That’s all from me. Thanks for your company and emails - I’ll leave you with David Hytner’s match report. Night!
That’s the definition of a hard-fought victory. Juventus worked like beasts defensively and had the best attacker on the field in Fedenrico Chiesa. His excellent goal 11 seconds after half-time settled the match, though Romelu Lukaku and Kai Havertz missed good chances to equalise late on.
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Full time: Juventus 1-0 Chelsea
Peep peep! Juventus have held on for a rousing victory over the European champions!
90+5 min: What a chance for Havertz! Chilwell curls the corner towasrds the six-yard line, where Havertz gets above everyone but heads over the bar!
90+5 min Hudson-Odoi’s cross is blocked with glee by the sliding Chiellini. Corner to Chelsea, their last chance...
90+1 min An overhit cross from Barkley goes behind for a goalkick.
90 min Five minutes of added time.
89 min Cuadrado is booked for timewasting at a Juventus corner.
No penalty! Chelsea have a corner instead, which is headed away by Danilo. Hudson-Odoi picks up the loose ball and puts in a good cross that is headed over by Havertz, 10 yards from goal. That was a decent chance.
87 min Chilwell’s floated free-kick is headed on by Thiago, and Chelsea appeal unsuccessfully for a handball by Danilo. It’s being checked by VAR.
84 min Giorgio Chiellini comes on for Rodrigo Bentancur. Juventus have removed the tyres from the bus.
83 min: Lukaku misses a great chance! Barkley cuts inside from the left and shovels a pass through to Lukaku in the area. He rolls Bonucci brilliantly, classic Lukaku, only to slice a shot wide of the near post. I think he kicked the ground, in fact, which is why it went off target.
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82 min Kovacic’s shot from the edge of the D is brilliantly blocked by Locatelli. Juventus’s defensive commitment has been quite something.
80 min Kean’s shot on the turn is well blocked and Chelsea break. Kovacic releases Lukaku on the left, but his cross is badly overhit.
79 min AMason Mount has had another good game.
77 min A double change for Juve: Moise Kean and Weston McKennie replace Rabiot and the outstanding Grandpa Chiesa.
75 min Another change for Chelsea: the lesser spotted Ross Barkley replaces Andreas Christensen.
74 min Hudson-Odoi beats Alex Sandro on the right but his cross is headed away by Bonucci. Moments later, a better cross from Hudson-Odoi is headed well wide by Lukaku. In his defence, he was under a lot of pressure.
73 min “Chelsea really have created very little this evening and look devoid of ideas,” says Lee Madden. “I know Lukaku had a good start against Arsenal, but against Liverpool, City and now Juve, he’s barely been effective. I’m not sure if it’s because Chelsea haven’t played to his strengths or because he struggles against top-level opponents, but something isn’t working…”
I’m surprised more hasn’t been made of his big-game record. This is a huge season for him in that respect.
72 min Rudiger’s long-range shot is blocked by Bentancur. Chelsea’s formation is now a 3-1-4-2, with Chilwell and Hudson-Odoi playing high up the pitch.
71 min It’s all Chelsea now. After some good one-touch passing, Havertz has a shot from the edge of the area blocked by de Ligt.
69 min “Never admit a mistake,” says Ian Copestake. “Just double-down. You were clearly trying to emulate Homer’s respect for paternal authority and lineage and say ‘When Enrico’s fleet footed son Chiesa is good, he is seriously good.’”
Just out of interest, what’s your father’s name?
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68 min Kovacic has a chance to play Rudiger in on the left side of the area but he underhits the pass. Then Rudiger is booked for something or other.
65 min A change for Juventus. Dejan Kulusevski replaces Bernardeschi, who made one and should have scored one.
64 min It looks like Chelsea have switched to 3-5-2, with Chalobah in midfield and Havertz up front. There’s a scramble in the Juventus area, with Havertz about to shoot when de Ligt clears the danger.
