Juventus needed to accept a hard-fought draw away towards Villarreal within the on Tuesday night time, as a last-minute header from former Bianconero defender Renato Veiga meant that Federico Gatti’s bicycle kick and Francisco Conceicao’s particular person effort counted for only one level.
Jonathan David acquired the nod to begin up entrance forward of Dusan Vlahovic and Lois Openda. He was supported by Kenan Yildiz and Teun Koopmeiners within the attacking roles. There was no Bremer nor Khephren Thuram, who didn’t journey to Spain with the remainder of the Bianconeri squad.
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The Yellow Submarine got here out firing early on within the first half: Nicolas Pepe wanting notably vivid. The previous Arsenal man beat Juan Cabal for tempo a number of instances, acquired the Colombian booked, virtually received a penalty, earlier than the Bianconeri defender was taken off with a hamstring damage quarter-hour in.
The impasse was damaged virtually instantly afterwards. Andrea Cambiaso shuffled over to the left to switch Cabal after his withdrawal, however was unable to cease Pepe and Mikautadze as they burst into the world. The Ivorian laid off for the Georgian, who slotted away a tidy, first-time end.
VILLARREAL, SPAIN – OCTOBER 01: Georges Mikautadze of Villarreal CF celebrates scoring his crew’s first objective in the course of the UEFA Champions League 2025/26 League Section MD2 match between Villarreal CF and Juventus at Estadio de la Ceramica on October 01, 2025 in Villarreal, Spain. (Picture by Aitor Alcalde/Getty Photographs)
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Perin was additionally known as into motion to forestall Pedraza’s cross discovering the again of the online. A fingertip contact helped steer the ball onto the upright.
Substitute Joao Mario was capable of finding Yildiz with a neat cross halfway by way of the primary half, however the Turk’s shot was smothered and despatched behind for a nook.
Villarreal ought to have scored by way of Buchanan, and likewise noticed Mikautadze nutmeg Perin with a cross-come-shot simply earlier than the interval.
Conceicao got here on for Koopmeiners on the interval, and his impression was rapid.
The Portuguese put one on a plate for David virtually instantly after kick-off, just for the Canadian to skew astray from 5 yards out.
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Then, he received the throw-in proper subsequent to the nook flag which led to Gatti’s wondergoal. McKennie’s lengthy throw was flicked on by Locatelli, just for Gatti to tug off a ridiculous bicycle kick in the midst of the world.
VILLARREAL, SPAIN – OCTOBER 01: Federico Gatti of Juventus scores his crew’s first objective with an over head kick in the course of the UEFA Champions League 2025/26 League Section MD2 match between Villarreal CF and Juventus at Estadio de la Ceramica on October 01, 2025 in Villarreal, Spain. (Picture by Aitor Alcalde/Getty Photographs)
Conceicao then intercepted Dani Parejo’s free again move, carried the ball the size of the half and slotted previous Arnau Tenas with ease one-on-one to place the Outdated Girl forward.
VILLARREAL, SPAIN – OCTOBER 01: Francisco Conceicao of Juventus celebrates scoring his crew’s second objective in the course of the UEFA Champions League 2025/26 League Section MD2 match between Villarreal CF and Juventus at Estadio de la Ceramica on October 01, 2025 in Villarreal, Spain. (Picture by Aitor Alcalde/Getty Photographs)
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Conceicao’s laborious work was undone proper on the final, nonetheless, when former Juventus defender Renato Veiga headed house from a nook within the last minute of normal time.
Wednesday’s end result implies that Juventus have now picked up two consecutive attracts within the Champions League, and 4 in a row throughout all competitions.
Villarreal 2-2 Juventus
Mikautadze (V) 18’, Gatti (J) 49′, Conceicao (J) 56′, Veiga (V) 90′.