🟥 Bizarre red card moment plays key role in Juve vs Galatasaray | OneFootball

Juventus have been left with it all to do tonight during their Champions League round of 16 second leg playoff clash with Galatasaray. 

Much of the Italian football world was left stunned after La Vecchia Signora succumbed to a 5-2 defeat in Istanbul last week, with many questioning the direction of the club as well as Serie A on the back of their massive reversal away from home.

Not without hope, Juve took the lead this evening thanks to a converted penalty in the 37th minute by Manuel Locatelli, narrowing the aggregate deficit to just two goals with plenty of time left for more.

But the night would turn sour soon after when Lloyd Kelly would receive his marching orders after a second booking just three minutes after the restart.

In bizarre fashion, match official João Pedro Silva Pinheiro would subsequently upgrade the yellow to a straight red, with Kelly becoming just the second Englishman since Olympiakos' Matt Derbyshire (2009-10) to receive a red card in a UCL knockout stage match for a non-English team (per Opta).

Down a man regardless in the manner of Kelly's sending-off, Juve now have a mountain to climb in Turin if they are to progress to the round of 16.

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