Juventus vs. Monaco live blog: Scores and highlights for Champions League semifinal
Monaco needs to score twice to get themselves back into their Champions League tie with Juventus.
1’ — Kickoff! Monaco face a tall task against arguably the best defensive unit in the world, but they won a corner 30 seconds in. They certainly haven’t thrown in the towel.
Juventus put themselves in a commanding position in their Champions League semifinal tie last week, defeating AS Monaco 2-0 in the first leg. They’re big favorites to hold onto that lead on Tuesday and make it to the final.
The Monaco attack was seriously threatening in the opening minutes of last week’s match, but couldn’t beat Gianluigi Buffon. Eventually, Juve settled in and Gonzalo Higuain scored two crucial away goals. With a lead, the Bianconeri defense improved, and Monaco’s attack found it harder to create chances as the match wore on.
If there’s any good news for Monaco, it’s that they can improve their away goals standing and Juve can’t. Having two away goals is excellent for Juventus, but they’re also stuck on that number. A two-goal win for Monaco in Turin seems unlikely, but at least they know any two-goal win, regardless of the score, will do the trick for them.
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Lineups
Juventus starting lineup (3-4-3): Gianluigi Buffon; Giorgio Chiellini, Leonardo Bonucci, Andrea Barzagli; Alex Sandro, Sami Khedira, Miralem Pjanić, Dani Alves; Mario Mandžukić, Gonzalo Higuaín, Paulo Dybala.
Monaco starting lineup (4-4-2): Danijel Subašić; Djibril Sidibé, Jemerson, Kamil Glik, Andrea Raggi; Nabil Dirar, Tiemoué Bakayoko, João Moutinho, Bernardo Silva; Kylian Mbappé, Radamel Falcao.
Match info and how to watch
Match date/time: Tuesday, 2:45 p.m. ET, 8:45 p.m. local
Venue: Juventus Stadium, Turin, Italy
TV: Fox Sports 1 (U.S. — English); Fox Deportes (U.S. — Spanish); TSN1, beIN Sports (Canada); BT Sport 2 (U.K.)
Online: Fox Sports Go, Fox Soccer 2Go (U.S.); TSN Go, beIN Sports Connect (Canada); BT Sport live streaming (U.K.)
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