Carlos Tevez and Alvaro Morata got the goals as
Juventus beat Borussia Dortmund 2-1 in the UEFA
Champions League on Tuesday.
Juventus will take a narrow advantage into the
second leg of their UEFA Champions League last-16
clash with Borussia Dortmund following a 2-1
victory in Turin.
This was the first meeting between the teams since
the 1997 final, which Dortmund won 3-1 to snatch
the trophy from then defending champions Juve, but
it was the Serie A outfit who dictated play for the
most part on Tuesday.
Carlos Tevez pounced on some clumsy goalkeeping
from Roman Weidenfeller to give Juve a deserved
lead in the 13th minute, and it was another
defensive mishap that led to Dortmund’s equaliser
five minutes later.
Marco Reus stole in to penalise a Giorgio Chiellini
stumble with a composed finish, but Alvaro Morata
struck two minutes from the break to earn Juve a
narrow advantage heading into the return leg in
three weeks’ time.
Marco Reus stole in to penalise a Giorgio Chiellini
stumble with a composed finish, but Alvaro Morata
struck two minutes from the break to earn Juve a
narrow advantage heading into the return leg in
three weeks’ time.
The result means Juve have now gone 47 games
unbeaten at home in all competitions – last tasting
defeat to Dortmund’s Bundesliga rivals Bayern
Munich in April 2013.
Ciro Immobile returned from illness to lead the
Dortmund line against his former club and fired an
early warning signal when a shot from distance
strayed just off target.
The visitors also boasted Reus and Pierre-Emerick
Aubameyang as part of a menacing attacking line-
up, while Juve brought in fresh defensive legs in the
shape of Patrice Evra and Stephan Lichtsteiner –
promoted from the bench following Friday’s 2-1
Serie A victory over Atalanta.
It was the hosts who broke the deadlock after 13
minutes.
Morata – added to the Juve attack along with Arturo
Vidal – had the beating of his man on the left of the
penalty area, and goalkeeper Weidenfeller could
only push the Spaniard’s low cross into the path of
a grateful Tevez for a simple finish.
Juventus beat Borussia Dortmund 2-1 in the UEFA
Champions League on Tuesday.
Juventus will take a narrow advantage into the
second leg of their UEFA Champions League last-16
clash with Borussia Dortmund following a 2-1
victory in Turin.
This was the first meeting between the teams since
the 1997 final, which Dortmund won 3-1 to snatch
the trophy from then defending champions Juve, but
it was the Serie A outfit who dictated play for the
most part on Tuesday.
Carlos Tevez pounced on some clumsy goalkeeping
from Roman Weidenfeller to give Juve a deserved
lead in the 13th minute, and it was another
defensive mishap that led to Dortmund’s equaliser
five minutes later.
Marco Reus stole in to penalise a Giorgio Chiellini
stumble with a composed finish, but Alvaro Morata
struck two minutes from the break to earn Juve a
narrow advantage heading into the return leg in
three weeks’ time.
Marco Reus stole in to penalise a Giorgio Chiellini
stumble with a composed finish, but Alvaro Morata
struck two minutes from the break to earn Juve a
narrow advantage heading into the return leg in
three weeks’ time.
The result means Juve have now gone 47 games
unbeaten at home in all competitions – last tasting
defeat to Dortmund’s Bundesliga rivals Bayern
Munich in April 2013.
Ciro Immobile returned from illness to lead the
Dortmund line against his former club and fired an
early warning signal when a shot from distance
strayed just off target.
The visitors also boasted Reus and Pierre-Emerick
Aubameyang as part of a menacing attacking line-
up, while Juve brought in fresh defensive legs in the
shape of Patrice Evra and Stephan Lichtsteiner –
promoted from the bench following Friday’s 2-1
Serie A victory over Atalanta.
It was the hosts who broke the deadlock after 13
minutes.
Morata – added to the Juve attack along with Arturo
Vidal – had the beating of his man on the left of the
penalty area, and goalkeeper Weidenfeller could
only push the Spaniard’s low cross into the path of
a grateful Tevez for a simple finish.
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