Jonathan David was the hero of Juventus this Tuesday. On a trip to Bodo/Glimt, the “Old Lady” once again came close to a disappointment. Trailing at the break, she regained the lead before being caught. And it was finally the former LOSC who saved it with a goal scored in stoppage time (2-3). Very first success for Turinese since the start of this league phase of the Champions League. Enough to find yourself in 21st position. Qualification is still a long way off, but this success will do good for Luciano Spalletti’s men. As for Bodo/Glimt, it remains with zero victories (three defeats and two draws).
At the same time, Naples won at home against Qarabag (2-0). The Italian team had to wait a very long time before finding the fault. After a missed penalty from Rasmus Hojlund (56th), it was finally another former Manchester United player, in this case Scott McTominay, who delivered his own (1-0, 65th). And it was again the Scotsman, a true strong man of Naples, who provoked Marko Jankovic’s CS seven minutes later (2-0, 72nd).
Naples signs its second success there and finds itself eighteenth before a perilous trip on December 10 to Benfica. Qarabag is sixteenth but remains on a series of three unsuccessful matches after two victories at the start of the competition.
Dortmund smashes Villarreal
Another poster of the evening, Borussia Dortmund was merciless with Villarreal (4-0). After a first goal from Serhou Guirassy just before the break (1-0, 45th+2), everything changed at the start of the second act, when Juan Foyth left Villarreal with ten men after a red card received for a handball (53rd). Guirassy missed the penalty following this foul (54th) but he scored straight away. Four minutes later, Karim Adeyemi made the score 3-0 (58th). Fabio Silva missed a second penalty for the BvB (82nd) before Daniel Svensson made it 4-0 (90th+5), final score.
The Borussen find themselves fourth thanks to their third success in five days of C1, when the “Yellow Submarine” continues to sink into the depths (34th). As for the last match of the evening between Slavia Prague and Athletic Bilbao, it resulted in a 0-0. The Czechs and the Basques are respectively thirtieth and twenty-eighth in the ranking.
