Gatti snatches Juve late draw against Sevilla in UEL semi
Federico Gatti headed home in the 97th minute to earn Juventus a 1-1 draw against Sevilla in their Europa League semi-final first leg on Thursday.
Youssef En-Nesyri gave the record six-time champions the lead in the first half and they seemed set to take that advantage back to Seville before Gatti's late intervention. Moroccan international En-Nesyri finished a sharp counter-attack in the 26th minute to break the deadlock in Turin.
Jose Luis Mendilibar's side deserved their lead at the break and although Juventus improved, the Andalucians seemed to have shut them out well to take an advantage back to the rowdy Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan next week.
However Gatti nodded home from point blank range after substitute Paul Pogba headed the ball back into his path. Sevilla, who dumped Manchester United out in the quarter-finals, have never been knocked out of the tournament in the semi-final stage.
The Spaniards, who won the Europa League at the Juventus Stadium in 2014, made themselves at home in the first half. The hosts should have taken the lead when Dusan Vlahovic fired over, perhaps put off by Sevilla goalkeeper Yassine Bounou's dive at his feet.