64 min: What a chance for Bernardeschi! Juventus should be 2-0 up. Rabiot’s long crossfield pass was cushioned back across the area on the volley by Cuadrado. Bernadeschi had an apparently simple chance on the half-volley, eight yards out, but spooned it well wide.
62 min A triple change from Thomas Tuchel. Trevoh Chalobah, Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Callum Hudson-Odoi replace Azpilicueta, Ziyech and Jorginho.
61 min Ziyech wins the ball but then follows through on Rabiot and is booked. At first the referee waved his hands to say it wasn’t a foul; then he changed his mind. Moments earlier, Havertz went over in the area after a clumsy challenge from behind by Alex Sandro. It probably wasn’t a penalty but it was a risky challenge.
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59 min Kovacic plays a sharp pass into Ziyech, whose cross deflects behind off Danilo. Nothing comes of the corner but this is a good spell for Chelsea.
58 min “Don’t feel too bad,” says Matt Burtz. “Enrico Chiesa is only 50, so in theory he could still be knocking them in.”
Walking football was such a great invention.
57 min Chelsea are having most of the ball, as they have throughout the game. There’s a greater speed to their attacking since the goal but they haven’t really bothered Szczesny.
55 min There’s a break in play while Bonucci receives treatment for old age. He’s fine to continue.
54 min I remember when I used to laugh at people who mixed sportsmen up with their fathers. If only I knew.
53 min Havertz’s short pass hits Locatelli in the D and flies just wide. For a second, with Szczesny wrongfooted, that looked like it was going to be a farcical own goal.
52 min “Enrico’s long retired; you mean Federico Chiesa, his son,” writes Edward Chukwurah.
What an eejit I am.
49 min A nice move from Chelsea, who are playing with a bit more urgency, ends when Azpilicueta’s cross is blocked by de Ligt. Just before that, Bernardeschi went over on the edge of the area after a challenge from Jorginho. The referee wasn’t interested.
48 min When Enrico Chiesa is good, he is seriously good. He’s been the best attacking player on the pitch by a mile tonight.
Juventus took the kick-off and launched the ball towards the left wing, where Rabiot won it in the air and found Bernardeschi. He chested it down, turned and flicked a good pass through to Chiesa, who made an excellent run from right to left. Chiesa hit a first-time shot on the run that took a very slight deflection off Rudiger and flew into the roof of the net. I suspect it was going in anyway.
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GOAL! Juventus 1-0 Chelsea (Chiesa 46)
Enrico Chiesa scores after 11 seconds of the second half!
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46 min Peep peep!
Chelsea have made a half-time change: Ben Chilwell is for Marcos Alonso at left wing-back. I guess that’s an injury, though it hasn’t been confirmed.
Half time: Juventus 0-0 Chelsea
Peep peep! An intriguing if largely uneventful half ends goalless. Chelsea dominated possession throughout but Juventus, Enrico Chiesa in particular, were sporadically menacing on the break. See you in 10 minutes for the second half.
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45 min Chelsea win a corner on the left. Alonso curls it out towards Thiago Silva, whose downward header comes back to him off Bonucci. Thiago hammers a snapshot that is well blocked by de Ligt.
41 min Bernadeschi smashes a free-kick straight into the wall - the Juventus wall, that is, which was set up alongside Chelsea’s. Rabiot didn’t hit the deck as he was supposed to and ended up blocking the free-kick.
40 min Chiesa scorches past Christensen on the left and curls a long pass to Cuadrado on the far side. He dithers but then gets a bonus free-kick when Kovacic commits a needless foul on the edge of the D. This is a chance for Juve...
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38 min Chelsea are getting frustrated by Juventus’s defensive solidity. It’s been an interesting game, if not particularly entertaining.
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35 min Chelsea’s build-up play has been a bit too deliberate, and for now they are playing into Juventus’s hands.
