JUVENTUS VS ZENIT Good evening all and welcome to our live-text coverage of Juventus vs Zenit on match day four of the Champions League! Live from the Allianz stadium tonight, Juve are looking to make it four wins from four in the Champions League and secure qualification in to the Round of 16. Their European form is in stark contrast to their domestic form where they sit ninth in the table, winless in three and desperately struggling the post-Cristiano Ronaldo era. In their way tonight are Zenit who sit in third place behind Juventus and Chelsea in Group H and look a near certainty to slip in to the Europa League. But, given Juventus' wobbly form, anything can happen. Stay with us for all the build-up, hype and highlights ahead of kick-off at 8pm.
Champions League / Group Stage
Juventus Stadium / 02.11.2021
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Updated 02/11/2021 at 21:50 GMT
11'
GOAL! JUVENTUS 1 ZENIT 0 (Dybala, 11')
And there's the goal!
Bernardeschi swings in a corner which is nodded on by De Ligt into the feet of Dybala.
The forward hits it first time and it bounces into the ground and into the net.
Juve lead! Fully deserved.
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P. Dybala
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11'
POST!
Chances everywhere!
Dybala twists and turns his way into space outside the box and rifles an effort that smacks the inside of the post!
Nobody is there to net the rebound!!! A great start to this one and the fans are in full voice.
10'
SAVE!
Sandro works Juventus down the left and plays in Bernardeschi who makes space inside the box and whacks an effort straight at Kritsyuk!
Morata absolutely skies the rebound but Juventus on top in the first ten and maybe should have taken the lead their.
7´
A few Italians in this Juventus side giving me flashbacks to England's Euro 2020 final loss.
Sigh...
6´
Zenit really pinned in their own half here. Juventus are barely giving them a moment's rest and look well up for a chase.
The visitors do finally force their way into the hosts' half and even challenge Szczesny with a low cross that he collects.
3'
Early drama as Lovren attempts a very risky cross-field pass from deep which is intercepted by Danilo.
He feeds Chiesa who is too quick for the entire Zenit backline and finds space down the right for a cross that is collected by Kritsyuk.
1´
LET'S GO
19:55
FIVE MINUTE WARNING
19:47
CHILLY NIGHT IN TURIN
20:44
CAPTAIN LOVREN
Remember Lovren? Declared himself one of the best defenders in the world but was largely considered a little bit dodgy by Liverpool fans.
Well, after leaving Anfield last summer he's back in business with Zenit as captain.
Let's see how it gets on against Dybala, Morata and Chiesa.
19:35
LAST TIME OUT
Match day three in Russia saw Juve walk away with all three points with a 1-0 win courtesy of a late Kulusevski goal.
Close...
And Zenit have thrown up an older throwback too, with this pic from Zenit Juve in 2008.
Not sure what happened to Chiellini...?
19:27
ZENIT TOP RUSSIAN TABLE
A far cry from Juve's home form, Zenit are five points clear at the top of their domestic division.
Both sides have had opposite fortunes at home and in Europe, so don't expect Juve to walk through this one.
19:21
ZENIT TEAM NEWS
19:19
JUVENTUS TEAM NEWS