Benfica did not travel to Turin with their place in the knockout rounds after they grew the defeat of the jaws of the victory on competition day, and was twice a lead of two goals when they fell to a 5-4 defeat To Barcelona.
Vangelis Pavlidis scored a hat trick in the first half in the nine-goal Thriller, and although he was unable to match those heights in Turin, he still celebrated a crucial opener in the 17th minute in the Allianz Stadium. The Greek striker had the simple task to roll the ball home after he was picked up by Center-Rug Alexander Bah.
Things got almost worse for Juventus when they carefully gave the ball away in the first half of the stop time, where Mattia Perin had to make a crucial stop to keep the Benfica-Scherpschutter at a distance.
With Juventus who chased the home team's reaction to lead the reaction of the home team for the first time during a UCL-home competition this season during a half-time, Khephren Thuram, so that Anatoliy Trubin dives to collect his driven effort.
However, the hosts followed that moment of promise with ineffective spells of possession instead of creating a stream of clear opportunities, which shows why they did not levy the scorers in three of their last five European trips.
When Truin was eventually forced into action, it was to prevent Nicolas Otamendi from unintentionally brought the ball into his own net from the Inswing Cross of Weston McKennie.
While Juventus was missing a real cutting edge, Benfica did not have so many problems and doubled their advantage in the 81st minute to put an end to the hope of the home team to save a positive result. Orkun Kokcu collected the pass from Pavlidis on the edge of the box, before sweeping a shot with a low right foot past the vast Perrin.
That strike ended a third victory in four European Away matches, in which Benfica was confirmed 16th and leaves Juventus to settle for the 20th position.
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