DBasia.news – A surprising defeat happened at Stade de Suisse Stadium, home of Young Boys, when they defeated the Serie A winner, Juventus, during the last match of Group H Champions League with a 1-2 score, Wednesday (12/12). The failure is the first away defeat for Binaconeri since 2017.
Actually, Juventus dominated the match. Cristiano Ronaldo and friends created 25 opportunities, 7 of them met the target. Meanwhile, 60 percent of ball possession belongs to Bianconeri.
However, Juventus couldn’t utilize the situation. Moreover, La Vecchia Signora got left 1-0 after Guillaume Hoarau converted the penalty kick to be a goal. Hoarau’s kick was countered by Wojciech Szczesny, but the ball went to the net.
At 68′, Young Boys added the score 2-0 after Guillaume scored his second goal. He kicked the ball to the corner below of Juventus goal.
Juventus only scored one goal before the match ended. 10 minutes before the final whistle, Paulo Dybala wrote his name on the scoreboard by the collaboration from Cristiano Ronaldo and Douglas Costa.
Opta reported that’s the first defeat of Juventus in an away match since November 2017. At that time, La Vecchia Signora got defeated by Sampdoria.
Since that match, Juventus scored 23 victories and 3 draws. No wonder, Juventus dominated the Serie A and always qualified for the Champions League knockout round.
Despite the failure, Juventus still the leader of the group. On the other match, Manchester United got defeated 2-1 by Valencia.