CHELSEA lost their Champions League clash with Juventus thanks to Federico Chiesa’s second-half goal.
- RESULT: Juventus 1-0 Chelsea
- Juventus XI: Szczesny; Danilo, Bonucci, De Ligt, Alex Sandro; Rabiot, Bentancur, Locatelli; Cuadrado, Bernardeschi, Chiesa
- Chelsea XI: Mendy; Azpilicueta, Christensen, Thiago Silva, Rudiger, Alonso; Jorginho, Kovacic; Ziyech, Havertz, Lukaku
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Max Allegri’s struggling Juventus got the better of Thomas Tuchel’s high-flying Chelsea in a tight but highly entertaining Champions League tie.
The Blues dominated possession but lacked the creativity and cutting edge to find a breakthrough, despite both Lukaku and Havertz missing good chances in the second half.
Credit: Getty It was a solid defensive display from the Old Lady, who deserved the win in the end for their performance, though Chelsea will feel hard done by to come away with nothing.
It was a very tactical affair, with the Italian side showing a little more desire and resilience than their opponents.
Credit: EPA Juve’s goal early in the second half gave them a lead to defend and gave Chelsea too much to do to break down their well organised opposition, who also had the crowd behind them all night.
That’s two defeats on the bounce for Chelsea for only the second time under Thomas Tuchel and it’ll be back to the drawing board for when the two sides go head-to-head again at Stamford Bridge in November.
Credit: Reuters Chelsea will have the chance to bounce back at home to Southampton on Saturday and Tuchel will expect a big reaction from his players.
Juve take on rivals Torino in a local derby on Saturday and will hope to use the momentum from today’s win to kickstart their Serie A campaign after a troubled start.
Credit: Sportphoto24/Marco Canoniero We hope you enjoyed our live coverage of this excellent Champions League clash between two European giants that ended in elation for Juventus and frustration for Chelsea. See you next time.
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Federico Chiesa was awarded Uefa’s Man of the Match award for his display against Chelsea tonight, despite coming off after 76 minutes.
It was reported that Chelsea made an £85m bid for the Italy international after his performances at Euro 2020, which was immediately rejected by Juventus.
The Blues are said to be preparing another bid for the 23-year-old this summer, but will likely have to stump up an astronomical fee to prise him away from Turin.
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A huge result tonight for Max Allegri and the Juve players and you can see how much it means to them.
They keep a much-needed clean sheet against a team who score for fun in the Premier League.
Huge disappointment for Thomas Tuchel and the Chelsea fans, who have high expectations for this season after last year’s Champions League win and the acquisition of Romelu Lukaku in the summer.
But the striker was kept quiet by a commanding defensive performance from Juve, with Bonucci in particular having an outstanding game at the back.
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Federico Chiesa scored just ten seconds after the restart in the second-half and really impressed the BT Sport pundits with his performance tonight.
“He’s that modern day striker, he can play anywhere across that front line and he’s as comfortable out wide as he is through the middle. He unnerves defenders with that pace.”
He was a constant thorn in Chelsea’s side as Juve’s main attacking outlet, with his pace causing real problems on the counter-attack.
He closed down every Chelsea pass and finished spectacularly to win his side the game.
A big performance from the young Italian forward.
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Here are the new standings in Group H, with Juventus comfortably top after two wins out of two and no goals conceded.
Chelsea are second despite their inferior goal-difference to Zenit because they have a better head-to-head record.
Malmo have a mountain to climb after losing both of their opening two games and failing to score.
Chelsea will have to get a result again Zenit in a few weeks time to guarantee their place and get the better of Juve at Stamford Bridge if they want to top the group.
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Here are the results elsewhere, with Man Utd grabbing a last gasp winner to beat Villarreal at Old Trafford. Who scored, you ask? Who do you think?
Benfica beat Barcelona 3-0 to condemn them to two defeats in their opening two games and Bayern smashed Dynamo Kyiv for five in some of the more surprise results.
FULL-TIME: JUVE 1-0 CHELSEA
Juve put in a defensive masterclass to beat Chelsea by a single goal to nil.
The Blues were on top throughout when it comes to possession but were unable to penetrate Juventus, who were both stubborn and resolute in their defensive duties.
They stayed focused, kept their shape and didn’t allow Chelsea many chances at all, despite their dominance.
A huge win for the home side who will hope to use this as a catalyst to kickstart their season after a difficult start in Serie A.
