Juventus were beaten 3-1 by PSV in the second leg of the Champions League, exiting the competition after falling in extra time.
PSV started the game on the front foot, knowing they could still progress with a strong performance.
Juve had won four consecutive matches, and this was their latest test, but it was the Dutch side who began the match better.
Things went from bad to worse for Juve as Renato Veiga was forced off after just 12 minutes, with the Bianconeri losing yet another key player.
Juve thought they had won a penalty after 21 minutes, but even after a VAR review, the referee remained unconvinced and did not award it.
Randal Kolo Muani then had a fine chance to open the scoring, but the Frenchman shot wide from a position where he should have scored.
At the break, Juve were content with the scoreline, but PSV began the second half strongly as Ivan Perisic forced Michele Di Gregorio into a brilliant save after just three minutes.
Kolo Muani then missed another good chance, with the PSV goalkeeper making an easy save from his effort.
PSV eventually capitalised on their next big opportunity, with Perisic finishing well to complete a fine team move.
The Dutch side began to dominate and put Juve under pressure, with Luuk de Jong coming close next.
As PSV failed to extend their lead, Timothy Weah stunned the hosts with a terrific equaliser for Juve.
However, the parity was short-lived as Ismael Saibari rifled in another PSV strike to level the tie on aggregate.
The home side continued to dominate possession and create the better chances, but no one could find the net again, sending the match into extra time.
PSV remained the more dangerous side, with Di Gregorio making a fantastic save to deny Saibari early in the first half of extra time.
Eventually, the home side got their reward, as Ryan Flamingo put them back in front.
Juve responded and almost found a way back, but a fine effort from Nicolo Savona was well saved by the PSV goalkeeper.
The Bianconeri then had another huge chance, but Dusan Vlahovic struck the post!
Juve kept pushing, and Di Gregorio was called into action again, producing a great save to prevent PSV from adding a fourth.
However, the Old Lady ultimately bowed out, becoming the third Italian team to exit the competition in the knockout phase.
Bye guys, this was my last Juventus match this season.
I don’t feel like it anymore. This year is already fucked. We can try again next year. Maybe…and if they don’t mess up, they’ll make it to the top 4.
I was thinking the exact thing tired of watching this Juve, enough
Motta has no soul and so is the team.
Both the manager and the team were scared when behind. Motta’s face was pale and hopeless.
Loca is the only anchor and how could u replace him? No idea why Nico always start. I guess he can defend. Koop is a rubbish player, no more to say. Gatti could never be a top defender coz he’s clumsy and came from an amateur. When u c Savona, u know the team is done.
The biggest problem is this team can’t score.
I may not watch anymore due to the time zone difference coz it doesn’t deserve.
If out of top 4 is the only way to sack Motta and Giuntoli, just be it.
Spot on! Agree.
They aren’t making top 4. Last 4 wins have been gifts. Inter played very poorly, especially Martinez. Again all we can do is score lucky goals. If we have to continually hope for random rebounds and golazos every match we’re finished. Again Motta wasn’t the right choice. And Giuntoli has had a lot of misses. Luiz. Koop. Nico (who was a last resort because he couldn’t close the deal for sancho) and let’s be honest Thuram is starting to make that list as well. Also, where is costa???? Savona out of position is better than him? Is this another djalo situation? Giuntoli hit with Kalulu and kolo. That’s it. I know some people think conceicao is a hit but I disagree. He’s too selfish in the final 3rd and really grinds the game to a halt a lot of the time. This season they may make the Europa league. Then next season will be the make or break one for Motta. Motta won’t go anywhere before then, because Giuntoli will look bad especially after what he did to Allegri. So to save face they will say it’s a “project” and Motta is still trying to get his system in place.
I agree that they aren’t making top 4. This team can’t play football. Motta was a bad choice.
I think any team would be happy with Conceicao. He tries to pass and everything, but most of the time he doesn’t succeed because he’s the team’s only hope for offense. They have no idea what to do. Of course, they can’t defend either. And as we saw yesterday, it doesn’t help that they give up territory. It was expected that sooner or later it would lead to trouble…
Usually i think the criticism here is a bit harsh… But today I’m also starting to think that I rather don’t want to watch a game anymore this season.
Last night i totally didn’t understand the substitutions. Why take Conceicao off and not Nico? Why take Locatelli off for Savona?
I knew from that point we were lost 🙁
It hurts to see this club sinking to rock bottom…
good matt, when juv won the game against inter, they did sit down to ask these questions: 1. why did they concede alot of goal chances to inter in that game. 2. how did they concede those chances and 3. why the scarce goal(s).
let me be frank, inter were wasteful just as they were in their last match with ac milan; media over hype of the matches both vs milan and vs juv. these sensations are killing italian football: atlanta,ac milan and juv are thrown out by clubs from lower leagues – with respect to these leagues!
Complacency has been the weakness with Motta and that trickles down to the players, hence the inconsistent performance and results. I think the derby D’italia win got into their heads and they assumed victory against PSV was assured and they had to play the game as a formality. Motta didn’t read the game correctly hence his reluctance to make tactical changes and instill a fight to win.