Summary: Juventus - Sporting Lisbon 0:1 (Sport1)
After surprisingly knocking out Arsenal in the round of 16, Sporting Lisbon dreamed of killing another giant in its journey in the Europa League, but will arrive at the second leg in Portugal behind after losing 1:0 last night (Thursday) to Juventus.
Stopper Federico Gatti gave the Bianconeri the lead with the only goal of the game in the 73rd minute, but the moment everyone will remember from the game came in the first half, but Wychez Szczesny caused concern when he testified about chest pressure.
The Polish goalkeeper showed good ability in the first half, and after making several saves, he alerted the host's medical team that he was having trouble breathing.
The team decided not to take any chances and immediately called in substitute goalkeeper Mattia Perrin, who replaced the Pole who left the field in tears.
However, in the tests they conducted on the goalkeeper, all concerns were removed.
"I'm fine".
Szczesny is being replaced (Photo: Reuters)
"I was scared, this has never happened to me," said Chesney about those stressful moments, "I had a hard time breathing and that worried me a lot. Now I feel fine, we did a medical examination that confirmed there is no problem."
It is not yet clear how long Masimiliano Allegri will have to do without his top goalkeeper, if at all.
Perrin, who was called up unexpectedly, did his job faithfully and provided a double save that prevented a dramatic equalizer in extra time.
"The truth is that I saw Mathieu in great shape in training, I was tired and I knew that in the 94th minute he would make a double save," Szczesny joked at the interview station with the Italian goalkeeper by his side.
Even before the return match in the capital of Portugal, Juventus will host the first at Sassuolo and will want to recover from the 2:1 loss to Lazio in the previous round.
The Old Lady, who suffered a 15-point drop, are ranked seventh, eight points below the place that leads to the Champions League,
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