UEFA Champions League

Zenit St Petersburg vs Juventus, 2021-22 UEFA Champions League, Group Stage

· UEFA Champions League
Zenit St Petersburg
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    0 - 1
    Juventus
    • 86': Dejan Kulusevski

    Kulusevski strikes late to earn Juventus win over Zenit

    Dejan Kulusevski scored a late goal to earn Juventus a 1-0 victory away to Zenit St Petersburg on Wednesday in the Champions League.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 2': Corner, Zenit St Petersburg. Conceded by Mattia De Sciglio.
    • 5': Foul by Rodrigo Bentancur (Juventus).
    • 5': Wilmar Barrios (Zenit St Petersburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 7': Foul by Vyacheslav Karavaev (Zenit St Petersburg).
    • 7': Álvaro Morata (Juventus) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 10': Foul by Álvaro Morata (Juventus).
    • 10': Malcom (Zenit St Petersburg) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 13': Offside, Zenit St Petersburg. Douglas Santos tries a through ball, but Claudinho is caught offside.
    • 18': Attempt saved. Claudinho (Zenit St Petersburg) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Malcom.
    • 18': Corner, Zenit St Petersburg. Conceded by Matthijs de Ligt.
    • 19': Offside, Zenit St Petersburg. Yaroslav Rakitskiy tries a through ball, but Claudinho is caught offside.
    • 22': Foul by Douglas Santos (Zenit St Petersburg).
    • 22': Mattia De Sciglio (Juventus) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 25': Foul by Federico Chiesa (Juventus).
    • 25': Wilmar Barrios (Zenit St Petersburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 26': Attempt blocked. Federico Chiesa (Juventus) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Rodrigo Bentancur.
    • 26': Corner, Juventus. Conceded by Dejan Lovren.
    • 28': Corner, Zenit St Petersburg. Conceded by Matthijs de Ligt.
    • 29': Attempt blocked. Claudinho (Zenit St Petersburg) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
    • 30': Alex Sandro (Juventus) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 30': Foul by Wilmar Barrios (Zenit St Petersburg).
    • 30': Wilmar Barrios (Zenit St Petersburg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 31': Corner, Juventus. Conceded by Douglas Santos.
    • 34': Foul by Manuel Locatelli (Juventus).
    • 34': Yaroslav Rakitskiy (Zenit St Petersburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 35': Corner, Juventus. Conceded by Yaroslav Rakitskiy.
    • 36': Attempt missed. Manuel Locatelli (Juventus) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right following a corner.
    • 36': Attempt missed. Alex Sandro (Juventus) left footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Federico Chiesa following a corner.
    • 36': Claudinho (Zenit St Petersburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 36': Foul by Federico Chiesa (Juventus).
    • 37': Douglas Santos (Zenit St Petersburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 37': Foul by Mattia De Sciglio (Juventus).
    • 39': Attempt missed. Federico Chiesa (Juventus) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Álvaro Morata.
    • 40': Attempt missed. Federico Chiesa (Juventus) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Mattia De Sciglio with a cross.
    • 43': Foul by Federico Chiesa (Juventus).
    • 43': Wilmar Barrios (Zenit St Petersburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 43': Corner, Zenit St Petersburg. Conceded by Alex Sandro.
    • 44': Attempt saved. Dmitriy Chistyakov (Zenit St Petersburg) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Claudinho with a cross.
    • 45': Federico Bernardeschi (Juventus) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 45': Foul by Douglas Santos (Zenit St Petersburg).
    • 45'+1': First Half ends, Zenit St Petersburg 0, Juventus 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Zenit St Petersburg 0, Juventus 0.
    • 46': Federico Chiesa (Juventus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 46': Foul by Vyacheslav Karavaev (Zenit St Petersburg).
    • 46': Vyacheslav Karavaev (Zenit St Petersburg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 51': Attempt missed. Manuel Locatelli (Juventus) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
    • 51': Attempt saved. Weston McKennie (Juventus) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Álvaro Morata with a through ball.
    • 53': Attempt blocked. Claudinho (Zenit St Petersburg) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Malcom.
    • 53': Attempt blocked. Wendel (Zenit St Petersburg) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Claudinho.
    • 57': Attempt missed. Claudinho (Zenit St Petersburg) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right.
    • 58': Substitution, Juventus. Juan Cuadrado replaces Alex Sandro.
    • 58': Substitution, Juventus. Dejan Kulusevski replaces Federico Bernardeschi.
    • 58': Substitution, Juventus. Arthur replaces Manuel Locatelli.
    • 60': Foul by Arthur (Juventus).
    • 60': Malcom (Zenit St Petersburg) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 60': Arthur (Juventus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 60': Substitution, Zenit St Petersburg. Sardar Azmoun replaces Artem Dzyuba.
    • 61': Substitution, Zenit St Petersburg. Aleksey Sutormin replaces Vyacheslav Karavaev.
    • 61': Attempt blocked. Yaroslav Rakitskiy (Zenit St Petersburg) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 62': Foul by Sardar Azmoun (Zenit St Petersburg).
    • 62': Matthijs de Ligt (Juventus) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 64': Corner, Zenit St Petersburg. Conceded by Matthijs de Ligt.
    • 65': Attempt blocked. Claudinho (Zenit St Petersburg) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Douglas Santos.
    • 65': Attempt blocked. Yaroslav Rakitskiy (Zenit St Petersburg) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Claudinho.
    • 65': Foul by Dejan Kulusevski (Juventus).
    • 65': Wilmar Barrios (Zenit St Petersburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 69': Substitution, Zenit St Petersburg. Daler Kuzyaev replaces Malcom because of an injury.
    • 71': Attempt missed. Álvaro Morata (Juventus) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Arthur.
    • 74': Attempt missed. Weston McKennie (Juventus) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Mattia De Sciglio with a cross.
    • 75': Attempt missed. Claudinho (Zenit St Petersburg) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Douglas Santos with a headed pass.
    • 76': Substitution, Juventus. Moise Kean replaces Álvaro Morata.
    • 78': Corner, Juventus. Conceded by Daler Kuzyaev.
    • 84': Substitution, Juventus. Aaron Ramsey replaces Rodrigo Bentancur.
    • 86': Goal! Zenit St Petersburg 0, Juventus 1. Dejan Kulusevski (Juventus) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mattia De Sciglio with a cross.
    • 88': Foul by Sardar Azmoun (Zenit St Petersburg).
    • 88': Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 88': Substitution, Zenit St Petersburg. Daniil Krugovoy replaces Dmitriy Chistyakov.
    • 88': Substitution, Zenit St Petersburg. Aleksandr Erokhin replaces Claudinho.
    • 89': Attempt missed. Federico Chiesa (Juventus) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Dejan Kulusevski.
    • 90'+1': Corner, Zenit St Petersburg. Conceded by Leonardo Bonucci.
    • 90'+3': Attempt missed. Aleksandr Erokhin (Zenit St Petersburg) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Dejan Lovren with a cross.
    • 90'+4': Daniil Krugovoy (Zenit St Petersburg) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 90'+4': Foul by Aaron Ramsey (Juventus).
    • 90'+4': Aaron Ramsey (Juventus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 90'+5': Attempt blocked. Douglas Santos (Zenit St Petersburg) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 90'+5': Corner, Zenit St Petersburg. Conceded by Aaron Ramsey.
    • 90'+6': Second Half ends, Zenit St Petersburg 0, Juventus 1.
    • 0': Match ends, Zenit St Petersburg 0, Juventus 1.

