Mbangula gives Juve advantage over PSV in Champions League play-offs
Samuel Mbangula boosted Juventus' chances of reaching the last 16 of the Champions League by netting the late winner in Tuesday's 2-1 success over PSV Eindhoven in Turin.
Winger Mbangula forced home the decisive goal eight minutes from the end at the Allianz Stadium to give Juve a lead to take to next week's second leg of their play-off tie with PSV.
The 21-year-old saved Juve from being stung by Ivan Perisic, who was a fan favourite at the Turin giants' fiercest rivals Inter Milan and cancelled out Weston McKennie's cracking first-half opener with a thunderous strike of his own 10 minutes after half-time.
Juve travel to the Philips Stadion a week on Wednesday with a good chance of setting up a last-16 showdown with Inter, who they face in Turin on Sunday night. Either Inter or Arsenal await whichever of these two teams makes it through the play-offs.
Juve were the better team in the early stages and McKennie's thumping 34th-minute strike came in a first half in which the hosts were the better team but struggled to make the most of their supremacy.