Melbourne Victory beats Juventus on penalties in ICC
Melbourne - Italian champion Juventus was beaten 4-3 on penalties by Australia's Melbourne Victory in its International Champions Cup game in Melbourne on Saturday.
Young Spanish defender Carlos Blanco Moreno put the Turin giants ahead in the 58th minute with a spectacular long-range strike before Jai Ingham equalised for Victory seven minutes from time.
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The game went to a penalty shootout with the scores level at full-time.
Emil Audero saved from Carl Valeri to give Juventus the early advantage in the shootout before home goalkeeper Lawrence Thomas saved attempts from Roman Macek and Stefano Padovan to give Victory the win.
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— Melbourne Victory (@gomvfc) July 23, 2016
Moreno, the 20-year-old central defender, looked to have given Juve victory with his stunning goal from near halfway after finding goalkeeper Thomas off his goal line.
But Ingham equalised after a series of intricate passes in the lead-up gave him space to fire across Audero into the far corner of the net.
Juventus, who won a fifth consecutive Serie A championship last season, will face England's Tottenham Hotspur in its second and final ICC match in Melbourne on Tuesday.
Spain's Champions League finalist Atletico Madrid will play Spurs in the final game of the tournament on Friday.