Juan Cuadrado after Juventus’ defeat in the Champions League: “There are no explanations”

Villarreal qualified for the Champions League quarterfinals after winning 3-0 at Juventus on Wednesday in the round of 16 of the continental tournament. Two penalty goals, from Gerard Moreno (78) and Arnaut Danjuma (90+2), and a goal from Pau Torres (85) gave the ‘Yellow Submarine’ the pass to the next round. Given this, Juan Cuadrado maintained that “there are no explanations” for what happened at Juventus Stadium and that “sometimes football is like that.”

“There are no explanations, sometimes football is like that. We had a good first half, but we didn’t know how to take advantage of our chances”. He said as soon as the meeting ended.

“Then, in the second half, we tried to move the ball more, but they closed well and took advantage of the counterattacks. It’s a shame, but we know that these games can be decided by these episodes.” added the Colombian international.

“I think we did what the coach asked us to do in the second half, try to move the ball to break down their defence, but they were very well planted on the pitch. We should have tried to beat them in direct confrontations, as we did in the first half, but we didn’t succeed”. valued the player, one of the most active in the game.

After the elimination, the now black and white winger and captain assured that the team has to focus on Serie A, in which they are in fourth position.

Villarreal in the quarterfinals of the Champions League

Villarreal reaches the quarterfinals for the third time in its history and, by the way, completes the full list of Spanish teams in this round, after qualifying for Atlético de Madrid on Tuesday and for Real Madrid last week.

“It’s a magical night”, Gerard Moreno said after the game, to the Movistar + platform. However, ‘Yellow Submarine’ had to endure an 80-minute siege by the locals before beginning to take control of the match with the entry of Gerard Moreno. “We had to do a lot of things well and one was to defend and play the game long”, Villarreal coach Unai Emery explained after the match.