    Statistics

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    10 Fouls 7
    2 Yellow Cards 2
    0 Red Cards 0
    0 Offsides 2
    4 Corner Kicks 7
    2 Saves 1
    57.7 Possession 42.3
    11 SHOTS 12
    2 ON GOAL 2
    0.2 On Target % 0.2
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    491 Accurate Passes 345
    556 Passes 404
    0.9 Pass Completion % 0.9
    3 Accurate Crosses 2
    27 Crosses 17
    0.1 Cross % 0.1
    52 Long Balls 58
    38 Accurate Long Balls 31
    0.7 Long Balls % 0.5
    1 Blocked Shots 7
    5 Effective Tackles 11
    10 Tackles 17
    0.5 Tackle % 0.6
    7 Interceptions 10
    12 Effective Clearances 30
    12 Clearances 30

    Game Information

    Competition: UEFA Champions League

    Venue: Gazprom Arena
    Location: Saint Petersburg, Russia
    Attendance: 18,717

    Line-Ups

    ZEN Zenit St Petersburg (3-4-2-1)

    No. Name
    1 Stanislav Kritsyuk (GK)
    2 Dmitriy Chistyakov
    44 Yaroslav Rakitskiy
    6 Dejan Lovren
    5 Wilmar Barrios Yellow Card
    8 Wendel
    3 Douglas Santos
    15 Vyacheslav Karavaev Yellow Card
    22 Artem Dzyuba
    11 Claudinho
    10 Malcom
    Zenit St Petersburg Substitutes:
    Mikhail Kerzhakov, David Byazrov, Aleksandr Erokhin, Danil Krugovoi, Daler Kuzyaev, Daniil Kuznetsov, Kirill Kravtsov, Alex Sutormin, Sardar Azmoun, Danila Khotulev, Andrei Mostovoy.

    JUV Juventus (4-3-3)

    No. Name
    1 Wojciech Szczesny (GK)
    4 Matthijs de Ligt
    19 Leonardo Bonucci
    12 Alex Sandro
    2 Mattia De Sciglio
    27 Manuel Locatelli
    30 Rodrigo Bentancur
    14 Weston McKennie
    9 Álvaro Morata
    22 Federico Chiesa
    20 Federico Bernardeschi
    Juventus Substitutes:
    Arthur, Juan Cuadrado, Moise Kean, Danilo, Carlo Pinsoglio, Giorgio Chiellini, Daniele Rugani, Mattia Perin, Dejan Kulusevski, Aaron Ramsey.

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