SI.com · Oct 25, 2022
Juventus’s Gradual Decline Stoops to a New Low
The final score may not really have been reflective of the game, but the result was just and telling. Benfica beat Juventus Tuesday in the Champions League, 4—3, but it had dominated for such long periods that midway through the second half it seemed possible that Roger Schmidt’s side could have won by five or six. Juventus’s late rally, though, could neither disguise how poor it was for the first 70 minutes, nor could it prevent the club’s first exit in the group stage since 2013-14—and there’s still a match to play. An organization in decline is continuing on a wayward trajectory.