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  Defeat at victory for Juventus

Defeat at victory for Juventus

AFP
Published : Jul 24, 2016, 12:33 am IST
Updated : Jul 24, 2016, 12:33 am IST

Italian champions Juventus were beaten 4-3 on penalties by Australia’s Melbourne Victory in their International Champ-ions Cup game in Melbourne on Saturday.

Italian champions Juventus were beaten 4-3 on penalties by Australia’s Melbourne Victory in their International Champ-ions Cup game in Melbourne on Saturday.

Young Spanish defender Carlos Blanco Moreno put the Turin giants ahead in the 58th minute with a spectacular long-range strike before Jai Ingham equalised for Victory seven minutes from time.

The game went to a penalty shootout with the scores level at full-time.

Emil Audero saved from Carl Valeri to give Juventus the early advantage in the shootout before home goalkeeper Lawrence Thomas saved attempts from Roman Macek and Stefano Padovan to give Victory the win.

“It was a decent workout for us. I’m happy with how our youngsters performed this evening,” Juventus manager Massimiliano Allegri said.

Moreno, the 20-year-old central defender, looked to have given Juve victory with his stunning goal from near halfway after finding goalkeeper Thomas off his goal-line.

Location: Australia, Victoria, Melbourne