Key occasions
60 min: Savona is down once more. Final time he copped a whack within the face; this time there’s an issue together with his left leg. The physio does the make-a-sub hand-jive, earlier than serving to the younger defender off. Savona appears in a whole lot of ache. He’s changed by Gatti.
58 min: Like Haaland earlier than him, Yildiz is straight away into the thick of the motion. Lower than a minute after approaching, he drags a shot huge left from the sting of the Metropolis field. That’s as harmful as Juve have seemed all night.
57 min: That’s Locatelli’s final contribution. He’s one among three Juve gamers changed, together with Costa and Koopmeiners. On come Cambiaso, Thuram and the free-scoring Yildiz.
56 min: Locatelli spins out of hazard on the sting of his personal field, a pirouette that takes him away from the urgent Doku and Haaland. Fantastic ability, and he pings his group off on the break with one line-splitting cross. Metropolis are wanting males, however Vlahovic can’t resolve what to do and the assault breaks down earlier than Juve can attain the opposing field.
54 min: This scoreline is the least Metropolis deserve for his or her dominance. They’ve been magnificent in the present day.
GOAL! Juventus 1-3 Manchester Metropolis (Haaland 52)
Reijnders splits the Juve defence with a finely weighted cross down the inside-right channel. Nunes is obvious. He rolls throughout to Haaland, who can’t miss, going through an open objective from six yards, unchallenged … however he tries his greatest to! He kicks the ball up onto his different leg, and the ball twangs into the online. Hey, they’ll’t all be picture-book good.
51 min: Doku jinks in from the left within the electrical model. Loads of house opens up close to the D. He goes for the top-right nook however can’t get any bend on the ball and it sails out of play arrow-straight, miles huge proper of the goal. A tragic end to a effective run.
49 min: Metropolis are shortly again in cost. Move, cross, affected person probe, cross. Juve sitting again for now.
47 min: Gonzalez probes down the appropriate and slips over within the imprecise environs of Doku. He’s within the Metropolis field, however to his credit score doesn’t insult anybody’s intelligence by claiming a penalty.
46 min: Haaland is almost on the scoresheet inside 50 seconds of approaching! Silva slips Savinho into house down the appropriate. Savinho whistles a first-time cross by way of the six-yard field, low and exhausting. Haaland extends a leg, however can’t make contact. What an introduction that may have been!
Manchester Metropolis lastly flip up, and get the second half underway. They’ve made a change, switching out Marmoush for Haaland. Juve, barely surprisingly, haven’t turned to the bench but.
Juventus, who want a objective for the draw that may give them high spot in Group G, are keen to start once more, and are again out first. Metropolis are nowhere to be seen. Outdated habits, and many others.
Half-time leisure. Whet your palate forward of the summer time’s massive present.
HALF TIME: Juventus 1-2 Manchester Metropolis
A scoreline that flatters Juventus. It’s been just about all Manchester City. As issues stand, Pep’s males will finish Group G on high.
45 min +3: Marmoush is afforded an excessive amount of time in a pocket of house 25 yards out. He skelps a dipping shot in the direction of the underside proper. It’s heading in. In all probability. Di Gregorio can’t take any possibilities, although, and turns it away. Fantastic save, and nothing comes of the ensuing nook.
45 min +2: Metropolis proceed to cross it round. One scuffed probability for Vlahovic and Koopmeiners’ pouncing on Ederson’s mistake aside, Juve have achieved completely nothing in assault.
45 min: … and so the rain eases off. However for a few minutes, that was intense. There can be 4 added first-half minutes.
44 min: This stadium is a giant open bowl. No roof. The punters don’t care. They’re getting soaked, nevertheless it’s celebration time now. A cranking up of the amount as everybody capers round.
42 min: Nunes wins a Metropolis nook down the appropriate. However the set piece is a waste of time. In the meantime in breaking meteorological information, the Florida heavens have opened, and the rain is lashing down. Exhausting. Biblical.
41 min: Savinho crosses from the appropriate. Juve half-clear. Ait-Nouri meets the dropping ball by the left-hand fringe of the D. He steers a volley in the direction of the underside proper. It’s heading in, however Di Gregorio is ready to parry the bouncing ball away from hazard.
39 min: Reijnders finds Savinho down the appropriate. Savinho cuts infield and makes an attempt to shock Di Gregorio with a snapshot in the direction of the underside proper, however the keeper reads the scenario effectively and claims.
