Lyon – Juventus Turin are surprisingly threatened by the end of the Champions League in the last sixteen. In Lyon, Lucas Tousart from Bald-Hertha makes the decision.
Superstar Cristiano Ronaldo threatens to be eliminated in the Champions League in his second attempt with Italy’s record champion Juventus Turin.
The “old lady” lost 1-0 (0-1) to French representative Olympique Lyon in the first round of the last sixteen without the former international Sami Khedira, who was still missing after a knee operation.
Sarri struggles with Juve performance
As a result, Juventus, who last year were eliminated in the quarter-finals in their first premier league season with former world footballer Ronaldo, will be under considerable pressure in the return match on 17 March (Tuesday).
“We lacked determination and aggressiveness in attack – and for 15 minutes in defence too,” said Juve coach Maurizio Sarri at Sky, who was particularly disappointed with the performance of his side in the first half. “It was better in the second half, but frankly that’s not enough for a Champions League match.”
Ronaldo’s efforts had no effect – his four shots on goal missed their target by a wide margin and in the closing stages CR7 caught the eye primarily by claiming a penalty in vain.
Soon-to-be Herthanian Tousart becomes match winner
Match winner for Lyon, who qualified for the round of the best 16 in the preliminary round behind Bundesliga autumn champion RB Leipzig, was future Berlin resident Lucas Tousart.
The 22-year-old, whom Bundesliga club Hertha BSC had bought from OL during the winter break for a club-internal record sum of 25 million euros and then loaned it back to the seventh-placed team in Ligue 1 until the end of the season, scored the winning goal for the hosts after 31 minutes and Ronaldo is hoping for his sixth triumph in the Champions League. Before moving from Real Madrid to Turin, which was a stumbling block for Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen in the group phase, the Portuguese European champion had won Europe’s most important club competition once with English record holders Manchester United and later four more times with Real.