The PSV managed to overcome to the result harvested in the first leg YREmotó to Juventus (3-1, 4-3 global) to qualify to the round of 16 of the Champions League, sinking Thiago Motta in which he was his first great night as a Juventino coach.
When the ‘Juve’ was best, it was when he faced you to you to PSV. I had the game certainly controlled In the first half. Then began to speculate with the draw, To play with fire with the passing of the minutes, to Grow a PSV That ended up deserving the pass. And he disappointed again. The second half was disastrous. The extension, a natural consequence. The elimination, another Motta disaster, in which it was the decisive night of its season.
And that the dynamics of both teams before the decisive duel were radically opposite. While the ‘Juve’ came with confidence after imposing itself to Inter in the Italian classic to add its fourth consecutive victory, The PSV was still in a crisis After missing with a draw the opportunity to recover the leadership of the Eredivise.
In those the game moved at the beginning. Because the ‘juve’, despite Renato Veiga’s injury in the 12th minute that forced the defense to change, had everything controlled that you can have a tie with One advantage goal. It was a solid team in defense, although not especially clinical in the three -quarter area, where the Dutch began to leave more and more spacesforced to go in search of the goal.
That sense of control did not last too much. Shortly before the break, the PSV began to find its opportunities with a stellar perisic. And the ‘juve’ to play with fire COn just an advantage goal. His plan was gradually turning into one of survival, of tie to anything to be going on and celebrate without too much work, simply fulfilling.
This plan has never worked much. In fact, it lasted until the beginning of the second act, When what happened to him happened to the combined ‘bianconero’, at least in recent years: that He was on the edge of the cliff. It is not a new situation for those of Motta, but not less unpleasant.
It also had to be precisely Ivan Perisic The player who put the strings to the ‘Juve’. Again. As in the first leg. A well -known player For the Turin fans, with the past at Inter Milan, the greatest rival of the ‘Vecchia Signora’ in Italy. Six years he played in the ‘Nerazzurro’ team, which I was sure of a small last joy With a right who gave hope in Eindhoven and The comeback struck.
The goal came after a great exit of the PSV ball, with a perfect driving and final assistance of Lang to the right side, where Perisic joined intelligence On the back of Nico González To shoot Di Gregorio.
The PSV was then found with the part where I wanted almost Without waiting for him. And there the Dutch domain. Constant occasions and continuous danger for 10 minutes of siege that, however, ended with a goal goal as unexpected as little deserved being in the best moments of the PSV.
A ball fell to the American on the front after a lateral foul loot and did not think twice. First, satin and stuck to the stick. The VAR had to check the goal For a possible positional game of Gatti, but the ‘Juve’ took some air.
It was a mirage, actually. Because in the 74th minute, after several minutes again of absolute submission, The PSV found the goal that led the game to the extension. A center of the omnipresent Perisic, an attempt to auction from De Jong and a final definition of Saibari extended the game.
The extension was a continuation of the second half Juventino. And the outcome, the most predictable. Control of the PSV and goal of the Dutch In a ball play standing in the first half of the extension. Bakayoko picked up a ball only to the second stick, very comfortable. He looked center and between Gatti and Di Gregorio left the dead ball for Flamingo will sea the comeback.
The ‘Juve’, who could leave with a 4-1 If Di Gregorio had not saved in the 120th minute, He burned in search of tie. Only a Vlahovic stick in a lateral play gave hope to go to penalties. Nothing else. Motta wobbles after a decisive night. And the PSV, that he believed in the comeback, It will be in the round of 16.
