Today, September 14, the match of the 2nd round of the Champions League group stage between Juventus Turin and Benfica Lisbon took place.
The meeting ended with a score of 2:1 in favor of the Portuguese club.
Juventus quickly opened the opponent’s gate, scoring already in the fourth minute. Pole Arkadiusz Milik scored for the “old lady”, but the guests answered one opponent’s ball with their two. At the end of the first half, Joao Mario equalized, and at the beginning of the second segment of the game, the Brazilian David Neres led the guests ahead.
For Juventus, this defeat was the second in the current Champions League. The Turin team lost to PSG (1:2) in the previous round. Lisbon Benfica scored six points out of six possible in two matches, beating Maccabi Haifa 2-0 at the beginning of the tournament.