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42% Ball Possession SEVILLA and 58% Ball Possession JUVENTUS
Sevilla 1 – 3 Juventus 
9′ NicoPareja 45′ Claudio Marchisio (pen)
. 84′ Leonardo Bonucci
. 94′ Mario Mandzukic
Game on. It’s the big day for Juventus securing the qualification for the UEFA Champions League Round of 16 after defeating Sevilla at the Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán. Juventus making a comeback to claim the victory in a thriller ending. Juventus down with a 0-1 finished the match with a 1-3. Juventus leading Group H with 11 points.
Bad start for Juventus. It is Sevilla to open the score in the 9th minute. Nico Pareja defeating Juventus goalkeeper Gigi Buffon with a right footed shot despite his stretch to the bottom left corner following a corner conceded by defender Patrice Evra.
Sevilla remaining with 10 players. In the 36th minute, Referee Mark Clattenburg giving a second yellow card to Sevilla midfielder Franco Vázquez after a foul on Juventus midfielder Sami Khedira.
Referee Clattenburg giving a penalty to Juventus in the 45th minute just before ending the first half. The penalty is conceded by Sevilla defender Gabriel Mercado after a foul on Juventus defender Leonardo Bonucci inside the penalty box. The moment of truth….. Juventus gaining momentum as midfielder Claudio Marchisio converts the penalty for the 1-1 defeating Sevilla goalkeeper Sergio Rico with a right footed shot.
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Clamorous and you bet Juventus fans are just in delirious! Imagine, in the 84th minute, there is the winner goal by defender Leonardo Bonucci running fast enough to smack a left footed shot when the ball is all alone after clearance by Mercado.
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Total despair for Sevilla and a clamorous victory for Juventus. In the 94th minute, forward Mario Mandzukic adding the cherry on top of the ice cream by scoring the third goal of the match for Juventus to claim the victory and qualification to the Champions League Round of 16.
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- Juventus are playing in Group H: Juventus (ITA), Sevilla (ESP), Lyon (FRA), Dinamo Zagreb (CRO)
| UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE STANDING GROUP H |
OVERALL | HOME | AWAY | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | GD | PTS | ||||||
| 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 10 | ||||||
| 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 8 | ||||||
| 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||||||
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | -12 | 0 | ||||||
Here is SEVILLA official starting lineup by coach Jorge Sampaoli:
SEVILLA (3-4-3): Sergio Rico; Mercado, Pareja, Rami; Mariano, N’Zonzi, Iborra, Escudero; Vázquez, Vietto, Vitolo.
Here is JUVENTUS official starting lineup by coach Massimiliano Allegri:
JUVENTUS (4-3-3): Buffon; Dani Alves, Rugani, Bonucci, Evra; Khedira, Marchisio, Pjanić; Cuadrado, Mandžukić, Alex Sandro.
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Photos of the match Sevilla vs Juventus courtesy by facebook.com/Juventus
Juventus official starting lineup against Sevilla
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UEFA Champions League Group Stage
Matchday 5
Sevilla 1 – 3 Juventus
Tuesday 22 November 2016
Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán
Sevilla, Spain
20:45
Referee: Mark Clattenburg (ENG)
Assistant referees: Jake Collin (ENG) and Simon Bennett (ENG)
Additional assistant referees: Andre Marriner (ENG) and Anthony Taylor (ENG)
Fourth official: Ian
Goals: 9′ Nico Pareja (S), 45′ Claudio Marchisio (J)(pen), 84′ Leonardo Bonucci (J), 94′ Mario Mandzukic
Official lineups – formations:
SEVILLA (3-4-3): Sergio Rico; Mercado, Pareja, Rami; Mariano, N’Zonzi, Iborra, Escudero; Vázquez, Vietto, Vitolo.
Subs: Sirigu; Carriço, Kranevitter, Ganso, Sarabia, Kiyotake, Ben Yedder.
Coach: Jorge Sampaoli
JUVENTUS (4-3-3): Buffon; Dani Alves, Rugani, Bonucci, Evra; Khedira, Marchisio, Pjanić; Cuadrado, Mandžukić, Alex Sandro.
Subs: Neto; Chiellini, Asamoah, Sturaro, Lemina, Hernanes, Kean.
Coach: Massimiliano Allegri
