Perin is not enough, Juve defeated at home by Stuttgart

On a very negative night, Thiago Motta suffered his first knockout as Juventus manager. His team was defeated 1-0 by Stuttgart at the Allianz Stadium in Turin on the third day of the Champions League. The Germans deservedly won against a disappointing Signora team who await the Italian derby against Inter on Sunday. Very difficult first half for Juventus who suffered Stuttgart’s dynamic play from the first minutes. In the first 45 minutes Hoeness’ Germans moved the ball well and on at least two occasions came close to taking the lead: the first truly great opportunity for the red and whites occurred in the 29th minute when Millot touched the ball on the right of the area to cut to the Demirovic’s near post, the Bosnian’s right-footed volley hit the post squarely. Perin’s open-handed touch was decisive and saved his team again in the 41st minute when Stiller found Undav’s insertion at the far post, the German made a diagonal header and the goalkeeper responded in a great way with a save in a dive, raising it over the crossbar.

Less than three minutes into the second half it was Undav who scored, but the intervention of VAR then canceled out the goal due to a touch of the hand. Between the 15th and 17th minutes, Perin was once again a great protagonist: first he lifted Demirovic’s shot over the crossbar and then responded brilliantly to Millot’s right-footed shot towards the near post. Juventus, which had been in great difficulty until then, tried to react in the 22nd minute when Thuram’s first shot was blocked by Chabot and Yildiz’s subsequent shot found goalkeeper Nubel attentive.

In the 39th minute, Juventus with ten men due to the expulsion of Danilo guilty of having committed a penalty foul on Rouault, but two minutes later it was Perin, the best on the pitch, who hypnotised Millot and deflected the conversion attempt from the players into a corner eleven meters of the French footballer. In the 47th minute, in full stoppage time, a masterpiece goal from El Bilal Toure’ served through the center by Millot, the former Atalanta player did well to slip through the Juventus shirts and beat the blameless Perin, giving his team the victory and condemning the Bianconeri to first defeat of the season.