33 min Chiesa, who looks really sharp, spins Christensen on the halfway line. Nothing comes of it, ultimately, but it was another promising Juventus break.
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31 min Rabiot cuts inside from the left and hits a booming right-footed curler that goes a few yards over the bar. Mendy had it covered but it was a crowd-pleasing effort.
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27 min Bernadeschi plays a crisp, disguised pass to Chiesa in the area. He is expertly tracked by Rudiger, which means there’s no opportunity for a shot. Instead Chiesa tries an off-balance reverse pass to Cuadrado, and overhits it. Juve do look dangerous on the break though.
26 min Bentancur makes an important, if risky, sliding challenge on Havertz in the area. The ghostly Havertz has been Chelsea’s biggest threat in the last 10 minutes.
25 min “A quick Google has not revealed any existing rhyming slang for ‘tiki taka’,” says Adam Kline-Schoder, “but please may I submit ‘Bukayo Saka?’”
It’ll do for me.
23 min Lukaku tries to turn in the area, but de Ligt appears on his blind side to poke the ball back to Szczesny. Although they haven’t had much of the ball, Juve have defended really well.
20 min: Just wide from Chiesa! Juve almost sting Chelsea on the break. Kovacic played a short backpass to the last man Christensen on the halfway line. Chiesa got there first and knocked it past Christensen, who tried and failed to rugby tackle him. Chiesa hared straight for the penalty area, in the inside-right channel, and cracked a right-footed shot that swerved just wide of the far post.
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18 min Alonso is booked for shoving Cuadrado into an advertising hoarding. Cuadrado made a meal of it, though it was a needless shove from Alonso.
18 min What’s the Cockney rhyming slang for tiki taka? Chelsea are playing like Spain 2012 at the moment.
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17 min Lukaku’s backheel almost releases Havertz, but he is well tracked by de Ligt.
15 min A tame long-range shot from Christensen dribbles through to Szczesny.
15 min Chelsea have had 68 per cent of the possession so far. As Glenn Hoddle notes on BT Sport, it’s almost a reverse of the game against Man City on Saturday.
13 min Juventus are struggling to get out. Chelsea look particularly dangerous down their left, through Alonso and Ziyech.
10 min It looks like Juve have switched to 4-4-2, with Chiesa moving up front. They need to do something because Chelsea are well on top.
8 min Bernadeschi moves to the edge of the Chelsea area, hugging the ball on his left foot, before Kovacic makes an excellent blind-side tackle. The crowd appealed for a penalty, and Bernadeschi looked hopefully at the referee, but it was a clean challenge from Kovacic.
7 min A clever corner from Chelsea. Alonso angles it sharply towards Lukaku, who shoots straight at Szczesny from 10 yards. That was a decent chance.
6 min Nothing much to report, though Chelsea have started confidently and look the more dangerous side.
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4 min Juventus are actually playing a 4-1-4-1, with Locatelli in front of the back four, Chiesa on the left wing and Bernadeschi as the token nine. Chelsea are back in their Champions League-winning shape.
Juventus (4-1-4-1) Szczesny; Danilo, Bonucci, de Ligt, Alex Sandro; Locatelli; Cuadrado, Bentancur, Rabiot, Chiesa; Bernadeschi, Chiesa.
Chelsea (3-4-2-1) Mendy; Christensen, Thiago Silva, Rudiger; Azpilicueta, Jorginho, Kovacic, Alonso; Havertz, Ziyech; Lukaku.
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3 min Kovacic has the first shot at goal, a mishit effort from 25 yards that is easily saved by Szczesny.
🍏🍐 Down the apples & pears to the pitch! #JuveChelsea #JuveUCL pic.twitter.com/zT49ewz6Hm
— JuventusFC (@juventusfcen) September 29, 2021
I’d love to hear the East End Thug’s reaction to this. (NB: clip contains adult language.)
1 min Peep peep! Chelsea kick off from right to left.