38 min: Costa tries to launch Gonzalez down the appropriate. The cross is nice, however McKennie was caught offside in the course of the build-up so the whistle goes.
37 min: Doku dribbles down the left, previous Kalulu with far an excessive amount of ease. Kalulu’s head nonetheless spinning after his personal objective, maybe. So he does effectively to get again and block Doku’s tried ball infield.
35 min: The sport’s restarted, nevertheless it’s not restarted.
33 min: Everybody’s refreshed and good to go once more.
Cooling Break.
31 min: Marmoush picks up possession simply contained in the Juve field, to the left of objective. He makes an attempt to string a shot into the underside proper, however Di Gregorio reads the intent and will get right down to smother. And with that, it’s time for a Cooling Break …
30 min: Juve are exhibiting nowt in assault. It’s all Metropolis when it comes to possession, and one other objective feels prefer it’s within the put up.
28 min: “Kalulumitous!” quips Justin Kavanagh briefly order. “I’d get my coat nevertheless it’s sizzling in Orlando.”
GOAL! Juventus 1-2 Manchester Metropolis (Kalulu og 26)
Savinho, teasing the Juve defence down the appropriate, slips in Nunes on the underlap. Nunes flashes a low cross into the six-yard field. Kalulu, going through his personal objective, tries to swivel and whip the ball out for a nook, however as a substitute of sending the ball huge left, slots it straight forward and into his personal internet from shut vary. That’s an appalling error, although the build-up by Metropolis was of the free-flowing selection, so think about the error compelled.
25 min: Savona is fortunately effective to proceed, and play restarts. Metropolis are instantly on the entrance foot, Doku reducing in from the left and teeing up Rodri, whose shot is blocked. However irrespective of (once more), as a result of …
24 min: Everybody makes use of the break in play to tackle some water.
23 min: Rodri sizes up choices 25 yards from the Juve objective. He’s obtained choices both facet however decides to defend the ball and draw a slipshod foul out of Gonzalez as a substitute. Free kick in a central place. Marmoush batters it straight into the startled face of Savona, who goes down and requires some therapy.
21 min: A burst of pace from Kostic down the left. For a second it appears like he’ll break clear into the field, however Nunes sticks to his shoulder and finally deflects the ball out for a nook … and there’s one other set piece wasted.
19 min: Akanji passes lengthy to no person specifically. Di Gregorio doesn’t rush to return the ball upfield. Everybody appears completely satisfied sufficient to take a breather.
17 min: Doku nips in between Costa and Kalulu down the left. He cuts again for Marmoush, however earlier than a shot might be taken, Savona arrives to concede a nook. An necessary intervention, and never a expensive one both, as a result of Silva scuffs the next set piece.
16 min: That is absurdly open. Ederson is required to race out of his field to clear with Gonzalez trying to get on the tip of a protracted ball. His clearance finds Silva, who would have launched Marmoush down the center had Savona not come throughout to clear.
14 min: Reijnders sashays into the Juve field down the inside-left channel earlier than lashing a wild effort into the facet netting. Assaults are besting defences in the intervening time.
13 min: Metropolis re-establish authority with extra metronomic passing. Silva tries to seek out Marmoush with a wedged cross down the inside-right however Savona extends a leg to scoop clear.
GOAL! Juventus 1-1 Manchester Metropolis (Koopmeiners 11)
Ederson passes out recklessly from the six-yard field. He’s in search of Silva, however he’s manner off course. Koopmeiners nips in forward of the sliding Silva, strides into the field down the inside-left channel, and slots into the underside left. What a cock-up by Ederson, however that’s a effective, assured end by Koopmeiners. Good enjoyable, this!
10 min: Juve almost hit again instantly, Costa making floor down the appropriate and crossing low for Vlahovic, who swipes on the ball from eight yards however fails to attach correctly. Dangerous miss. However irrespective of, as a result of …
GOAL! Juventus 0-1 Manchester Metropolis (Doku 9)
Yep, Ait-Nouri’s hit the bottom operating at his new membership all proper. A cross slipped down the inside-left channel for Doku. It’s completely weighted, so it’s simple for Doku to take a primary contact inside previous Kalulu earlier than curling into the right-hand facet of the online. A easy however beautiful objective!
8 min: Metropolis keep affected person. All of the sudden Ederson launches lengthy. Marmoush almost will get clear down the appropriate however is compelled to show tail by Kelly.
6 min: Metropolis sluggish issues down after that brisk begin. It’s boiling sizzling in any case. On that topic … “I feel you made a typo in Cramping World. Keep hydrated!” Peter Oh, girls and gents. He’s right here all week. Strive the isotonic drinks.
