Juventus downs Tottenham in Champions League action

London March 8 (IANS) Juventus staged a superb comeback over Tottenham Hotspur midway through the second half here downing the British squad 2-1 at Wembley Stadium and earning a ticket to the Champions League quarter-finals.

With this win on Wednesday night Juventus -- the Serie A champions and finalists in two of the last three seasons -- knocked Tottenham out of the tourney before some 90 000 local fans reports Efe news agency.

The teams had played to a 2-2 draw in Turin and South Korean striker Heung-min Son got Tottenham on the board first in the 37th minute the score remaining at 1-0 by halftime.

But after play resumed it was Argentina s Gonzalo Higuain scoring the equaliser in the 64th minute for the visitors and -- just three minutes later -- his countryman Paulo Dybala adding another goal.

Tottenham were gobsmacked by the double whammy from the Italian squad and never quite recovered as the minutes ticked away with Juventus mounting a great defence and even created several chances to augment the score although they did not manage to capitalize on any of them.

Before the match a minute of silence was observed by players and fans in memory of Italy international Davide Astori who died unexpectedly last Sunday.

--IANS
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