A goal from the Portuguese central Renato Veiga in the 90th minute allowed Villarreal to tie against Juventus and add his first point in the present edition of the Champions League.
Marcelino García’s team started better and managed to get ahead on the scoreboard through Mikautadze, but Francisco Conceiçao’s emergence in the second part allowed the Italian team, undefeated in this season, tracing and dreaming of a victory that escaped him at the last moment.
The local team lost respect for Juve from the first minute. The Villarreal did not fall into the Italian team trap, full of midfielders, and jumped his pressure with long balls to his attackers, especially a sharp pep. The ivory was a nightmare for Turin Defense, unable to contain its speed. The Villarreal, who had already threatened with several arrivals, found the goal after a robbery. Parejo activated the counterpart and the ball, after a rejection, ended up on the feet of Mikautadze, which did not forgive.
Juventus did not reject the melee and grew from the hand of Joao Mario and McKennie. Villarreal’s defense passed moments of overwhelmed in which he had to block several shots and ten, the great local novelty, reappeared to save the nth auction of the juve.
The entrance of Conceiçao finished stirring the game. The Portuguese end, in his first contact with the ball, broke the defense and gave the goal to David, but the ram failed at empty door. In his second warning, the Italian team did not forgive. Gatti, after a combed ball in the area, hooked a Chilean shot to which he had no answer.
The goal unleashed Juventus, who went on to govern the game against an uncomfortable Villarreal in which only pepé maintained the level shown in the first part.
When it seemed that Marcelino’s team got up from the canvas, Juventus hit again. A couple’s passing pass was intercepted by Conceiçao, who exploded his speed and overflow to stand in the area and mark with a powerful shot.
Marcelino tried to recover control of the game with the entrance of Moleiro, but Juventus, now the dreamed match script, took advantage of each to sow the anxiety, as in a shot by David to the crossbar. When everything seemed lost, Renato Veiga appeared in a corner kick to head the ball to the net.
In the rest of the day, the connection between De Bruyne and Hojlund certified the victory of Naples against Sporting in Portugal (2-1). The Arsenal of Mikel Arteta maintained its firm step by imposing itself 2-0 on Olympiacos by José Luis Mendilibar. The City could not pass from a tie in Monaco and the Newcastle Goleó, 0-4, to Union Saint-Gilloise.