{"id":417632,"date":"2017-09-12T22:00:28","date_gmt":"2017-09-12T22:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/09\/12\/barcelona-30-juventus-champions-league\/"},"modified":"2017-09-12T22:00:28","modified_gmt":"2017-09-12T22:00:28","slug":"barcelona-30-juventus-champions-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/09\/12\/barcelona-30-juventus-champions-league\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona 3:0 Juventus &#8211; Champions league"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Tuesday, 12 September 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>www.ghanaweb.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-09-12<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/61227488.295.jpg\" alt=\"Barcelona Juve\" title=\"Barcelona Juve\" width=\"295\" height=\"168\" \/><span class=\"play-icon\">play video<\/span><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Barcelona vs Juventus<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=149916385178506\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=149916385178506\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/1505253628_981_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Lionel Messi netted a brilliant brace as Barcelona helped themselves to a dose of Champions League revenge with a dominant 3-0 Group D win over Juventus.<\/p>\n<p>The Serie A champions beat Barca by the same scoreline in the quarter-finals last season before holding out for a second-leg stalemate at Camp Nou.<\/p>\n<p>Barca have since lost Neymar to Paris Saint-Germain, but it was Juve&#8217;s&#8217; most notable pre-season departure \u2013 Leonardo Bonucci&#8217;s surprise switch to AC Milan \u2013 that loomed largest over this match as a once formidable defence was cut to ribbons in Giorgio Chiellini&#8217;s injury absence.<\/p>\n<p>Record signing Ousmane Dembele was busy on his full Barca debut, but it was a more familiar face that thrilled the home crowd.<\/p>\n<p>Messi&#8217;s magnificent opener in the final minute of the opening 45 marked the first time he has scored against fellow all-time great Gianluigi Buffon in the Juventus goal.<\/p>\n<p>After making the second for Ivan Rakitic he repeated the trick to seal the points and maintain Barca&#8217;s resurgent early season form under Ernesto Valverde.<\/p>\n<p>Juve right-back Mattia De Sciglio joined Dembele in making a full debut for his new club and was almost the surprise source of the first goal in the sixth minute \u2013 Barca goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen managing to tip wide as a speculative left-footed strike angled awkwardly away from him.<\/p>\n<p>Messi botched an attempt to slide a free-kick under the wall and, precision having failed, Luis Suarez went for power on the rebound, forcing an unsighted Buffon to push over at full stretch.<\/p>\n<p>Last-ditch challenges from Gerard Pique and Alex Sandro at either end took the sting out of attempts from Paulo Dybala and Dembele.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">???? Today&#8217;s crowd,  78,656 at Camp Nou.Thanks! ???????? #Bar\u00e7aJuve #For\u00e7aBar\u00e7a pic.twitter.com\/h159egsnaI<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) September 12, 2017<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Alex Sandro&#8217;s intervention was required following a slack pass from De Sciglio \u2013 his last contribution before hobbling off through injury \u2013 and Messi pounced as the Juve reshuffle fell into place.<\/p>\n<p>Collecting the ball from Dembele on halfway, Barca&#8217;s talisman drove at the visitors&#8217; backline and, having shaped to play in Jordi Alba, slipped the ball to Suarez. The Uruguayan&#8217;s deft lay-off was gladly accepted by Messi, who arrowed a shot through Medhi Benatia&#8217;s legs and into the bottom-right corner.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">69: Leo Messi picks the ball up on the right hand side, dances into the middle and lashes the ball into the bottom corner! #For\u00e7aBar\u00e7a (3-0) pic.twitter.com\/JL53a9nzBO<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) September 12, 2017<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Dybala fired wastefully off target when Pique failed to deal with Alex Sandro&#8217;s cross early in the second half, while his dazzling compatriot Messi struck the post from the edge of the box at the other end \u2013 Buffon a relieved onlooker as the rebound spun off his shoulder to safety.<\/p>\n<p>Messi blotted a fine evening&#8217;s work in the 55th minute when he signalled to referee Damir Skomina with an imaginary yellow card for Miralem Pjanic. The upshot was a flash of the real thing, with Camp Nou jeering and whistling in support of their hero.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">???? Rakitic: &#8220;It&#8217;s always important to start winning. We have had a great few weeks and this win gives us confidence&#8221; #FCBlive pic.twitter.com\/jXhiLqBLY9<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) September 12, 2017<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The five-time Ballon d&#8217;Or winner was back to what he does best soon enough \u2013 tearing into space behind Alex Sandro on the Juventus left. Messi&#8217;s attempt was hacked out of the goalmouth by Stefano Sturaro, but only as far as Rakitic, who converted left-footed.<\/p>\n<p>Suarez side-footed over from an Alba cross before Messi continued to torment increasingly bedraggled foes.<\/p>\n<p>Andres Iniesta served as the familiar and ever-reliable supply line and, as Dembele&#8217;s run across the Juve defence added to their confusion, Messi scooted inside Alex Sandro and smashed past a helpless Buffon.<\/p>\n<p>Suarez had a fourth disallowed, the linesman&#8217;s flag sparing a Buffon fumble, while Juve&#8217;s cries for handball against Pique fell on deaf ears when he cleared Benatia&#8217;s header off the line. 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