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Atletico Madrid 1 – 0 Juventus
74′ Arda Turan
Juventus defeated by Atletico de Madrid at the Vicente Calderon Stadium. It’s a step back for Juventus suffering a lost after their Matchday 1 win while Atletico Madrid returig to victory after their lost to Olympiacos. Sadly, the record for Juventus in Spain still tough to beat suffering 15 lost.
Atletico Madrid are now in Group A 1st position with 3 points and Juventus down to the 2nd position also with 3 points.
UEFA Champions League Group A Standing after Matchday 2 |
P | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Club Atlético de Madrid | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Juventus | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Malmö FF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
Olympiacos FC | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 3 |
It seems the 3-5-2 formation with coach Massimiliano Allegri trusting the attack led by Carlos Tevez and Fernando Llorente was not enough to defeat Atletico. Juventus conceding the first goal this season in the Champions League.
Referee Byrch giving the first yellow card of the match to Juventus defender Leonardo Bonucci in the 13th minute after a foul on forward Raul Garcia.
Atletico de Madrid opening the score in the 74th minute with forward Arda Turan defeating Juventus goalkeeper Gigi Buffon wiht a left footed shot in the bottom left corner. The assist is by defender Juanfran.
Problems for Juventus with a forced substitution in the 78th minute. Defender Martin Caceres is injured and cannot continue and is repalced by Roberto Pereyra.
Allegri trying different changes to revert the result. In the 83rd minute, Juventus replacing midfiedler Arturo Vidal with the ex Real Madrid player Morata. Surely, emotional game for Morata because he was also listed in the Atletico Madrid’s youth team and being also a ball boy here at the Vicente Calderon Stadium.
Referee Byrch giving a yellow card to Juventus forward Sebastian Giovinco in the 94th minute for a handball.
Here is ATLETICO MADRID official starting lineup by coach Diego Simeone:
ATLETICO MADRID (4-3-2-1): Moyà; Juanfran, Miranda, Godín, Ansaldi; Tiago, Koke, García; Niguez, Turan; Mandžukić.
Here is JUVENTUS official starting lineup by coach Massimiliano Allegri:
JUVENTUS (3-5-2): Buffon, Cáceres, Bonucci, Chiellini; Lichtsteiner, Vidal, Marchisio, Pogba, Evra; Tévez, Llorente.
UEFA Champions League Group Stage
Atletico Madrid – Juventus
Wednesday 1 October 2014
Estadio Vicente Calderon
Madrid, Spain
20:45CET
Referee: Felix Brych (GER)
Assistant referees: Mark Borsch (GER), Stefan Lupp (GER)
Fourth official: Marco Achmüller (GER)
Additional assistant referees: Bastian Dankert (GER), Marco Fritz (GER)
Goals: 74′ Arda Turan (A)
Official formations – lineups:
ATLETICO MADRID (4-3-2-1): Moyà; Juanfran, Miranda, Godín, Ansaldi; Tiago, Koke, García; Niguez, Turan; Mandžukić.
Subs.: Oblak, Siqueira, Gimenez, Mario Suarez, Griezmann, Cerci, Jimenez.
Coach.: Simeone.
JUVENTUS (3-5-2): Buffon, Cáceres, Bonucci, Chiellini; Lichtsteiner, Vidal, Marchisio, Pogba, Evra; Tévez, Llorente.
Subs.: Storari, Ogbonna, Padoin, Asamoah, Pereyra, Morata, Giovinco.
Coach.: Massimiliano Allegri.