Villarreal and Chelsea qualify for the quarterfinals

This Wednesday, Juventus and Villarreal met in Turin for the second leg of the UEFA Champions League round of 16 and in a match where the Spanish won a great victory with a final score of 0-3.

The first leg took place on February 22 at the Estadio de la Cerámica, where both teams tied at one goal and for that reason everything was about to be defined in this match that surprised more than one.

In the first minutes of the match, both teams tried to play their game, but the 'bianconeri' began to corner the visitors in their area. The first clear of the game came at minute 10, when Cuadrado, after a big cut, sent a cross into the area that Morata headed to the near post, but Rulli managed to neutralize the action.

At 13', a counterattack came from Juventus that led to a shot by Cuadrado and the rebound was left to Vlahovic, who also tried, but the goal was avoided by Estupiñán.

Another play by the 'Vecchia Signora' at minute 20, featured Vlahovic, who took a left-footed shot from mid-distance looking for the top corner, but Rulli stopped again with one hand. Vlahovic himself a minute later finished off a low cross that hit the crossbar. Juve tried in many ways, but without being able to open the scoring.

At minute 30, it would be Villarreal who would try. Danjuma sends a low center into the area, Lo Celso tries to finish off, the ball hits his support foot and goes wide, Aurier finds it outside the area and shoots powerfully, but wide.

Once again the locals would try to score at 34' and this time after a corner from the right that De Ligt headed towards the far post, Vlahovic found it and also hit it with a header, but Rulli, who was already a figure, returned it to stop. Thus they would go to rest with a goalless draw and all thanks to the goalkeeper of the 'yellow submarine'.

Starting the second half, at minute 47, there was a struggle in the area between Morata and Albiol that could have ended in a penalty for Juventus, but the referee did not see it that way. At 57', Rulli was once again a figure by neutralizing a mid-range shot by Rabiot that the Argentine goalkeeper stopped in two counts.

At 63', Emery decided to move the bench by withdrawing Yeremy Pino and Trigueros to bring in Chukwueze and Coquelin. Then he would take out Lo Celso to put in Gerard Moreno after a month off the court.

Then at 75' Coquelin enters the area and Rugani commits an infraction. At first the referee does not see it, but after being called by the VAR, he decides to give the maximum penalty. At 78' Gerard Moreno himself was in charge of scoring from the eleven paces to convert the partial 0-1.

At 80' the Juve coach makes a change. Rugani leaves and Paulo Dybala enters. At 83' Locatelli leaves and Bernardeschi enters. The 'Vecchia Signora' tried everything, but at 85' Parejo took a corner that landed on Pau Torres in the area and he finished off with his right foot to send it into the back of the net and make it 0-2. Hard blow for Juve who stayed out!

However, at 89' after a quick counterattack by the visitors directed by Gerard Moreno and he gives it to Danjuma who takes a shot that hits De Ligt's hand and the referee signals the maximum penalty. Danjuma himself charges from eleven meters and converts the final 0-3.

Villarreal gives the surprise and eliminates Juventus at home. Great match at Juventus Stadium!

Chelsea comeback and advance to the next round

At the same time, the match between Lille and Chelsea was held at the Pierre-Mauroy stadium for the second leg of the UEFA Champions League round of 16, a duel that the locals began winning, but the 'Blues' ended up coming back with a final score 1-2.

Already in the first leg Tuchel's men had won 2-0 at Stamford Bridge, but this time the visitors would have to face the Champions League commitment assuming the sanctions that the United Kingdom has imposed as a measure on its president Roman Abramovich on the occasion of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and for his ties to President Putin.

The match began with the initiative on the part of the French team, who proposed constant attacks on the Chelsea area and caused errors in some of the visiting defenders' exits.

The first 35 minutes were practically calm, without many occasions that disturbed the goals, although Lille suggested more, but Chelsea was hiding behind the advantage of the first leg, however, at 37 ' there was a foul near the area of the visitors that Mendy takes out, but hits Jorginho in the hand. The referee reviews the VAR and calls a penalty.

At 38' Yilmaz charges from eleven steps and converts the partial 1-0. The tie was only one goal away from causing extra time, but at 45+3', against the English, Jorginho sent a filtered pass from the toe and Pulisic crossed it to convert the tie. So they would go to rest.

In the second half, at minute 52, the initiative came from Lille through Bamba, who reached the bottom line, cut Marcos Alonso and sent a cross to Yilmaz, who finished off with a header and went near the post.

At 62' the local team tried again and this time it was Xeka who received a cross from Yilmaz and the shot hit the post. However, at 71' a play by Chelsea through Mount , who sends a cross from the left to the far post and Azpilicueta arrives, sending her to the back of the net on her knees to sentence the match with the final 1-2.

There were not many chances after this action and Chelsea qualified for the quarterfinals with an aggregate score of 4-1. This completes the round of 16 and each team awaits the draw for the quarterfinals that will take place this Friday, March 18.