Late goals from Jose Maria Gimenez and Diego Godin saw Atletico Madrid beat Juventus 2-0 in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie tonight.
The match had appeared to be heading for a goalless draw at the Wanda Metropolitano, before Atleti defenders Gimenez (78) and Godin (83) gave Diego Simeone’s side a huge advantage heading into the second leg in Turin.
And that will come as a relief to the home side, who had earlier seen substitute Alvaro Morata’s 70th-minute header ruled out by the Video Assistant Referee for a push on Giorgio Chiellini.
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Champions League last-16 first leg
Manchester City finally won. What a game and a chance to breathe at last after 90 minutes of football at break-neck speed.
Raheem Sterling’s late winner puts the visitors in the driving seat to progress to the Champions League quarter-finals, but it could have been so different not long before that when Nicolas Otamendi was sent off with City trailing 2-1.
But football’s a funny old game, isn’t it?
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JUVENTUS TEAM NEWS
Team to play Atleti: Szczesny, De Sciglio, Chiellini, Bonucci, Sandro, Pjanic, Matuidi, Bentancur, Dybala, Mandzukic, Ronaldo
Juventus’ most recent victory against Atletico was in 1965 in the Fairs Cup semi-final second-leg replay (3-1).
Atletico are unbeaten in the Champions League against Italian opposition under manager Diego Simeone (W4 D2), conceding only goal.
Atletico Madrid have reached the Champions League knockout stages in five of their six campaigns under Simeone.
Atletico Madrid are unbeaten in their past 12 home games in the Champions League knockout stages (W7 D5).
Juventus have won four of their past five away games in the knockout stages of the Champions League (D1).
Antoine Griezmann has scored or assisted a goal in each of his six Champions League games at the Wanda Metropolitano (6 goals, 3 assists). This season, he has been directly involved in six of Atletico’s nine Champions League goals (67%) – the highest ratio among the 16 teams left in the competition.
Paulo Dybala has scored six goals in his past seven Champions League games, having managed five in his previous 24 matches with Juventus.
All 11 of Dybala’s Champions League goals have been scored with his left foot.
Cristiano Ronaldo has scored only one goal in his past eight Champions League games, after scoring 11 in his previous eight. He has failed to score in four of his past five Champions League games against Atletico
Massimiliano Allegri has reached the knockout stages in each of his nine seasons as manager in the Champions League. He was a beaten finalist in two of the past four seasons with Juventus.
Late goals from Jose Maria Gimenez and Diego Godin saw Atletico Madrid beat Juventus 2-0 in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie tonight.
The match had appeared to be heading for a goalless draw at the Wanda Metropolitano, before Atleti defenders Gimenez (78) and Godin (83) gave Diego Simeone’s side a huge advantage heading into the second leg in Turin.
And that will come as a relief to the home side, who had earlier seen substitute Alvaro Morata’s 70th-minute header ruled out by the Video Assistant Referee for a push on Giorgio Chiellini.
Manchester City finally won. What a game and a chance to breathe at last after 90 minutes of football at break-neck speed.
Raheem Sterling’s late winner puts the visitors in the driving seat to progress to the Champions League quarter-finals, but it could have been so different not long before that when Nicolas Otamendi was sent off with City trailing 2-1.
But football’s a funny old game, isn’t it?
JUVENTUS TEAM NEWS
Team to play Atleti: Szczesny, De Sciglio, Chiellini, Bonucci, Sandro, Pjanic, Matuidi, Bentancur, Dybala, Mandzukic, Ronaldo
Subs: Perin, Caceres, Cancelo, Rugani, Spinazzola, Can, Bernardeschi