Juventus-Benfica: match commentary (1-2)

Juventus-Benfica, a game from matchday 2 of group H of the Champions League at the Juventus Stadium. The eagles won in Turin by 1-2 (goals from João Mário and Neres) and now have six points in two rounds.

COMMENTARY

90'+5' IT'S OVER IN TURIN! HUGE VICTORY FOR BENFICA BY 1-2!

90' Added time: four minutes.

86' Substitutions for Benfica: Rafa and João Mário leave, Diogo Gonçalves and Draxler enter.

85' Yellow card shown to Florentino.

83' Offside in the Juventus attack. The ball still enters the Benfica goal, but it doesn't count.

81' Substitutions for Benfica: Enzo, Neres and Gonçalo Ramos come off and are replaces by Aursnes, Chiquinho and Musa.

70' Substitutions for Juventus: Milik and Kostic out, Fagioli and Moise Kean in.

68' 68' Goal opportunity for Benfica! Neres shoots with his right foot. Perin pulls off an save. Another corner for the Eagles!

63' Rafa! Great effort from Benfica's number 27 from the edge of the box! Perin saves for a corner.

59' Danilo sees the yellow card.

58' Substitutions for Juventus: Cuadrado and Miretti come off, De Sciglio and Di María come on.

55' 1-2. GOAL! BENFICA! NERES! Neres fires the rebound into the bottom left corner after the ball breaks to him in the box.

50' Shot by Milik. The ball grazes the body of Florentino, but Odysseas responds with an excellent save. Juventus corner on the right.

48' Shot by Bah in good position, but misses the goal. Dangerous!

46' The second half begins!

45'+4' Ends the first half in Turin: 1-1 score.

45' Added time: four minutes.

45' Yellow card shown to João Mário and Perin.

43' 1-1. GOAL! BENFICA! JOÃO MÁRIO! The Eagles midfielder puts the ball in the back of the net from the penalty spot.

42' Miretti is yellow carded.

42' There's no doubt about it: penalty kick for Benfica!

40' Gonçalo Ramos goes down in the Juventus penalty area. The referee checks the images...

27' Goal opportunity for Benfica! Neres works his way down the right wing and, already inside the box, he crosses with his left foot to Gonçalo Ramos, who, heads it to Perin's save.

26' Bah is yellow carded for fouling Miretti.

14' Benfica goes on the attack. Rafa, on the right, crosses against an opponent and wins a corner.

4' 1-0. Juventus goal. Paredes' cross from the right wing, taking a free kick, and Milik's header in the penalty area.

1' The match is underway at the Juventus Stadium! 

ROGER SCHMIDT'S PREVIEW

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