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']]}# 90 +4And that's the final whistle!! Juventus have pulled off a double against Madrid, doing almost precisely what they did in the 2-1 win at Turin... just catching their opponents by surprise. Once again, Los Blancos dominated, created far, far more chances and once again, they have ended up on the losing side. Final score... Real Madrid-0 Juventus-2.
# Substitution 90 +3SubstitutionAlessandro Del PieroPaolo De Ceglie
90 +2Del Piero is withdrawn to a rupturous ovation from the Juve AND Madrid fans! Not many players get that sort of treatment at the Bernabe'u!
90 +1DIARRAAAA... thumps in strong header from Van der vaart's corner but Manniger is up to the task. Three minutes of time will be added on.
90 Drenthe easily powers past three defenders and Sissoko is forced to take him down right on the edge of the box! Van der Vaart tries to curl in the freekick but it bounces off the wall!
88 Van der Vaart tees himself up for a shot but once again, it fails to clear the crowd of legs inside the box! Guti picks up the rebound and tries to thread a through ball to Higuai'n but it's just overhit! That's been Real Madrid's night for the last 88 minutes.
87 DEL PIEROOOO..... INCHES AWAY FROM A HAT-TRICK!!! He squirms away from Diarra' inside the box, turns and belts in a right foot shot but it just trickles agonizingly wide of Casillas' left hand post! And Iker was well beaten too!!
85 Drenthe drills in another tempting cross from the left and it evades everyone bar Higuai'n, who didn't aniticapte the ball to fall to him and he fails to control it with his chest.
# Substitution 83 SubstitutionCarvalho de Oliveira AmauriVincenzo Iaquinta
82 Ranieri will counter those changes by bringing in Vicenzo Iaquinta for Amauri. Some fresh legs upfront for the Old Lady for the odd counter attacks.
# Substitution 81 SubstitutionRuud Van NistelrooyRafael Van der Vaart
# Substitution 81 SubstitutionGabriel HeinzeJavier Saviola
80 Saviola and Van der Vaart will be brought on. Desperation substitutions from Schuster. Heinze has been withdrawn and van Nistelrooy will make way.
78 Chiellini charges forward along with Molinaro on the counter but Chiellini, bizarrely, elbows a back-tracking Drenth in the face!! It was a two on one situation and the centreback just gave the foul away! And gets away with it!!
# Yellow Card 78 Yellow CardOlof Mellberg
76 Higuai'n careens past two defenders down to the right byline but his low cross is intercepted by Legrottaglie.
74 Madrid's body language is not encouraging at all. They have dropped their pace and their intensity, almost consigned to defeat. Sergio Ramos goes for a wild half-volley from 25 yards out down the right wing which came nowhere close to goal! A shot out of frustration, you feel.
71 Higuai'n's shot is blocked!! It falls to van Nistelrooy... and his half volley smacks into the crowd of defenders as well! Madrid are claiming handball!
68 HIGUAI'NNNNNN.... LUNGES FORWARD TO CONNECT WITH DRENTHE'S CROSS AT THE BACK POST... but he couldn't direct it on target!
# Goal 67 GoalAlessandro Del Piero
66 DEL PIEROOOOOO.... GOLLLLLLL!!!! He has struck yet again!! He curls in a sumptuous freekick from 25 yards out and Casillas had absolutely no chance! Didn't even move! The wall was horrendously constructed, though. It looked almost like a training freekick!!
# Substitution 65 SubstitutionWesley SneijderGonzalo Gerardo Higuai'n
64 Sneijder does not look happy at all as he stomps his boot on the seat in the dugout! It's not one of his better performances tonight, suffice to say.
63 Schuster has seen enough of this! He has brought on Higuai'n for Sneijder!
61 Sneijder releases van Nistelrooy into the box down the right channel but he is immediately forced onto the byline. And that pretty much sums up Madrid. They have all the possession nothing is happening in the final third!
58 Juventus, as you would expect, have two lines of four at the back and at this stage, Madrid can't get past the first line. They just look absolutely starved of ideas.
56 Cannavaro and Heinze are playing right on the half-way line. Juve are really inviting Madrid forward and that is precisely their game plan. Everything is falling into their hands at the moment.
55 Gonzalo Higuai'n and Rafa van der Vaart are both warming up on the touchline. Surely Bernd Schuster will introduce them if the score remains unchanged.
53 NEDVEDDDD... tries to catch Casillas out of position with a 30 yard drive but he actually miscued his shot and the ball trickles safely all the way to Iker.
52 Rau'l now goes down inside the box from Legrottaglie's challenge!! The centreback just shoved an elbow into the back of his neck from behind as they both went up to meet van Nistelrooy's cross!! The fans are not happy, that much is certain!
# Yellow Card 51 Yellow CardRuud Van Nistelrooy
51 Van Nistelrooy's frustration is spilling over again as he lunges in recklessly on Nedved! And he's protesting his yellow card! He really has to be careful now!
50 RAU'LLLLL... JUST CAN'T CONNECT WITH DRENTHE'S CROSS FROM THE RIGHT! It was just literally milimetres too high for the captain!
48 VAN NISTELROOY GOES DOWN INSIDE THE BOX... but the referee is not the least bit interested! It was Rau'l who took a cheeky throw in and released Ruud into the box but Chiellini just nudged the Dutchman off the ball!
47 DRENTHEEEE.... dances past Mellberg down the left and darts towards the byline before unleashing a piledriver from an almost impossible angle and it smacks into the side netting!
46 We're back for the second half. No changes of personnel from either coaches at the break as Madrid get the restart underway!
45 +2There goes the half-time whistle!! The men in white are whistled back into the dressing room by their own fans, who must be feeling a sense of deja vu! Juve have one shot on target and they lead 1-0... Madrid have to come up with something special after the break!
