Juventus won the first leg of the play-off

Juventus started with a trio of strikers Di Maria, Federico Chiesa and Dusan Vlahovic. They only needed 13 minutes to open the scoring. After Di Maria's cross, Chiesa headed for Vlahovic to score from six yards.

Juventus had several chances to double the lead, but failed. One of them is Vlahovic's cross. The ball touched Castelletto and almost went into the Nantes goal.

The home team also almost scored in the 60th minute if Di Maria did not hesitate too much. Immediately after, Juventus' failure to eat led to Nantes' counterattack. Mohamed passed at the right time for Blas to score with his left foot to make it 1-1.

The last 30 minutes of the game were tense. Juventus pressed the pitch continuously, but could not regain the lead. Federico Chiesa missed a chance when the ball hit the bar, hit the line and bounced off. Slow motion video shows that most of the ball has crossed the line, but not enough for recognition.

Di Maria also rocked Nantes' goal with a straight shot from the corner. The most controversial ball took place in injury time. After Bremer's header, Sebastien Corchia pushed the ball away with his hand. After consulting VAR, instead of blowing 11m, the referee only gave Juventus a direct free kick on the grounds that Bremer was pushed.

A draw at home in the first leg is a disadvantage for Juventus. In the second leg on February 23, Allegri's teachers and students had to play on the opponent's field. In this season's Europa League group stage, Nantes won Olympiakos and Qarabag with the same score 2-1 at Beaujoire Stadium.

Nantes is currently ranked 13th in Ligue 1. They have only 28 points after 23 matches, 18 points behind the Top 4. However, Nantes has only lost one of the last nine rounds. Meanwhile, Juventus is ranked ninth in Serie A with 29 points after 22 matches. The organizers deducted "Old woman" 15 points for falsifying financial statements.