Juventus Turin and Bruges drew in what could be the dullest and most boring match of this new Champions League format (0-0), with both still in play-off positions but with possibilities on the final day .
The stats said it all about the first half when the break came. Only one shot by each team and none of them between the three sticks. The Belgian team started with a more offensive spirit, attacks with verticality and with Jutglà and Talbi, even without success in the final stage.
Gradually the game started to get sad. Juventus basically took control of the match, playing in the field of a Brugge that closed down and was hardly challenged by Motta’s team, with slow circulation and few solutions. Even the newness of Douglas Luiz, in his first start in the Champions League, did not serve to refresh the circulation of the ‘bianconeri’, which almost isolated Nico González at the point of attack.
A monologue that lasted the entire second half. Juventus played with changes, bringing in unbalanced players like Sergio Conceiçao or Yildiz, but it was useless. And more, Bruges had the best, with a scissor shot by Nilsson in a promising position that went through the roof. And if there is one thing that should be highlighted, it is the great work done by the Belgian team.
match lineup
22
64
55
30
4
44
68
15
9
20
8
29
37
27
26
4
15
22
5
11
8
51
Jan Breydelstadion
Michele DiGregorio29
68′
Nicolò Savona37
Andrea Cambiaso27
Douglas Luiz26
75′
Federico Gatti4
Pierre Kalulu15
89′
Timothy Weah22
65′
Manuel Locatelli5
68′
Nicolas Gonzalez11
75′
Teun Koopmeiners8
37′
75′
77′
Samuel Mbangula51
65′
Replacements
Mattia Perin1
Carlo Pinsoglio23
89′
Jonas Rouhi40
Weston McKennie16
75′
Vasilije Adzic17
68′
Khéphren Thuram19
75′
77′
Nicolò Fagioli21
Francisco Conceição7
65′
76′
Dusan Vlahovic9
75′
68′
Kenan Yildiz10
65′
coach
Nicky Hayen
Thiago Motta
Source: La Verdad
I’m Rose Herman and I work as an author for Today Times Live. My expertise lies in writing about sports, a passion of mine that has been with me since childhood. As part of my job, I provide comprehensive coverage on everything from football to tennis to golf.
