Juventus out of the Champions League, Benfica wins 4-3

Emotions and regrets, on the Lisbon lawn, where Juventus loses at Benfica and definitively says goodbye to the hopes of qualifying for the knockout stages of the Champions League.

At the da Luz in Lisbon,

's team was defeated 4-3 by an effective Benfica, never beaten in all competitions so far this season and deserving to continue their journey in the most prestigious cup.

The bianconeri thus collected the fourth setback in five Group H matches despite a good final played above all by the young players thrown into the fray by Allegri. 

The Juventus team capitulated for the first time in the 17 'when, on a short corner kick,

made a perfect cross from the left that found the cut into the small area of

good at overpowering

and placing the ball head on the first post.

The bianconeri, however, did not collapse as on other occasions and at the first favorable situation they found the same: from a corner by

from the left,

soared higher than everyone on the near post finding

at the far post than on two taps .

in consecutive he found the saves of

, but the goalkeeper could nothing on the final touch of

.

However, it took a few minutes and the intervention of the Var to validate the Serbian striker's goal.

Benfica took the lead again in the 28th minute when

with a penalty

.

The penalty shot was propitiated, in spite of himself, by a touch with

's arm in an attempt to take the ball away from

.

The da Luz exploded again in the 35th minute when from a low cross from the right by Joao Mario it was

who entered the area and evaded the Juventus defense by piercing Szczesny with a splendid heel strike. 

Poker of Benfica in the 5 'of the second half, again with Rafa Silva who, primed by

, overtook the goalkeeper out with a delicious "little dig".

Juventus who incredibly rekindled the game in the final with two goals between 32 'and 34' when, from two crosses from the left of the rookie (in the Champions League)

, it was first

with a left-footed volley at the height of the penalty spot and beat Vlachodimos and then

to reiterate on the net after a first shot by

rejected by the goalkeeper. 

Scoreboard

BENFICA 4-3 JUVENTUS

BENFICA 

(4-2-3-1): Vlachodimos 6;

Bah 6, Antonio Silva 6.5, Otamendi 6, Grimaldo 6.5;

Fernandez 6.5, Florentino 6.5;

Rafa Silva 8 (42'st Musa sv), Joao Mario 7.5 (49'st Chiquinho sv), Aursnes 6.5;

Goncalo Ramos 6 (42'st Neres sv).

On the bench: Leite, Gilberto, Verissimo, Diogo Goncalves, Ristic, Brooks, Victor, Henrique Araujo, Paulo Bernardo Coach: Schmidt 6.5. 

JUVENTUS

(3-5-2): Szczesny 6;

Danilo 5.5, Bonucci 4 (15'st Alex Sandro 5.5), Gatti 5;

Cuadrado 4 (15'st Miretti 6), McKennie 6, Locatelli 5.5, Rabiot 5.5, Kostic 5.5 (25'st Iling-Junior 7);

Vlahovic 5 (25'st Soulè sv), Kean 6 (1'st Milik 6.5).

On the bench: Pinsoglio, Perin, Rugani, Fagioli.

Coach: Allegri 5. 

REFEREE

: Jovanovic (Srb) 6. 

NETWORKS

: 17'pt Antonio Silva, 21'pt Kean, 28'pt Joao Mario (rig), 35'pt and 5'st Rafa Silva, 32'st Milik, 34'st McKennie. 

NOTES

: overcast sky, ground in perfect condition. 

Bookings

: Danilo, Fernandez. 

Corners

: 8-7 for Benfica. 

Recovery

: 3 ';

4 '.