Aston Villa missed out on a narrow win in the Champions League as they drew 0-0 with Juventus. Morgan Rogers scored in stoppage time but was fouled.
Aston Villa, who have 9 points from the first 4 matches. Send Ollie Watkins to hunt for goals as usual. Juventus, who have 7 points, do not have Dusan Vlahovic. The star striker who is injured. Timothy Weah therefore plays as the center forward instead UFABET
Villa had a chance to score first in the 13th minute. When Leon Bailey took a corner kick into the penalty area for Pau Torres to head home from six yards. But the ball went wide.
Seven minutes later, Juventus had a chance. Manuel Locatelli passed the ball to Kenan Yildiz. Who shot with his right foot from the edge of the penalty area. But Bob also missed the target.
Villa continued to search for a gap and had a chance in the 37th minute. When Ollie Watkins got the ball from Boubacar Kamara and fired a right-footed shot from inside the box. But Michele Di Gregorio made a superb save.
At the end of the first half, in the 42nd minute.
it was the Zebras’ chance. Timothy Weah passed the ball to Francisco Conceicao, who found space to shoot with his left foot in the right penalty area. But it still couldn’t get past the hands of the home team’s goalkeeper, Emiliano Martinez.
In stoppage time, Villa almost took the lead when a free kick outside the penalty area. Luca Digne curled over the wall before the ball hit the crossbar and went behind, ending the first half scoreless.
In the second half, in the 49th minute. The Zebras almost got a penalty when Francisco Conceicao charged into the penalty area on the right. Before flicking the ball to hit the body and hand of Pau Torres, and Emiliano Martinez managed to catch it again. However, the ball that hit the hand was not strong enough for the referee to blow a penalty.
The Bianconeri almost took the lead in the 65th minute when a right-side corner from Ten Koppmeiners crossed just wide of the far post for Sergio Conceicao to head the ball just over the line but Emiliano Martinez managed to deflect it away before a team-mate helped clear it. Slow-motion footage confirms the ball did not fully cross the line.
70′ Aston Villa almost got it too. Leon Bailey found a gap in the right side of the penalty area for John McGinn to shoot from less than 10 yards out. Manuel Locatelli had to use his feet to make a goal-saving save. Then Juventus hit back. Francisco Conceicao chose to find a gap to shoot himself. The ball went wide.
The game looked set to end in a draw, but Villa found the back of the net through Morgan Rogers in stoppage time, with the referee reviewing Diego Carlos’ header and clashing with Michele Di Gregorio and ruling it a foul, denying Villa a goal and ending the game at 0-0, drawing one point each.