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Juventus definitively beat Barcelona 3-0 at the Camp Nou in the last game of both teams in the group stage of Champions League. Thus, the “bianconeri” surprisingly managed to rise to the top of the group, after they needed a success by far to do so. So, at least hypothetically, they should expect an easier draw from today’s opponent for the quarterfinals.
In the great comeback of the great rivalry between Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, the Portuguese will definitely be much happier after scoring two of the goals. He was accurate after two penalties. Messi played the ball more often and tried a shot from any position, but it just wasn’t his day, and the experienced Gianluigi Buffon did a great job.
This is Ronald Koeman’s first loss as Barcelona manager, after the team only had campaign wins in the tournament. The draw for the quarterfinals of the Champions League will take place on Monday, December 14.
In the other match of this group, Dynamo Kiev won with a minimum of 1: 0 against Ferencvaros and thus beat their opponent by 3 points and will continue to the elimination phase in the second strongest European club tournament: Europa League.
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TO COMPOSE
Barcelona: Ter Stegen, Dest, Araujo, Griezmann, Pjanic, Messi, Lengle, Pedri, Trinkao, Alba, De Jong
Juventus: Buffon, De Licht, Arthur, Ronaldo, Ramsey, Morata, Alex Sandro, Danilo, McKenna, Quadrado, Bonucci
SECOND PART
The second part began with pressure from Barcelona and another shot from Messi, which was deflected by Buffon. Ter Stegen’s phenomenal intervention against Ramsey followed. In the situation, however, Lengle played with his hand in his penalty area and forced the head referee to award a second penalty in favor of Juventus. Cristiano Ronaldo was hired again with acting. He stood behind the ball and sent Ter Stegen back to the wrong corner. 52 ‘- 0: 3!
In the 58th minute, Barcelona had the right to launch a direct free kick from a convenient position. Messi passed, and Griezmann fired a weak ball, which passed Buffon and landed on the crossbar to leave.
The Catalans increased the pressure and created an even better situation, and at the center of everything that was most interesting was, of course, Lionel Messi. He fired another shot in the 64th minute, which was the closest to a goal, but Buffon reflected again.
Ten minutes later, the referee gave a penalty in favor of Barcelona after a violation by De Licht against Griezmann. However, it turned out that the Frenchman was in an ambush. Shortly after, Juventus scored the 4th goal after a stir in the Catalans’ penalty area, when Ronaldo sent the ball into Bonucci’s body and went to the net. In this case, however, there was another ambush and the goal was not counted.
By the end of the match, Ronald Koeman’s players were in full control of events, and Messi did not stop shooting from any convenient position, but Gianluigi Buffon continued to refuse. In the end, no more goals were scored and Juventus overtook Barcelona in the standings after a landslide victory.
FIRST HALF
In minute 8 came the first accurate shot of the game, and it was the work of Cristiano Ronaldo. The Portuguese received a ball on the edge of the penalty area, but it was quickly closed by several opposing players. However, he managed to shoot, but his shot did not hinder Ter Stegen at all.
In the 12th minute, Ronaldo burst into the penalty area, and Araujo used his hands and brought down the Portuguese. The contact was not huge, but the head judge decided to impose a penalty. In this case, the young man’s bad joke was played out of lack of experience, as he could easily close the opponent with his shoulder. Cristiano assumed the action and with a shot in the middle of the goalkeeper he was not wrong to move his team forward. 13 ‘- 0: 1! This is Ronaldo’s first goal against Barcelona in the Champions League.
20 ‘- 0: 2! Quadrado received the ball from the right on the attack and provided a soft cross for his teammates. McKenny was completely exposed and with an attractive shot from close range he doubled his team’s advantage.
A minute later, Lionel Messi finally showed some of his magic. The Argentine advanced with the ball and tried to hit the ground from about 20-25 meters. His shot was spot on, but Buffon managed to intervene well and kill on a corner kick.
In the 36th minute Messi had a much better chance than the previous one. He received a pass into the penalty area and entering speed, shot, and the ball deflected slightly, hindering Buffon, who initially dropped the ball, but then caught it.
Barcelona recovered little by little and, in addition to Messi’s position, created several other good situations, in which, however, the final blow was lacking. However, Juventus’ counterattacks seemed dangerous and fast. At the end of the half Messi fired again, but at the same time the “bianconeri” midfielder McKenna had his back turned and extended his hand, but the contact was quite insignificant and the referee ignored the situation. This was the last most interesting situation of the first part.
BEFORE THE DUEL
Barcelona won the first episode of this group rivalry a few weeks ago after a 2-0 win in Italy. At that time, however, the Bianconeri were without their great star, Cristiano Ronaldo, and we all know that the Champions League is their tournament.
The “Old Lady” will need to triumph more than 2 goals apart to finish in first place and have a chance at hypothetically easier opponents in the knockout stages. With any other result, the Catalans will surely win the group.
However, it seems that even the leader of the group remains in the background in the context of the powerful and legendary rivalry between the two greats of modern football: Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, who have not faced each other since 2018, when the Portuguese left. Real Madrid and headed to Italy. .
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