UEFA Champions League

FT Wednesday, September 19, 2018
Juventus LWWWW 2
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Valencia WDLDD 0
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Mestalla · 46,067 att.

Match Report

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Juventus overcome Ronaldo red card to win Champions League debut

Juventus overcame a first-half Cristiano Ronaldo red card to beat Valencia 2-0 in their Champions League opener at the Mestalla on Wednesday.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
14
3
Yellow Cards
3
1
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
2
2
Corner Kicks
11
6
Saves
3
45.8
Possession
54.2
10
SHOTS
26
6
ON GOAL
6
0.6
On Target %
0.2
2
Penalty Goals
0
2
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
365
Accurate Passes
435
425
Passes
492
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
3
Accurate Crosses
10
13
Crosses
28
0.2
Cross %
0.4
70
Long Balls
35
42
Accurate Long Balls
21
0.6
Long Balls %
0.6
1
Blocked Shots
10
4
Effective Tackles
14
8
Tackles
18
0.5
Tackle %
0.8
14
Interceptions
8
29
Effective Clearances
9
29
Clearances
9

Lineups

VAL · 4-4-2

  1. 13NetoG
  2. 4Jeison MurilloCD-L
  3. 5Gabriel PaulistaCD-R
  4. 14José GayàLB
  5. 3Rúben VezoRB
  6. 18Daniel WassCM-L
  7. 10Dani ParejoCM-R
  8. 7Gonçalo GuedesLM
  9. 8Carlos SolerRM
  10. 23Michy BatshuayiCF-L
  11. 19RodrigoCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 21Cristiano PicciniSUB
  2. 9Kevin GameiroSUB
  3. 12Mouctar DiakhabySUB
  4. 1Jaume DoménechSUB
  5. 22Santi MinaSUB
  6. 11Denis CheryshevSUB
  7. 20Ferran TorresSUB

JUV · 4-3-3

  1. 1Wojciech SzczesnyG
  2. 3Giorgio ChielliniCD-L
  3. 19Leonardo BonucciCD-R
  4. 12Alex SandroLB
  5. 20João CanceloRB
  6. 5Miralem PjanicCM
  7. 14Blaise MatuidiLM
  8. 6Sami KhediraRM
  9. 17Mario MandzukicF
  10. 7Cristiano RonaldoLF
  11. 33Federico BernardeschiRF

Substitutes

  1. 16Juan CuadradoSUB
  2. 23Emre CanSUB
  3. 10Paulo DybalaSUB
  4. 24Daniele RuganiSUB
  5. 22Mattia PerinSUB
  6. 11Douglas CostaSUB
  7. 4Medhi BenatiaSUB

Timeline

  1. 23' Substitution, Juventus. Emre Can replaces Sami Khedira because of an injury.
  2. 29' Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus) is shown the red card for violent conduct.
  3. 43' Daniel Parejo (Valencia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45' Goal! Valencia 0, Juventus 1. Miralem Pjanic (Juventus) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  5. 49' Jeison Murillo (Valencia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 51' Goal! Valencia 0, Juventus 2. Miralem Pjanic (Juventus) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  7. 54' Rúben Vezo (Valencia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 57' Substitution, Valencia. Denis Cheryshev replaces Rúben Vezo.
  9. 59' Alex Sandro (Juventus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 67' Substitution, Juventus. Douglas Costa replaces Miralem Pjanic.
  11. 70' Substitution, Valencia. Kevin Gameiro replaces Michy Batshuayi.
  12. 70' Substitution, Valencia. Santi Mina replaces Gonçalo Guedes.
  13. 81' Wojciech Szczesny (Juventus) is shown the yellow card.
  14. 89' Substitution, Juventus. Daniele Rugani replaces Douglas Costa because of an injury.
  15. 90'+6' Daniele Rugani (Juventus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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