Juventus had to put things away well with Maccabi!
This should have been all very routine based on the simple amount of chances that Juventus had to put things away well before the final stretch of Wednesday night’s matchup at the Juventus Stadium arrived. But here we were,
deep into the second half,
watching Maccabi Haifa pushing hard for a potential game-tying goal and probably in deserved fashion, too.
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On the back of an Adrien Rabiot brace and a trio of fantastic assists from Angel Di Maria,
Juventus was able to claim its first three points in the Champions League this season with a 3-1 win over Maccabi Haifa. it wasn’t totally decided until Rabiot
got his second goal of the night with an 83rd-minute header off a Di Maria corner kick,
and that most certainly had more than a few people sweating about Juventus’ chances of actually closing things out.
Why? Because they weren’t looking great and Juve were most certainly pinned back as the 70th,
75th and then 80th minutes came and went.
But then we got the Rabiot goal to relieve the nervousness that was taking over the J Stadium as Juve’s
slim one-goal advantage became more and more at risk in the second half.
It almost makes you want to sing about the man who scored the first and third goals on this night when Juve can actually be happy with the European result.
Ah, but at this point,
Juventus getting a win in the Champions League this season is what matters most here. Sure,
it would have been nice if one of Paris Saint-Germain or Benfica actually gotten a win Wednesday night rather than the other two members of Group H
sharing the points in Lisbon. But Juve can’t be greedy right now as they try to dig themselves out of this early-season hole they have put themselves in.
