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– Juventus earned their first Champions League win this season over Maccabi Haifa thanks to an inspirational display from Angel Di Maria.
– He set up Adrien Rabiot’s double and Dusan Vlahovic’s strike to give Juve their first points.
– Juventus earned their first Champions League win this season over Maccabi Haifa thanks to an inspirational display from Angel Di Maria.
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– He set up Adrien Rabiot’s double and Dusan Vlahovic’s strike to give Juve their first points.
– However Juve still face an uphill task to reach the last 16 as they trail PSG and Benfica by four points in Group H.
– Israel’s Haifa spooked the nervy home crown when Din David pulled it back to 2-1, and they also hit the post twice.
– Fewer than 29,000 fans were at the Allianz Stadium in Turin, with Juve supporters disillusioned by poor form which has placed manager Max Allegri under pressure.
– The mood was not helped in the 12th minute as Vlahovic spurned two great chances to score his sixth goal of the season in the space of seconds. He had a low shot well saved by Josh Cohen, then scuffed a simpler finish wide.
– However Argentine veteran Di Maria lifted his team in the 35th minute with a smart pass to Rabiot who slammed into the roof of the net.
– Then four minutes after the interval the former PSG man split the Maccabi defence to set Vlahovic free, and this time the Serbian forward finished calmly.
– There were nerves when David, one of several players fasting for Yom Kippur, skipped around Wojciech Szczesny and rolled home.
– But Di Maria produced for Juve again, swinging in a perfect corner which Rabiot glanced home.
FT | ⌛️ | 3⃣ points in the bag! 👌#JUVMAC #UCL pic.twitter.com/0XjYFLIjMG
— JuventusFC (@juventusfcen) October 5, 2022
