Juventus icon Alessandro Del Piero noticed a complete distinction between his beloved membership and PSV Eindhoven on Wednesday night time.
The Bianconeri suffered one more embarrassing Champions League elimination, this time by the hands of the Dutch champions.
The Previous Girl entered the second leg with a small benefit having received the primary leg at residence by two targets to at least one. Nonetheless, PSV raised the tempo within the second half to earn a 2-1 outcome that arrange extra-time. Peter Bosz’s males then confirmed their superiority by scoring the winner within the 98th minute and reserving their place within the Champions League Spherical of 16.
After the competition, Juventus captain Manuel Locatelli admitted their opponents wished it extra, one thing that his supervisor Thiago Motta refused to acknowledge.
Nonetheless, Del Piero did certainly discover a large hole by way of want in addition to depth. He believes the Bianconeri solely determined to go for the objective when it was already too late.
“There’s a enormous hole and it was clearly seen tonight,” mentioned the legendary Juventus Quantity 10 in his post-match look on Sky Sport Italia (by way of IlBianconero).
“The distinction lies within the want and depth with which the 2 groups appeared for the objective. PSV created many harmful probabilities, whereas Juventus solely got here out within the second half of additional time, when the Dutch determined to defend themselves.”
Juve’s elimination rounded off a depressing midweek for Serie A golf equipment, as Milan and Atalanta had been additionally thrown out by the hands of Feyenoord and Membership Brugge respectively. Del Piero believes the Rossoneri had been the one ones who may need an excuse for his or her shortcomings.
“Among the many three groups that exited the Champions League, Milan is the one with probably the most extenuating circumstances.”
The long-lasting striker was arguably referring to Theo Hernandez’s pink card which left Milan with a person down when the competition was stage.