4 min: Ait-Nouri turns Locatelli inside out down the left and crosses lengthy for Silva, whose downward header is awkwardly kicked off the road by Di Gregorio. The ball pings again to Silva however he’s swarmed and the prospect is gone. Ait-Nouri’s spectacular begin at his new membership continues apace.
3 min: … and after that transient sortie, Metropolis shortly get into ping-it-about mode. Juve urgent however they’ll’t get a sniff.
1 min: Nunes tries to launch Savinho down the appropriate however overcooks the cross, permitting Di Gregorio to race out of his field and blooter clear. Had the cross been higher, Juve would have been in a spot of hassle, as a result of there was a lot of house for Savinho to run into.
Juve get the ball rolling. It’s sizzling in Orlando, 33 levels centigrade. Metropolis sporting their sky-blue shirts with white sash, Juve of their black and white stripes with pink piping.
The groups take to the pitch on the Tenting World Stadium in Orlando, Florida. You recognize the drill by now. One after the other, like a much less pumped model of The Price Is Right. Not lengthy till kick-off, so come on down!
Pep Guardiola talks to DAZN. “Rodri won’t be for 90 minutes however sooner or later he needed to begin … everyone has to play … I desire Erling for the second half to be contemporary … for the motion … contemporary power for the sport … we have now certified, that is step one … we play each sport to attempt to win.”
Is he frightened which facet of the draw Metropolis find yourself in? “No … while you play within the final 16 you’ll play the most effective groups … after we gained the Champions League we performed the hardest opponents.”
Manchester Metropolis have solely overwhelmed Juventus as soon as in seven earlier conferences. That victory got here within the first spherical of the Uefa Cup in September 1976, Brian Kidd scoring the one objective of the primary leg at Maine Highway. A lot good it did the Residents, who misplaced the return leg in Turin 2-0, Gaetano Scirea and Roberto Boninsegna with the targets on the Stadio Comunale. Names that evoke some correct old-school Italian glamour, proper there. Since then, it’s been slim pickings for Metropolis, with two attracts and 4 defeats towards the Bianconeri. The newest of these losses got here simply seven months in the past, throughout Metropolis’s downright unusual mid-season misfire. A chance for Metropolis to proper some historic wrongs tonight.
The massive information for Metropolis: Rodri begins a match for the primary time since succumbing to harm towards Arsenal final autumn. Or is that this the massive information: Erling Haaland is again on the bench. Take your decide.
Juventus have additionally made stunning adjustments up entrance. Kenan Yıldız, who already has three targets to his identify on this event, and two-goal Francisco Conceição each drop to the bench. Dušan Vlahović shouldn’t be a nasty substitute, to be truthful.
The groups
Juventus: Di Gregorio, Kelly, Savona, Kalulu Kyatengwa, Alberto Costa, Kostic, McKennie, Locatelli, Vlahovic, Gonzalez, Koopmeiners.
Subs: Pinsoglio, Garofani, Daffara, Rugani, Bremer, Cambiaso, Gatti, Rouhi, Douglas Luiz, Thuram, Adzic, Milik, Muani, Francisco Conceicao, Yildiz.
Manchester Metropolis: Ederson, Matheus Luiz, Ait Nouri, Akanji, Dias, Rodri, Savio, Silva, Reijnders, Doku, Marmoush.
Subs: Bettinelli, Ortega, Stones, Ake, Gvardiol, Khusanov, Vitor Reis, Gundogan, Foden, Cherki, Bobb, Gonzalez, Haaland.
Preamble
Manchester Metropolis should beat Juventus tonight in the event that they’re to win Group G. However what the reward for that can be is anybody’s guess. We all know they’d play the runners-up in Group H, however given the style wherein Actual Madrid have up to now underwhelmed, and Al Hilal have impressed, there are not any sure outcomes there, and that’s earlier than we deliver Purple Bull Salzburg into the equation. So with the winners of Group H awaiting the Group G runners-up, and any mixture of 1-2-3 attainable in Group H later tonight, it’s a toss of a coin as issues stand. Metropolis and Juve may as effectively deal with this as a dry run for the knockouts, and what can be, can be. Kick-off in Orlando, Florida is at 8pm UK time, 3pm native. It’s on!
1. Juventus P2 W2 D0 L0 F9 A1 Pts 6
2. Manchester Metropolis P2 W2 D0 L0 F8 A0 Pts 6
