Nantes survives a valuable draw against the flood of Juventus
Goals: Juventus – Nantes – Played on 02/16/2023
French Nantes snatched a valuable draw against its host Juventus, with a goal for each team, in the match that brought them together at the Allianz Stadium in Turin, in the first leg of the knockout round, which qualifies for the final price of the European League.
Dusan Vlahovic led Juventus in the 13th minute, then Ludovic Blas equalized for Nantes in the 60th minute.
It is scheduled that the finalist will decide the price of the final next Thursday, when Juventus will be a guest on Nantes, in the return match that will be held at La Beaujoire Stadium in France.
Juventus entered the match with the right approach, took over, and dominated the match from the start. In the second minute, Angel Di Maria fired a missile shot from outside the area, which was blocked by the goalkeeper and removed from his goal.
The French team was close to scoring in the 10th minute after a corner was taken inside the area, Castellitto almost put it in the net after the Italian defense failed to disperse it, to fall in front of the Cameroonian, but Danilo succeeded with a decisive intervention in turning it away for a corner.
In the 13th minute, Juve succeeded in scoring the first goal of the match, after a charming long pass from Di Maria to Keiza, who prepared it with a header the moment the goalkeeper went out to his colleague Vlahovic in front of the goal so that the striker put it with a shot into the net.
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Juventus’ attack continued, and in the 31st minute, defender Jirotto almost accidentally scored a goal in his own net, after a cross that the goalkeeper got out of his goal the moment Jiroto turned the ball with a header, but it passed in front of the goal.
Paredes was close to scoring the second goal before the end of the first half, after a short corner, Paredes ran towards it to shoot it on goal, but Lavon shone and pushed it away from his own net.
At the start of the second half, Juventus had a new opportunity through Di Maria, who fired a powerful shot, but it reached the middle of the goal, in the hands of goalkeeper Lavon.