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THE ITALIAN SIDE HAVE DONE IT
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90+5 – Last chance saloon for Chelsea. A corner for the Blues after Hudson-Odoi’s cross is blocked by Chiellini and the home fans again cheer like it’s a goal.
The corner comes in and Havertz leaps highest to meet it but again sends it way over the bar. That should be enough for Juventus…
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90+4 – CLOSE! A ball is sent forward for Lukaku to chase and it’s a root race between him and Szczesny but the Poland international has the advantage and claims the ball.
The Juve fans cheer like it’s a goal. More frustration for Lukaku, who hasn’t really had a sniff tonight but for that miss a few minutes ago.
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90+2 – Ross Barkley gets himself in an attacking position and whips the ball into the box with pace but there’s way too much on it and it goes out for a goal kick.
Juve taking their time with everything at the moment. The full-time whistle can’t come soon enough for Max Allegri.
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90 – Chelsea look to break with Hudson-Odoi and Havertz combining well deep in the Juve half but Locatelli and Sandro manage to halt them in their tracks and earn a Juve throw in.
Five minutes added on.
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89 – YELLOW CARD! Juve have a corner and Cuadrado is booked for time-wasting.
They’re trying to keep it in the corner and earn themselves another corner-kick. Game management tactics here from Juve.
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88 – The resulting corner falls to Havertz in the box, who leaps high into the air to meet it, but heads it way over the bar.
Chelsea throwing everything they’ve got at Juve here but the home side refusing to budge.
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87 – It’s a good floated delivery from Chilwell but it’s cleared for a corner by Chiellini.
There’s a VAR check for handball after claims from the Chelsea players, but the check is over very quickly and nothing given.
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86 – Chiellini’s first involvement sees him foul Havertz in an good position for an attacking free-kick.
It’s shooting distance, but it’s probably too wide for a shot and Chilwell and Hudson-Odoi are standing over it.
JUVENTUS SUBSTITUTION:
Mr. Juventus comes on to see this win out in Turin and he receives a huge reception from the Juve fans.
OFF: Rodrigo Bentancur.
ON: Giorgio Chiellini.
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83 – SO CLOSE! Lukaku has a shot from inside the box and it’s Chelsea’s best opportunity of the night.
He’s less than 12 yards out and he blazes it over the bar and puts his head in his hands.
Bonucci did really well to put enough pressure on him and close the angle.
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81 – Barkley has been bright for Chelsea since coming on, but Tuchel is absolutely furious down on the touchline.
He’s going berserk at his players, waving and screaming instructions at them.
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79 – Chelsea keep pressing and probing but are almost punished on the break as Juve burst into their half at pace with Moise Kean and Juan Cuadrado.
They’re unable to do anything with it as Kulusevski and Kean look to combine in the box after Chelsea are able to get back into their shape and they then break.
Lukaku runs into the Juve half at speed and tries to cross it for Havertz but it’s a very poor ball.
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76 – The Juve fans give the goalscorer Chiesa a huge ovation for his contribution tonight. He didn’t stop running and chasing everything from the moment the whistle blew.
The Bianconeri are willing their side to see this through, but Chelsea are upping the intensity slightly now after more fresh legs have come on to aid the cause.
JUVENTUS SUBSTITUTIONS:
OFF: Federico Chiesa, Adrien Rabiot.
ON: Weston McKennie, Moise Kean.
CHELSEA SUBSTITUTION:
One last roll of the dice for Tuchel as he makes his final substitution of the night. This will surely mean a change of formation for Chelsea, with Hudson-Odoi moving further up to join Havertz and Lukaku up front.
OFF: Andreas Christensen.
ON: Ross Barkley.
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72 – A cross comes into the box from Hudson-Odoi and Lukaku gets his head on it, but it goes well wide.
He’s been a little bit off the pace tonight and that sums up his performance quite nicely.
Still 20 minutes including injury time, so plenty of time for the Belgian to switch it on the way Chelsea fans know he can.
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73 – Chelsea doing well to starve Juventus of any possession and keeping them trapped in their own half. The home side will have to stay focused and not leave any gaps for Chelsea to exploit.
They’ve not given the ball away as much in this second half, but their passing is still a little bit too safe and slow at times.
Looks like Tuchel is bringing on Barkley in the hope he can unlock the Juve backline.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
