barcellona 0 - 3 JuventusFootball_Cl (381945881)

It had rained all day, but 6037 hardy fans still made it out to parco dei principi. Fergus Bertrem was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Parfait Bouron and Javier Oleguer. barcellona tactics involved an interesting 3-4-3 combination. They fielded: Hans - Giunta, Visconti, Eda - Godsey, Patnaik, Doöllner, Aresta - Nachmias, Mazal, Kværndrup.

JuventusFootball_Cl decided to use a 2-5-3 set up. The following players took the field: Komorna - Mellerberg, Bergers - Gout, Teixeira, Jesus, Drtina, Cunat - Bodzás, Gieler, Mahmud.

The wings were the focus of most of JuventusFootball_Cl's attacks today. K. Bodzás had a good opportunity to give JuventusFootball_Cl the lead as he charged down the right and struck the ball towards the top corner, but the home team's goalkeeper made the save. K. Bodzás came close to putting the visiting team one up 19 minutes into the match, following a solo raid down the middle, but G. Hans managed to tip the ball to a corner. After 22 minutes a well-practised indirect free kick routine by JuventusFootball_Cl was easily anticipated by the defenders. The players forward were so well marked, they were left with few viable options. 0 - 0 was the halftime score. JuventusFootball_Cl claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 56 percent.

After 46 minutes, the JuventusFootball_Cl coach wanted to see a new face on the pitch, waving J. Drtina off the field. N. Adısönmez took his place. The JuventusFootball_Cl free kick 50 minutes into the match seemed wasted, as the shot was both short and off target. But was this actually a plan? The ball landed at the feet of C. Jesus, who was completely unmarked in the box. That's 0 - 1! G. Hans got a fingertip on M. Teixeira's shot from the left 65 minutes in, and managed to keep the visitors from going up another goal. L. Giunta got left behind when JuventusFootball_Cl's H. Cunat made a sudden run forward after 73 minutes, finishing off with a neat strike. 0 - 2! Some things can only be learned through experience, and L. Giunta should take his lesson to heart after nearly gifting JuventusFootball_Cl a goal with 81 minutes of the match played. After 82 minutes, a mistake by the home side's left defence allowed B. Mahmud to get through. He outclassed the home side's keeper, adding another goal for the visitors. 0 - 3. Possession in this half belonged to JuventusFootball_Cl, who controlled the ball 55 percent of the time.

barcellona's top performer was clearly K. Mazal. N. Visconti on the other hand, had a terrible day. The most dominating JuventusFootball_Cl player was without a doubt C. Jesus. On the other hand, T. Mellerberg's play was disheartening. The match ends 0 - 3.