved him from an own goal and the rebound Rabiot brought down Manuel Ugarte on the spot.

The obvious punishment was changed by Edwards in the 20th minute defeat Wojciech Szczesny, who returned to the Turin goal after recovering from the scare he suffered a week before In the first leg, when he had to retire when he felt chest pains.

Trincao, false nine

The Sporting, included Francisco Trincao of the false nineaway from the game and had two chances to equalize through Ugarte, with a shot that rose (25′), and from the centre-back Ousmane Diomandéwhose header from a corner misses him narrowly (34′).

They were the worst moments for a Juve who cried out for a break after being pushed by a Sporting team who finished the first half with good feeling, holding the ball all over the field at will rather than Throw your game at Edwards to the right. Trincao, on loan at Barça, did not play losing the position where Rúben Amorim placed him.

Juve in control

In the second half, Juventus regained the pulse of the match. He imposed his law in the middle of the field when Ángel Di María entered, more was at stake and he has become more comfortable since Sporting accused the pressure, Edwards lowered his level and his teammates did not perform at the level that last week they showed in many stages in Turin.

Juve reached the rival area a little more but could not create clear chances up to that point Massimiliano Allegri replaced Federico Chiesa and Dusan Vlahovic, while in defense he barely conceded to a Sporting with few ideas. Just made a cleaning mistake Danilo left Ricardo Esgaio alonewhich shot high (84′).

Sporting forgives the extension

Edwards takes responsibility for the last Lisbon arreón. The Englishman, in another excellent internship, served the purpose in Sebastian Coates, but the shot went over the crossbar for the Uruguayan central defender (87′). It was the last cartridge of a Sporting that locked up Juve but fought back.

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JUVENTUS

Sports: Adam; Diomande, Coates, Gonçalo Inácio (Matheus Reis, 81′); Esgaio, Ugarte, Morita, Nuno Santos (Arthur Gomes, 87′); Edwards, Pedro Gonçalves; Trincão (Chermiti, 81′)
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Juventus: Szczesny; Danilo, Bremer (Gatti, 73′), Alex Sandro; Cuadrado, Locatelli, Miretti (Pogba, 72′), Rabiot, Chiesa (Kostic, 78′); Di Maria, Vlahovic (Milik, 71′)

Goals: 0-1 Rabiot (9′), 1-1 Edwards (pen.) (20′)

Referee: François Letexier (France). Yellow cards to Ugarte (24′), Gatti (83′), Pogba (89′), Edwards (93′)

Spectators: 50,000 at José Alvalade
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