Gatti saves Juve in the 97th minute, with Sevilla ends 1-1

Gatti is still the man of Juve's providence: his header in the 97th minute allows Juve to grab the draw against Sevilla. On the return, however, it will take a whole other test by the Bianconeri, who suffered the speed of the Andalusians, to hope to reach the final. No four-man defense or attacking trident, Massimiliano Allegri chooses the proven 3-5-2 for the first semi-final. In attack Vlahovic is still supported by Di Maria with Chiesa, Milik and Kean representing the options in the current race, Cuadrado and Kostic are the usual outsiders with Locatelli and Rabiot in midfield.

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Europa League: Juventus-Sevilla 1-1 - Football

Juventus-Sevilla 1-1 (0-1) Juventus (3-5-2): Szczesny; Danilo, Bonucci (16' st Gatti), Alex Sandro; Cuadrado, Miretti (1' st Chiesa), Locatelli, Rabiot, Kostic (1' st Iling-Junior); Di Maria (25' st Pogba), Vlahovic (16' st Milik) (23 Pinsoglio, 36 Perin,... (ANSA)

There is no Fagioli, but another former Next Gen, Miretti, to complete the Juventus central department. In defense, between Danilo and Alex Sandro, Bonucci plays: it is a special evening for the captain, who against Sevilla touches 500 appearances with Juve. Mendilibar leaves old Italian football acquaintances Alex Telles, Lamela and Papu Gomez on the bench, launching En-Nesyri bomber as an offensive reference of the 4-2-3-1. Ocampos recovers and plays from the first minute on the three-quarter with Torres and Gil, to act as a mockery in front of the defense there is the Fernando-Rakitic pairing. Bounou, one of Morocco's heroes in Qatar, was chosen between the posts, and Mendilibar was chosen in front of him in the central Badé-Gudelj square and Navas-Acuna as full-backs.
On the stands of the Stadium there is also Moretti, collaborator of the Torino dt Vagnati, together with the grenade scouting chief Specchia. Juve's approach was encouraging, Kostic broke down the left and created the first danger in the 12th minute with a left-handed diagonal that had nothing to do with the goal. On the other hand, the most unleashed is Ocampos, who twice engages Szczesny with as many headers and the Pole responds.
The Bianconeri's best chance was for Vlahovic, who launched by Di Maria and crashed into Bounou, even though the game was stopped for offside. It is the last ring of the Bianconeri, the second part of the first part is all Sevilla. In the 26th minute the advantage came on the restart: Juve were totally unbalanced when Torres found the corridor for Ocampos, in the middle of the area Gil made a 'veil' for En-Nesyri and the Moroccan hit with a dirty shot that caught Szczesny in the second half. Allegri's team suffered the backlash, the goalkeeper raised Rakitic's shot from outside the corner and Juve closed the first 45 minutes without even a shot on goal, with Di Maria and especially Vlahovic decidedly in the shadows. Allegri chose to make two changes during the interval, removing Kostic (among the most positive during the first half) and Miretti to insert Chiesa and Iling-Junior and switch to a sort of 4-2-3-1 with the new grafts in the three-quarter line along with Di Maria and Cuadrado and Alex Sandro lowered in the four-man rearguard. The Englishman born in 2003 shows up with a tunnel in Badé, then in the 63rd minute he finds Juve's first shot on goal and engages Bounou. Bonucci raises the white flag for a muscle problem, Allegri uses a slot for two changes and in addition to Gatti also launches Milik for Vlahovic. The Bianconeri continue not to turn, the Tuscan finishes the substitutions already in the 70th minute with Pogba taking the place of Di Maria. Juve never arrives from the sides of Bounou, in the final the bench lights up for a contact in the Badé-Rabiot area with the French who has the marks of the cleats on the tibia, but for the referee Siebert does not even consider to review the episode on the monitor. The defeat now seems inevitable, at 96.32 Juve is saved: Chiesa corner, Pogba's side and Gatti's winning header, so the Bianconeri reach an unexpected draw. Sevilla also protests for the goal comes beyond the six of recovery, any qualification speech is postponed to next Thursday: the finalist in Budapest will be decided at the Sanchez-Pizjuan.