Le Zebre hovered above the elimination locations within the league desk with simply three factors
Juventus’ Andrea Cambiaso receives a yellow card from German referee Daniel Siebert throughout the UEFA Champions League – league in opposition to Sporting CP on the Allianz stadium in Turin. PHOTO: AFP
TURIN:
Juventus have been held to a 1-1 draw by Sporting Lisbon on Tuesday as Luciano Spalletti’s new workforce failed to say a primary win on this season’s Champions League.
Dusan Vlahovic earned Juve a degree in Turin by poking residence Khephren Thuram’s low cross within the thirty fourth minute and cancelling out Maximiliano Araujo’s early opener for the Portuguese champions.
Juve are hovering above the elimination locations within the league desk with simply three factors from 4 fixtures in Europe’s elite membership competitors.
“We had a troublesome begin however then took management of the sport,” Spalletti advised Sky Sport.
“What provides me satisfaction and hope is that we have now a great squad as a result of there are gamers with actual high quality.”
Sporting in the meantime are properly tucked within the play-off positions on the midway level of the league part with seven factors.
Rui Borges’ workforce are solely outdoors the direct last-16 qualification locations on purpose distinction, though that can change after Wednesday night time’s fixtures.
“We’re not pleased with the consequence as a result of we predict we might have executed extra. We performed nicely, we have been higher than them and so they’re a great workforce,” stated Vlahovic.
“We have been simply lacking that second purpose, it’s what it’s. I hope we proceed on this vein, but additionally profitable matches.”
Sporting have been the higher workforce within the opening moments of the match and it was no shock when Araujo crashed within the opening purpose off the put up within the twelfth minute.
And the crossbar denied the away facet a second moments later, Francisco Trincao watching his wildly deflected strike crash out off the woodwork.
That escape awakened Juve who then dominated the remainder of the opening interval, with a revived Vlahovic twice going shut earlier than he finally pressured residence his seventh purpose of the season.
Juve had tried to dump Vlahovic within the shut season and the membership’s highest-paid participant had appeared sure to go away subsequent summer time when his contract expires.
However Giorgio Chiellini, a membership icon and now Juve’s strategic director, stated that the “door shouldn’t be closed” for Vlahovic to increase his keep in Turin.
“We have spoken, however I am focused on the suitable now. My solely goal is Saturday’s match (in opposition to native rivals Torino) that we’ll do all we will to win,” added Vlahovic.
Each groups cancelled one another out after Vlahovic’s leveller, till substitute Jonathan David headed a terrific probability straight at Sporting goalkeeper Rui Silva in stoppage time.
