Turin (Italy) (AFP)

A superb free kick from Paulo Dybala was enough on Juventus Tuesday to beat Atlético Madrid (1-0) and secure the first place in group D of the Champions League, also complicating the lives of the Spanish, not yet qualified .

The wonder came in the extra time of the first period (45 + 1) and it left the left foot of the Argentine, who found the small net opposite in an angle that really seemed impossible.

Strong, rolled up, running under the bar to the millimeter, the strike of Dybala has put all the public of Turin. The tifosi then got up a second time at his exit a quarter of an hour late, giving him the ovation that deserved his match of champion.

In the first period alone, the Argentinian has managed three superb gestures that justify the price of the ticket, or even the annual subscription: a dream coat rack control on a long opening of Bonucci, a little bridge in heels and in extension on poor Hermoso and the free kick of the victory.

This guarantees Juventus the first place in the pool and the modest guarantees that go with it, the reception at the return of the round of 16 and a draw may be a little less formidable.

It also leaves Atlético very far, six points behind and seven points scored, including that of the draw torn miraculously in the first leg (2-2).

- Ronaldo comes back slowly -

Diego Simeone's team is still not sure of anything, but neither is it in an impossible situation. A victory in the last match, at home against Lokomotiv Moscow already eliminated, will qualify for sure.

Juventus will go very quietly to Leverkusen and can focus on his fight with Inter Milan in Serie A and the return to the foreground of Cristiano Ronaldo.

After the torments of his replacement against AC Milan and small physical glitches, the Portuguese is "back", as he wrote Monday on Instagram, but he is still not quite himself.

We saw him limping after hurting himself by hitting the corner post, missing a lot of technical moves and even leaving his team-mates several free-kicks, not just the goal, which is not exactly in his habits.

But it was also very useful in the second half, when Juve was really threatened by the Madrilenians and he had a good opportunity against the 60th minute, badly concluded by a shot over but greeted by the Cristiano! Cristiano " Juventus Stadium.

The Portuguese ended up alongside Higuain and, as Sarri said on Monday, there are worse things for a coach than having "three strong strikers for two positions".

With Joao Felix, Correa and Lemar, Simeone made him get off his bench three offensive talents that, perhaps, could have served earlier.

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