Manuel Locatelli admits he ‘looks like crying’ after . ‘We put our coronary heart and soul into this sport, that is the crew we should all the time be.’
This was all the time going to be virtually unimaginable to show round , much more so after Lloyd Kelly was despatched off within the forty eighth minute with Juve 1-0 up on the night time from a Locatelli penalty.
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Nonetheless, they compelled additional time with Federico Gatti and Weston McKennie targets, had a giant probability to win it with Edon Zhegrova, then finally the additional man was felt with two late Victor Osimhen and Baris Alper Yilmaz strikes.
Locatelli so pleased with Juventus effort
TURIN, ITALY – FEBRUARY 25: Manuel Locatelli (2nd R) of Juventus FC takes a penalty kick to attain his crew’s first aim throughout the UEFA Champions League 2025/26 League Knockout Play-off Second Leg match between Juventus and Galatasaray A.S. at Juventus Stadium on February 25, 2026 in Turin, Italy. (Picture by Stefano Guidi/Getty Photos)
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Galatasaray enter the Champions League Spherical of 16, successful 7-5 on combination, however the Allianz Juventus Stadium crowd applauded their crew’s really heroic efforts all the way down to 10 males for over an hour.
“I actually really feel like crying, we genuinely believed,”
“We put our coronary heart and soul into this sport, much more than that. An incident made all of it extra sophisticated within the first leg, however at this time I wish to thank everybody from the underside of my coronary heart.
“The environment within the stadium was unbelievable, these are nights that stick with you. We soaked up the power from them that we would have liked.”
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Juve had been criticised for missing a preventing spirit this season, however that might not be an accusation levelled at them this night, coming so near an unbelievable turnaround.
TURIN, ITALY – FEBRUARY 25: Manuel Locatelli of Juventus FC celebrates after scoring his crew’s first aim throughout the UEFA Champions League 2025/26 League Knockout Play-off Second Leg match between Juventus and Galatasaray A.S. at Juventus Stadium on February 25, 2026 in Turin, Italy. (Picture by Stefano Guidi/Getty Photos)
“We gave our coronary heart and soul. I all the time ask the gamers to do this, and tonight we actually did, so that is what we’ve obtained to hold with us going ahead,” added Locatelli.
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“That is the Juventus we needed to see, and the one we should all the time be. We have to all the time attempt to play at this stage. We’re heading in the right direction and mustn’t lose that consider.”
TURIN, ITALY – FEBRUARY 25: Khephren Thuram of Juventus FC reacts throughout the UEFA Champions League 2025/26 League Knockout Play-off Second Leg match between Juventus and Galatasaray A.S. at Juventus Stadium on February 25, 2026 in Turin, Italy. (Picture by Stefano Guidi/Getty Photos)
There have been some massive probabilities that went begging tonight, and Khephren Thuram was in tears on the touchline after McKennie equalised on combination.
“I believe we are able to solely praise the gamers tonight for his or her efforts, errors can occur. Now we’ve obtained one other vital sport arising towards Roma and should deal with that.”