Match Thread: Juventus vs. Benfica | UEFA Champions League
Juventus 0 - 2 Benfica
Benfica scorers: Vangelis Pavlidis (17'), Orkun Kökçü (80')
Venue: Allianz Stadium, Turin, Italy
Referee: Istvan Kovacs (Romania)
| Starting XI | Notes | Subs | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mattia Perin | Carlo Pinsoglio | ||
| Tim Weah | Michele Di Gregorio | ||
| Federico Gatti | Nicolò Savona | ||
| Pierre Kalulu | 16' | Jonas Rouhi | |
| Weston McKennie | Manuel Locatelli | 16' | |
| Douglas Luiz | Teun Koopmeiners | 61' | |
| Khéphren Thuram | 61' | Nicolás González | 61' |
| Francisco Conceição | Vasilije Adžić | ||
| Kenan Yıldız | Nicolò Fagioli | ||
| Samuel Mbangula | 61' | ||
| Dušan Vlahović | 56' |
Manager: Thiago Motta (Italy)
| Starting XI | Notes | Subs | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anatoliy Trubin | Samuel Soares | ||
| Alexander Bah | 78' | Leandro Santos | |
| António Silva | Adrian Bajrami | ||
| Nicolás Otamendi | 63' | João Fonseca | |
| Tomás Araújo | 90+1' | Kerem Aktürkoğlu | 71' |
| Fredrik Aursnes | Leandro Barreiro | 71' | |
| Florentino Luís | Gianluca Prestianni | ||
| Orkun Kökçü | 80' 90+1' | Jan-Niklas Beste | |
| Ángel Di María | 71' | Nuno Félix | |
| Vangelis Pavlidis | 17' 83' | João Rêgo | 90+1' |
| Andreas Schjelderup | 71' | Benjamin Rollheiser | 90+1' |
| Zeki Amdouni | 83' |
Manager: Bruno Lage (Portugal)
1': We're off!
1': Almost a goal in the first thirty seconds! Pavlidis has a tap-in but Di María's cross drifts just past him!
2': SAVE! Point-blank header kept out by Trubin!
6': SAVE! Schjelderup fires from wide but Perin keeps it out!
13': Kalulu hurt something after inadvertently doing the splits.
16': Juventus substitution: Manuel Locatelli on for Pierre Kalulu
17': GOAL BENFICA!!! Bah lays it on a plaet for Vangelis Pavlidis who beats the keeper one one!
27': Trubin able to grab a scuffed Juve shot that came through traffic.
29': Pavlidis with the glancing header drifting over the keeper to the fiar side but Perin jumps up just high enough to grab it!
31': Yıldız is bleeding after taking a shin fron Bah in the back of the head
45+1': Oh that was awful, Thuram just gives the ball away to Pavlidis who springs the counter but Gatti manages to put it out.
45+2': Humongous save!! Perin denies Pavlidis and deflects his shot onto the roof of the net!
HT Juventus 0-1 Benfica Juve look flat and Benfica have the lead
46': We're back!
50': Juve get a shot off through traffic but not with enough pace to beat Trubin.
51': Kökçü fires wide.
56': Dušan Vlahović lands on Otamendi's foot
58': Thuram fires low from distance, Trubin down in time to save.
58': Yıldız gets through the backline! But only fires into the side netting.
60': Yıldız mishits his volley into the ground and then over the net.
61': Juventus double sub: Nicolás González and Teun Koopmeiners on for Khéphren Thuram and Samuel Mbangala
63': Nicolás Otamendi bodychecks Nicolás González to the ground just outside the box
64': Vlahović's free kick goes comfortably over the net.
65': Kökçü gets the layoff and fires his shot into the sky.
71': Benfica double sub: Kerem Aktürkoğlu and Leandro Barreira on for Ángel Di María and Angel Schjelderup
73': González's header drifts wide of the post.
75': SAVE! Otamendi's attempted block deflects towards his own goal but Trubin has it.
76': Almost for Barreiro but his shot goes wide
78': Alexander Bah goes into the book for coming on late on Conceição
80': GOAL BENFICA!! The ball is dummied over to Orkun Kökçü firing into the near side!
83': Aktürkoğlu nearly makes it three but fires wide.
83': Benfica substitution: Zeki Amdouni on for Vangelis Pavlidis
90+1': Benfica double sub: João Rêgo and Benjamin Rolheiser on for Orkun Kökçü and Tomás Araújo
FT Juventus 0-2 Benfica Benfica get the win they need! The whistles ring down!