45 +1DIARRAAAAA.... THUMPS HIS HEADER JUST WIDE!! Great cross into the box by Drenthe but Diarra just could not get any direction on his header! Sergio Ramos was steaming in behind him and PROBABLY would have scored had the cross been left for him!!
44 Mellberg has been injured while making that interception. Juve down to ten as Madrid push forward for an equalizer before the break. Two minutes of time will be added on!
42 GUTI RELEASES DRENTHE CLEAN THROUGH ON GOAL... DRENTHE DARTS INTO THE BOX... DRENTHE TRIES TO SQUARE TO RVN... but Mellberg did superbly to stick with him all the way and slide forward to make the block!!
40 AMAURI ROBS THE BALL OFF HEINZE AND SKIPS INTO THE BOX... but Cannavaro is there to block his shot! The ball falls back for him and he tries to square it to Tiago... but it just evades the Portuguese midfielder!! Let-off for Madrid!
38 Madrid now have SEVEN shots to Juve's one and yet the Bianconeri are the ones who are infront and looking quite comfortable at this stage!
# Yellow Card 36 Yellow CardJose' Mari'a Gutie'rrez Herna'ndez
35 VAN NISTELROOYYYYY.... BLAZES HIS SHOT JUST OVER THE BAR!! Great work by Guti to win the bal lin midfield and play in the through ball. But Ruud didn't have any other real options other than to take the shot on the edge of the box.
# Yellow Card 34 Yellow CardNicola Legrottaglie
32 Now it's Legrottaglie who lunges rashly with a tackle from behind on van Nistelrooy! The challenges have been horrendous tonight! Not sure if that's the instructions from the two coaches in an attempt to rile up the opponents!
# Yellow Card 31 Yellow CardDrenthe
30 Rau'l evades the challenge of Chiellini and tries to slide in a through pass to van Nistelrooy, but it just misses the Dutch hitman! Mellberg tidies up at the back but Drenthe comes flying in with a tackle out of nowhere! Duly yellow carded!
# Yellow Card 28 Yellow CardMohamed lamine Sissoko
27 Madrid win a succession of corners but they have not been able to make them count! Schuster is looking increasingly frustrated on the bench.
24 Sneijder looks like he may have picked up a knock. He's limping and signalling to the bench and colliding with Sissoko in a challenge.
22 SERGIO RAMOSSSSS..... MISSES FROM FOUR YARDS OUT!! Sneijder whipped in a cross from the left and Sergio Ramos ghosted in at the far post but his sidefooted volley just flew right over the bar!! What a miss! What a chance to atone himself!!
20 Molinaro drills a low cross right infront of goal and none of the Madrid defence picked that out!! But no one in the gold of Juve was there to tap it it in! Los Blancos living dangerously!
18 SERGIO RAMOSSS.... can't quite keep his header down from a Sneijder freekick! Good work by Legrottaglie to hassle him in the air!
# Goal 17 GoalAlessandro Del Piero
16 DEL PIEROOOOOOO.... GOL!!!!! GOL GOL GOL!!!!! An almost identical goal to the one he scored two weeks ago!! Guti gave the ball away with a stray pass, Del Piero picks it up runs and runs and runs forward unchallenged, ane he just curls it into the bottom right corner! Madrid caught out AGAIN!!
14 Argentina's new coach Diego Maradona is watching on from the stands, smartly dressed. Not sure who he supports here. Both teams were direct rivals of his club during his playing days.
12 Amauri runs into the space on the left... he cuts into the box but Cannavaro is there immediately to rob the ball off him cleanly! Great tackle by Canna and he will be well fired up for this clash!
10 SNEIJDERRRR.... CURLS IN A SHOT FROM THE RIGHT AND MANNIGER PALMS IT OUT!! Rau'l may have gotten the slightest of touches to it but from the corner, Tiago makes contact with the ball with his hand as he challenged Heinze in the air but the referee waves play on!!
8 Marcelo dinks in a lovely ball over the Juve defence into the box and Rau'l brings it down expertly but Chiellini cuts across quickly to thump the ball out for a corner.
6 GUTIIIII.... slices a right foot shot straight at Manniger! His initial attempt just outside the box with his preferred left foot is block, but the ball fell back to him on his right but never quite had any purchase on it to really trouble Manniger!
4 It's not the same kind of intense start as we saw in the first leg. Juve have pulled every single player behind the half-way line. And they are not afraid to launch a few stinging tackles to stop Madrid from playing their normal game.
3 Guti tries to release Drenthe down the left but the young Dutchman fails to control the pass as it runs out of play at the byline.
2 Drenthe gets an early touch of the ball... picking it up on the left and drilling it across to the other side of the flank looking for van Nistelrooy but he has misplaced his cross.
1 Referee this evening is Pieter Vink from Holland and he signals for Juventus to kick-off!! We are underway!
0 Bernd Schuster will start with Gabriel Heinze at centreback alongside Fabio Cannavaro after Pepe failed to recover from a bruised thigh. Mahamadou Diarra`, however, is fit enough to start in midfield alongside Guti and Wesley Sneijder. But the big news is that Arjen Robben has suffered a late injury and his place has been taken over by Royston Drenthe, who will form the attacking trident with Rau'l and Ruud van Nistelrooy.
0 Claudio Ranieri is still without Gigi Buffon, David Tre'ze'guet, Christian Poulsen, Zdenek Grygera and Claudio Marchisio, but Mauro Camoranesi is back from injury, although he will only start from the bench. Tiago will line-up alongside Mohamed Sissoko to form the double pivot with the dynamic duo of Alessandro Del Piero and Amauri leading the frontline.
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