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KIEV, KOMPAS.com – Álvaro Morata performed brilliantly in the Dynamo Kiev vs Juventus match which ended with a score of 0-2.
Dynamo Kiev vs Juventus is the first match of Group G of the Champions League that takes place at the NSK Olimpiyskiy Stadium, on Tuesday (10/20/2020).
Álvaro Morata scored two of the goals in Juventus’ victory (46 ‘and 84’).
Álvaro Morata’s goal saved Andrea Pirlo’s debut as Juventus coach in the Champions League.
Furthermore, Morata also made Pirlo beat his teacher who is now Dynamo Kiev coach Mircea Lucescu.
Lucescu is the coach who gave Pirlo the opportunity to make his debut as a high-level player when they both worked in Brescia in 1995.
The victory over Dynamo Kiev saw Juventus temporarily lead the Group G standings of the Champions League with a collection of three points.
On the other hand, Dynamo Kiev stayed at number three without accumulating points.
The course of the match Dynamo Kiev vs Juventus:
In the first half, Juventus seemed quite dominant with a 55 percent ball possession percentage.
Juventus also managed to fire three shots on goal compared to one for Dynamo Kiev.
However, the brilliant performance of Dynamo Kiev goalkeeper George Buschan made Juventus unable to score in the first half.
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The second half only takes a minute, Juventus managed to surprise Dynamo Kiev by scoring the first goal.
Juventus’ first goal this time came from the individual action of Federico Chiesa on the right side of the Dynamo Kiev defense.
After passing a player, Chiesa sent a low cross to Aaron Ramsey who was standing in the penalty area.
Ramsey didn’t choose to shoot but instead made a pass back heel behind despite being in front of the goal.
Ramsey’s bait was immediately greeted by Dejan Kulusevski with a strong left-handed shot.
George Buschan made another great save when he parried Kulusevski’s shot.
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However, Buschan still fit because he woke up late when Álvaro Morata who was in the mouth of the goal caught the ball vomiting.
Juventus coach Andrea Pirlo made changes to the front lines in the 56th minute.
Pirlo brought out Dejan Kulusevski to give Argentina national team star Paulo Dybala a chance to play.
Going into the 70th minute, Dynamo Kiev managed to take control of the game after Juventus’ attacks began to loosen.
Dynamo Kiev had a chance to score when Serhiy Sydorchuk fired a strong shot from outside the penalty area.
The opportunity failed to produce a goal as Serhiy Sydorchuk’s shot went straight at Wojciech Szczesny.
Attacking continuously, Dynamo Kiev missed in the 84th minute after Álvaro Morata scored his second goal.
With a pass from Juan Cuadrado from the right, Morata escaped control and managed to deflect the ball into the net with a header.
Despite continuing to block Juventus’ defense, Dynamo Kiev still failed to score the equalizer.
Dynamo Kiev attacks always fail to produce goals due to a bad shot.
No additional goals were created. The 2-0 victory for Juventus lasted until the referee blew the long whistle that marked the end of the match.
Here are the lineups of the Dinamo Kiev vs Juventus players:
Dynamo Kiev (4-3-3): 1-George Buschan; 94-Tomasz Kedziora, 25-Illia Zabarnyi, 16-Vitalii Mykolenko, 20-Alexander Karavaev (Denys Popov 71 ‘); 29-Vitaly Buyalsky (Denis Harmash 89 ‘), 5-Serhiy Sydorchuk, 10-Mykola Shaparenko; 15-Viktor Tsigankov (Benjamin Verbic 71 ‘), 89-Vladyslav Supriaga, 14-Carlos De Pena (Gerson Rodrigues 60’).
Coach: Mircea Lucescu placeholder image
Juventus (3-4-1-2): 1-Wojciech Szczesny; 3-Giorgio Chiellini (28-Merih Demiral 18 ‘), 19-Leonardo Bonucci, 13-Danilo; 16-Juan Cuadrado, 25-Adrien Rabiot, 30-Rodrigo Bentancur (Arthur 79 ‘), 22-Federico Chiesa; 8-Aaron Ramsey (Federico Bernardeschi 79 ‘); 9-Álvaro Morata; 44-Dejan Kulusevski (Paulo Dybala 56 ‘)
Coach: Andrea Pirlo