Let's talk about the match now. Juventus started very well and very aggressive and already have a great chance at 2' but the powerful header by Higuain got stopped by the goalkeeper Ter Stegen that didn't seem very concentrated especially when 2 minutes after he was almost making a huge mistake under the Juventus's high pressing but he cleared the ball on time.
Dybala (Picture taken from Goal.com) |
The match goes on very aggressive and many fouls and nothing much happened till the 20' when Messi put in the area a superb assist for Iniesta that shoot but finds a miracle by Buffon that saves in corner. At 22' incredibly is again Dybala to put the second mark on the match with a great first intention strike right outside the box and maybe some faults of the goalkeeper but whatever it's 2-0!
The Juventus seemed to be losing some focus making some basic mistakes but nothing much happened till the 33' when Messi and Mandzukic almost started a little fight over a run body against body. The referee brought quickly quietness. Barcelona can't find space until the 39' when they conquer a corner kick that Buffon controls perfectly.
At 44' Higuain shoots without thinking much and Ter Stegen saves in a very bad way but luckily for him no zebras are around to put the ball in. The first half ended 2-0 ! A fantastic match by Juventus till now. Barcelona absolutely poor.
The second half started with a shoot by Messi at 46' but Buffon easily saved it and also the same on Suarez at 49'. Barcelona is pushing forward much more and its now dominating the match but without making much problems to Juventus. At 52' Higuain tried the precise shot from 18 meters but Ter Stegen is well placed this time. One minute after Higuain is face to face with Ter Stegen but he missed to score incredibly. On the corner kick action at 55' something unbelievable happened : the 3-0 arrives thanks to a header by Chiellini! The ghost of PSG comes back for Barcelona.
Chiellini (Picture taken from FourFourTwo) |
At 41' dangerous position for a free kick that Messi didn't shoot well and after another try of Neymar the ball goes in corner kick. No danger here. 4 minutes extra-time given by the referee.
Congratulations to Dybala because it seems like is growing up like a real champion and applause as well to the perfect team and tactics used by Allegri. The Juventus was almost practically perfect. All wrong for Luis Enrique and his Barcelona team that really wasn't in the match and the Juventus made this 3-0 result looking kind of easy. Fantastic we simply have no words to describe their match tonight. Juventus seems to have secured already a space in the Semi-Final but remembering what happened to PSG we better wait till the second leg! Great Juventus !!