The Juventus team achieved a difficult victory over their Portuguese guest, Sporting Lisbon (1: 0), in the match that they gathered tonight, Thursday, in the first leg of the quarter-finals of the European Football League Europa League.
The Old Signora team owes its victory to its defender Federico Gatti, who scored his only winning goal in the 73rd minute of the match at the Allianz Stadium in Turin.
It is noteworthy that the Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo, the current striker of the Saudi Al-Nasr, began his career precisely in the Lisbon Sporting CP, where he defended his colors in the season (2002-2003), and also defended the colors of the Italian Bianconeri team for three seasons between (2018-2018) 2021, in addition to representing Manchester United and Real Madrid in two periods.
The Juventus team is close to reaching the quarter-finals of the tournament, but it will not be easy to achieve this in front of them, especially since the decision will be made on the ground of the Lisbon Sporting and among its fans at the Estadio José Alvalade. in the capital, Lisbon, in the second leg next Thursday.
Source: RT