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Hello and welcome to Eurosport's live commentary from the Champions League Round of 16 second leg fixture between Bayern Munich and Juventus This is Nick Royle (@nickaroyle) taking you through all the action from the Allianz Arena.

Champions League / Last 16
Allianz Arena / 16.03.2016
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Updated 16/03/2016 at 22:17 GMT


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And we are off in Munich, Bayern in all red with Juve in their usual black and white stripes.
19:42
Interesting stat from Uefa. Juve's starting eleven have scored 14 UEFA Champions League goals between them while Bayern's team have scored 109.
19:40
Bayern captain Phillip Lahm has warned his team-mates that they “can’t afford any mistakes” against Juventus. "At this level, against an opponent like this, we can’t afford any mistakes. An Italian team is smart and always punishes you. We’re playing at home, and we know our strength. We can score two, three, four goals.”
19:35
Guardiola, who is in his third and final campaign at Bayern Munich after announcing his intention to take over at Manchester City next season, accepts that he is under pressure to deliver the Champions League. "I know what will happen if we don't win the Champions League," he said. "I have to live with the pressure. It's been like that for this club for the last 40 years: when we win, everyone is happy, when we don't, they are unhappy."
19:30
Bayern, who lead the Bundesliga by five points from second-placed Borussia Dortmund, come into tonight's match on the back of a 5-0 victory over Werder Bremen at the Allianz Arena on Saturday, with Thomas Muller netting a brace.
19:25
Bayern boss Guardiola expects Juve to sit back and soak up pressure in Munich, and expects a tight match at the Allianz Arena. "They can get ten players behind the ball and defend really well. I admire that. I don't like it, but I admire it,” he said. "I expect a match like in the first leg, where small details will decide the tie."
19:20
Gianluigi Buffon surpasses Alessandro del Piero to become Juve's record appearance maker in the Champions League tonight. It is the Italian goalkeeping legend's 90th match in the competition.
19:15
I suspect Juve will play a 4-5-1 when they don't have the ball, and a 4-3-3 when they do, with Cuadrado and Sandro either side of Morata.
19:10
Allegri says he did not want to risk Dybala in Munich and potentially lose him for the rest of the Serie A campaign. “I didn’t call him up because I didn’t want to risk losing him for a month and ruining the rest of our season. If he came along, we’d be very tempted to let him play and it was a huge risk, so I made the decision to leave him behind,” he said.
19:05
Bayern coasted to a 2-0 lead in Turin in the first leg thanks to strikes from Thomas Muller and Robben, before Dybala and Sturaro gave last season's finalists a lifeline with two goals in 13 second-half minutes.
19:00
Dybala, Juve's top scorer in Serie A this season with 14 goals, did not travel to Munich after suffering a swollen soleus muscle in training on Monday, and is replaced in the starting line-up by Alex Sandro. Claudio Marchisio is also sidelined after tearing a calf muscle in training that will keep him out for three weeks, so in comes Hernanes, while Alvaro Morata replaces former Bayern forward Mario Mandzukic, who picked up a groin injury during Juve's Serie A 1-0 win over Sassuolo on Friday night and has to settle for a place on the bench.
18:55
Juventus manager Max Allegri also makes three changes from the first leg, where his side recovered from 2-0 down to draw 2-2 thanks to goals from Paulo Dybala and substitute Stefano Sturaro.
18:50
Dutch winger Arjen Robben missed Bayern's final training session with a cold, and is replaced by Franck Ribery, while Xavi Alonso comes into midfield to replace Thiago Alcantara. At the back, Medhi Benatia comes in for Juan Bernat.
18:45
Bayern Munich manager Pep Guardiola makes three changes from the side that drew 2-2 with the Italian champions in the first leg at the Juventus Stadium on 23 February.