After AC Milan and Atalanta on
Tuesday, Juventus exited the Champions League at the playoffs
stage too on Wednesday, losing 3-1 after extra time at PSV
Eindhoven to crash out 4-3 on aggregate.
It means Italy's only representative in the last 16 of Europe's
premier club competition will be Inter, who qualified directly
via the league stage.
Holding a 2-1 advantage from the first leg, Juve let the Dutch
champions do the running initially.
Veteran Croatia winger Ivan Perisic put the hosts ahead on the
night on 53 minutes only for Timothy Weah to restore the Turin
giants' aggregate advantage shortly after.
But PSV's Moroccan midfielder Ismael Saibari then scored from
close range and defender Ryan Flamingo struck on the first
period of extra time to send the hosts through.
Among other things, the playoff exits mean Italy has little
chance of keeping the extra place the nation has in this
season's Champions League after finishing top of the UEFA
coefficients last term.
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