Juventus-Villareal, on Wednesday 16 the return of the Champions League round of 16
Juventus recognizes itself in the motto coined by Giampiero Boniperti: “Winning is not important: it is the only thing that matters”. A declaration of intent that acquires an even more meaningful meaning on the occasion of the return match against Villareal, in the Champions League: after the 1-1 in Spain, the 0-0 is not enough and you must necessarily win to move on to the quarter-finals. the final. It is the result of the modification of the historical away goals rulewhich in the event of a tie were worth double: from this season this is no longer the case.
The chances of extra time and penalties are growing
There is also another side of the coin: in the event of a 2-2 (or draw with even more goals), Villareal would not benefit from the goals scored in Turin and therefore would go to extra time. In general, once the distinction between away goals has disappeared, the chances that a knockout match can be decided increase. beyond regular time. The advantage is all on the side of those who have the longest bench and a better physical condition and on this it is not that Juve are doing very well. However, despite the greater number of replacements introduced with Covid, physical exhaustion and fear of losing make the solution of the penalty shootout always very likely. Cruel as they may be, penalty shots remain the best way to unlock a situation of continuing parity, even for lack of an alternative. In the beginning it was the coin, with which only good luck counted, while in more recent years it has been tried with Golden Goal and Silver Goal, lasted like cats on ring roads. The face-to-face from eleven meters, like a western duel, is always the preferred route.
With Vlahovic to aim for the Champions League
Juve must also prepare for this, to continue to cultivate their European dreams. Allegri’s team is in an overbearing ascent in championship, but to separate it from the top of the standings there are too many points and too many teams: if the obstacle were only one, betting on the comeback would be less risky, but in this way it is really difficult. In Italian Cup the road is much easier, after the success of Florence which instead weighs more because the goals away from home in this competition are still worth double. But for Juve’s ambitions there is no other test than the Champions League, where in the last editions it came out in the round of 16, against non-irresistible opponents such as Porto and Lyon, and again because of the double weight of goals scored away (by the others). At least this time it won’t happen and everything else is there Dusan Vlahovic: to bad, a long throw to trigger the number 7 is never a bad choice.
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