João Mário was replaced by Draxler in the 86th minute, with Benfica already over the mark, and left the field in the role of Juventus’ number 1 public enemy, so much was the warm farewell, to be nice, with which he was toasted by more than 30 thousand supporters of the old lady.
It was a chorus of boos and insults aimed at the number 20 of Benfica for how he sparked the spirits in the stands celebrating the tie obtained already close to the whistle of the interval, at 43 ‘, from the 11-meter mark. Immune to the pressure of the moment, unperturbed in the way he approached the ball to practically shoot Perin, João Mário transformed the maximum punishment, put both hands to his ears and celebrated towards the Juventus supporters’ bench, as for tell them ‘go, speak now …’.
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