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Allegri predicted it and so it will be.
Turin will decide who advances to the quarterfinals in a match as even as expected.
The first assault between Villarreal and Juventus ended in a draw and with the feeling that there is no favourite.
The Italians got oil out of their new star's goalscoring nose, but the good response from Emery's team allows him to travel to Italy with his options intact.
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Dusan Vlahovic did not need more to leave his business card the night he debuted in the Champions League, just his second game in Europe after that previous Europa League game with Partizan that meant his continental debut at just 16 years old.
The Juventus striker is called to great things and his numbers do not pale before those of footballers like Mbappé or Haaland.
The goal that put the Italians ahead was the number 22 in 29 games this season, big words.
The Serbian is not a footballer with great technical resources but he has that punch for which many millions are paid.
80 specifically in his case.
The first ball he touched, after a long shot from the center of the field, he lowered it and in a heartbeat he had lodged it in the net, hitting at the half turn between Albiol and Pau, still cold.
Pure gold for Allegri's team, despite the fact that it no longer has that double value in case of a tie.
Far from sinking, Villarreal reacted well and soon went for equalizer.
Aware of where the danger of the people from Castellón was, Juventus protected their flanks with a defense of five in which Cuadrado was embedded when his team did not have the ball.
All in all, that's where Pedraza generated the first dangerous action for Emery's men, after stealing from the front and assisting Lo Celso, who finished off a ball that was slightly behind on the woodwork.
He soon took over from Chukwueze on the right, where De Sciglio didn't have as many assists from a fallen Morata to the wing.
From the Nigerian's boots came the shipment that Danjuma, the reference above, finished off with a heel, finding a good response from Szczesny.
Allegri's men suffered when they waited behind and tried to take a step forward to take the ball away from their area.
Even so, they did not mind starting the play short, risking pressure from Villarreal.
In this way, they facilitated the appearance of gaps behind the yellow defense, where Vlahovic and company were disturbing with long shots from their teammates.
The Serbian is a lifelong number '9', skilled at getting the ball down and playing with his back, as he showed in a drop shot to Locatelli that the midfielder shot too high.
A shot to Morata also went up in an action just three touches initiated by his goalkeeper.
The man from Madrid had another one as soon as the second half started, after the yellow defense neglected his back again but his shot did not hit the goal with everything in his favor.
Villarreal, true to form, tried to bottle up Juve but struggled against a defense so crowded that they didn't seem to miss Chiellini and Bonucci, although the latter replaced Alex Sandro after the break.
With Parejo's baton, Emery's men moved the ball from one side to another but without finding that last final pass until Capoue did it, back in the eleven after a couple of weeks absent, and who had also tried from outside the area but without success.
The Frenchman saw Parejo's irruption without a mark in the area and put the goal on a plate for him.
The tie rewarded the dominance of Emery's men, who now had the Italians locked up with their symphony of passes and Lo Celso distributing the game on the balcony of the area.
Added to this were the nerves and inaccuracies that were beginning to appear in the Juventus defense and the problems to get to the top now that Albiol had taken Vlahovic's number plate and was not giving him an inch.
When he did, the Serb took another shot on the half turn well resolved by Rulli.
Villarreal lacked one last push to travel to Turin with an advantage in a final stretch in which Juventus endured without too much trouble and were thankful that the VAR did not review a hard entry by Rabiot at Chukwueze's knee that was it was yellow.
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