50′ CHANCE!!! Benzema cuts his way inside the defence, before the ball breaks for Ronaldo. He hits a low drive which narrowly goes past the far post.
We are back for the Second Half….
HALF TIME!!!! Juventus 0-1 Real Madrid as Ronaldo scores in his consecutive ten Champions League match to put the visitors ahead.
45′ YELLOW CARD!!! Dybala (Juventus) tumbles to the ground under pressure from Casemiro and is booked for a dramatic fall.
44′ NO HANDBALL!!! Chiellini flicks a header on and it strikes the arm of Casemiro, who’s flying through the air behind him. But the referee says it’s no handball.
39′ CHANCE!!!! A Corner for Juventus is taken by Dybala and finds Chiellini, who heads into the ground but Varane crucially put the ball behind for another corner. Juventus keep knocking on the door.
36′ CHANCE!!! Real Madrid almost made it 2-0 against the run of play as Kroos hits an unstoppable strike that cannons off the woodwork.
34′ ATTEMPT!!! De Sciglio skips forward and drives an effort towards goal,t Dybala slides in, almost finding a decisive touch.
26′ YELLOW CARD!!!! Bentancur (Juventus) gets the first yellow card of the game and will now miss the second-leg at the Santiago Bernabeu.
23′ SAVE!!! Higuain wins a free-kick on the left, which is fired into the middle by Dybala. Higuain gets a solid head to the ball but is denied by a spectacular save from Navas.
20′ It’s still Juventus 0-1 Real Madrid
13′ JUVENTUS!!! The home side have picked themselves up after the early goal from Ronaldo as they push fo an early equalizer. Higuain is leading the charge against his former employers.
7′ RONALDO!!! Ronaldo is the first player in the history of the tournament to score in 10 consecutive games in the competition.
6′ TACKLE!!! Ramos slids across to block Dybala’s shot after the Argentine played a quick one-two to break into the area. The resulting corner comes to nothing.
3′ G-o-A-L!!!!! Ronaldo scores to put Real Madrid ahead. Isco with the assist. Isco cuts back for the Portuguese ace to fire home with his right foot.
GAME ON……
Juventus take on Real Madrid in the first leg encounter of the 2018 Champions League Quarter-finals.
JUV Line Up: 1 G. Buffon, 12 Alex Sandro, 3 G. Chiellini, 15 A. Barzagli, 2 M. De Sciglio, 22 K. Asamoah, 6 S. Khedira, 30 R. Bentancur, 11 Douglas Costa, 9 G. Higuaín, 10 P. Dybala
Substitutes: 7 J. Cuadrado, 26 S. Lichtsteiner, 17 M. Mandžukić, 8 C. Marchisio, 14 B. Matuidi, 24 D. Rugani, 23 W. Szczęsny
RMA Line Up: 1 K. Navas, 12 Marcelo, 4 Sergio Ramos, 5 R. Varane, 2 Daniel Carvajal, 14 Casemiro, 8 T. Kroos, 10 L. Modrić, 22 Isco, 7 Cristiano Ronaldo, 9 K. Benzema
Substitutes: 20 Marco Asensio, 11 G. Bale, 13 Kiko Casilla, 15 T. Hernández, 23 M. Kovačić, 3 Jesús Vallejo, 17 Lucas Vázquez
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