Juventus eliminates Freiburg and reserves its seat in the Europa League quarter-finals
Goals: SC Freiburg – Juventus – Played on 03/16/ 2023
Juventus snatched a difficult victory from its host Freiburg (2-0), in the meeting that brought them together at the Europa Park stadium, in the second leg of the round of 16 competitions in the European League.
Dusan Vlahovic scored the first goal in the 45th minute from a penalty kick, while Federico Chiesa scored the second goal (90 + 5). Juventus reached the Europa League quarter-finals, after winning (3-0) on aggregate.
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The hosts tried to surprise Juventus by scoring early, and after 5 minutes had passed, Gatti lost the ball in the middle of the field, so Freiburg snatched it and passed it to Ritsu Doan, who fired a shot from outside the area that passed near the left post of Chesney.
Cuadrado fell inside the penalty area in the 19th minute, trying to get a penalty kick, in a snapshot that angered the Freiburg players, but the referee indicated that the game was completed without a violation.
Juventus managed to break the deadlock in the match in the 27th minute, by scoring the first goal through Vlahovic, after a free kick that was carried out inside the area, the defender met it with a header that hit the crossbar and the Serbian player followed it into the net .. However, the referee of the match, after returning to video technology, decided to cancel the goal for offside. Serbian striker.
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Juventus had a double chance in the 40th minute after Moise Kean fired a powerful shot towards the goal, the goalkeeper shone in it and pushed it away with his foot, to return again to the Juve players and reach Gati, who hit the ball to pass the goalkeeper and was saved by Freiburg defender Ginter from the goal line.
The referee of the match returned to video technology, to find a handball on Manuel Gold, the defender of the home side, to award a penalty kick and display Gold’s second yellow card, and then the red card, to complete the match with 10 players for Freiburg.