Juventus managed to achieve positive results in the preseason game against MLS All Stars, a strong team filled with the best players in the United States. In the match held at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Thursday (2/8) WIB, Juve drew 1-1 in normal time and won 5-3 on penalties.
The game went with high tempo since the first minute, the MLS All Stars broke and dominated the game. Juve looks to let MLS All Stars control the ball and choose to launch a counterattack.
Down with half the strength, Juventus are strong in midfield and the line is defending, but the attack is in trouble. MLS All Stars who lowered the squad more complete appear more dominant.
Both teams took turns launching the attack, Juventus midfield look solid, difficult to penetrate midfielder-midfield MLS All Stars. MLS All Stars could get a slick opportunity through corner kick, but Aaron Long's header hit the goalpost.
Juventus finally managed to change the score in the 21st minute. Their young attacker, Andreas Favilli, proved his quality. This young striker several times had the opportunity until finally his header penetrated Guzan's goal.
MLS All Stars 0-1 Juventus.
Guzan's goal shocked the MLS All Stars who had previously mastered the game in the first 20 minutes. Five minutes later, MLS immediately hit back one goal and balance the position.
Starting from a cross on the right side of Juve defense, there was a turmoil in front of goalkeeper Szczesny. Polish goalkeeper had made a brilliant rescue before Josef Martinez's hard header rattled the net.
MLS All Stars 1-1 Juventus in the 26th minute.
Entering the second half, Juve started to make some changes. Many core players were pulled out and replaced by young players. Mattia Perin was also given the opportunity to appear in place of Szczesny.
MLS All Stars again dominated possession and tried to dismantle the defense of Juventus meetings. Valeri and Wright-Phillips feature a great combination, but Juve's offside trap proves to be powerful.
MLS players play united, too selfish. As a result, although several times managed to penetrate Juve's defense, but their final settlement always failed because it was too selfish to carry the ball. In the 81st minute MLS All Stars listed 418 successful bait and Juventus 385 bait.
MLS All Stars continued to try to dissect Juve's defense in the final 10 minutes of the match, but the game that was not united again became a problem.
A score of 1-1 did not change until the referee blew the long whistle. The match continued on penalties
On penalties
Gol! Fagioli. MLS All Stars 0-1 Juventus.
Gol! Zusi. MLS All Stars 1-1 Juventus.
Gol! Beltrame. MLS All Stars 1-2 Juventus.
Gol! Yotun. MLS All Stars 2-2 Juventus.
Gol! Kastanos. MLS All Stars 2-3 Juventus.
Gol! Valeri. MLS All Stars 3-3 Juventus.
Gol! Fernandes. MLS All Stars 3-4 Juventus.
Gagal! Wright-Phillips. MLS All Stars 3-4 Juventus.
Gol! De Sciglio. MLS All Stars 3-5 Juventus.
The match ended, Juventus won on penalties. After this, Juve will prepare for Real Madrid on Sunday (5/8).
MLS All Stars XI: Brad Guzan (46' Zack Steffen); Aaron Long (62' Michael Parkhurst), Francisco Calvo (32' Alphonso Davies; 63' Yoshimar Yotun), Laurent Ciman (46' Matt Hedges), Michael Murillo (55' Graham Zusi); Alexander Ring (46' Ilie Sanchez), Tyler Adams (33' Jonathan dos Santos; 62' Wilfried Zahibo), Carlos Vela, Miguel Almiron (46' Diego Valeri), Ignatio Piatti (33' Ezequiel Barco; 62' Carlos Darwin Quintero); Josef Martinez (32' Sebastian Giovinco; 62' Bradley Wright-Phillips).
Juventus XI: Szczesny (46' Mattia Perin); Cancelo (74' Alessandro Di Pardo), Rugani, Barzagli (46' Medhi Benatia), Alex Sandro (46' Mattia De Sciglio); Khedira (46' Nicolo Fagioli), Pjanic (46' Leandro Fernandes), Emre Can (46' Grigoris Kastanos); Pereira (65' Pietro Beruatto), Favili (46' Stefano Beltrame), Bernardeschi (46' Luca Clemenza).
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