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Nearly time for kick-off. Since Thomas Tuchel took over, Chelsea’s Champions League results have been 1-0, 2-0, 2-0, 0-1, 1-1, 2-0, 1-0 and 1-0. You don’t need to Max Fischer to spot a pattern.
Make that 4-0 to Zenit. Wendel has scored in injury time to complete a decent night’s work.
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And now Zenit lead Malmo 3-0. Chelsea’s last game in this group is in Saint Petersburg; they sure as flip won’t want to go there needing a result to qualify.
The other game in this group is among the early kick-offs. Zenit St Petersburg are cruising to victory - they lead ten-man Malmo 2-0.
Remember when
A meeting between Juventus and Chelsea brings one thing straight to mind - Oscar’s spectacular goal at Stamford Bridge 2012. If he meant the first touch*, it’s one of the greatest goals ever scored in European football. Even if he didn’t, the finish was a beauty.
* For what it’s worth, I don’t think he did, though I wish I felt differently. It’s beyond my control.
Team news
Both teams make three changes from their weekend fixtures. Wojcech Szczesny is back in the Juventus goal in place of Mattia Perin. Danilo and Adrien Rabiot come in for the injured pair of Alvaro Morata and Paulo Dybala, which means a bit of a reshuffle. Enrico Chiesa and Federico Bernadeschi, who usually play wide, are likely to start up front.
The Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel has brought in Thiago Silva, Hakim Ziyech and Kai Havertz to replace Reece James, N’Golo Kante and Timo Werner.
Juventus (possible 4-4-2) Szczesny; Danilo, Bonucci, de Ligt, Alex Sandro; Cuadrado, Locatelli, Bentancur, Rabiot; Bernadeschi, Chiesa.
Substitutes: Pinsoglio, Perin, De Sciglio, Chiellini, McKenzie, Kean, Rugani, Kulusevski.
Chelsea (possible 3-4-3) Mendy; Christensen, Thiago Silva, Rudiger; Azpilicueta, Jorginho, Kovacic, Alonso; Havertz, Lukaku, Ziyech.
Substitutes: Kepa, Bettinelli, Werner, Loftus-Cheek, Chalobah, Saul, Hudson-Odoi, Chilwell, Barkley, Sarr.
Referee Jesus Gil Manzano (Spain).
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Some very good players will miss tonight’s match. The Juventus trio of Paulo Dybala, Alvaro Morata and Arthur are injured, while Chelsea are without Mason Mount, Christian Pulisic, Reece James - and N’Golo Kante, who is isolating after being diagnosed with Covid-19. We’ll have team news shortly.
Preamble
Hello and welcome to live coverage of Juventus v Chelsea at the Allianz Stadium. There are different ways to look at this game: Old Lady v New Money, the European champions of 1996 v the European champions of 2021. But whether you’re a legacy fan or part of Generation Super League, it’s possible to agree on one thing: as group games go, this is a biggie.
Both teams won their opening games a fortnight ago, and the subconscious assumes they will qualify for the knockout rounds. (We thought the same in 2012, mind you, and look how that panned out.) Either way, there are plenty of reasons why a game like this matters. Finishing top of the group should mean an easier draw in the last 16; qualifying with game(s) to spare gives you the chance to rest players; and beating a fellow Super Leaguer never hurt anyone’s confidence.
Most importantly of all, if we brainwash you into thinking this is a really meaningful game, you’ll keep pressing F5 and our metrics will look better.
Chelsea wouldn’t turn down a morale boost after a slightly humbling defeat to Manchester City at the weekend. It would also set them up nicely for a favourable run of fixtures in October. But Juventus’s need is greater. They had a desperate start to the season and, though they restored some order with victories over Spezia and Sampdoria in the past week, they are not yet out of the woods. Beating Spezia and Sampdoria - all doo respect - is one thing, beating the European champions quite another. A win tonight would empower Juventus at home and abroad.
Kick off 8pm BST, 9pm in Turin.
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