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UEFA Champions League
Red Bull Arena, Leipzig
RB Leipzig
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Juventus
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As for me - I need a cup of tea and a lie down after that. I hope you enjoyed that one - it was crazy and wonderful all at once. I'm Carl Allport and it has been an absolute pleasure bringing it to you live here on Tribe. See you next time!
It doesn't get any easier for Leipzig who will look for their first Champions League points when they host Liverpool in 3 weeks time. Juve head back to Turin full of belief and still yet to lose under Thiago Motta. They have three weeks to maintain that record before their match against Stuttgart at home.
Juventus were dead and buried after their keeper got his marching orders with a third of the game still to go and conceding the resulting penalty. But no one told Dusan Vlahovic. He gathered his team in the tunnel at half time and showed the way with a nice finish shortly after to level the scores. After conceding again, Vlahovic pressed high in a losing cause and ended up winning the ball and curling in a sensational strike. All of a sudden, the 10 men of Juve had belief. They defended as a unit - Kalulu standing out - and then Conceicao sealed the deal with some trickery and composed finish. The only other standout was probably McKennie, getting in key tackles, but the solidity of the unit won the day for them as they held out for a famous win.
I'm with Leipzig, wondering what on earth I just saw. They edged the first half, Sesko's brilliance the difference with Simons dictating play and opening up players like Raum, Openda and Siewald. But they dropped the intensity at the start of the second spell and paid the price. Only Di Gergorio's red card changed the momentum. But they were undone trying to play out and then with some brilliance for the Juve winner. And as much as they pushed and pushed and pushed for the last 15 or so minutes, there were too many predictable crosses into the box which the Juve defenders managed to deal with. Yes, they had headers to level it up but the high-frequency, low-probability tactics didn't pay off for them.
JUVE WIN A GAME FOR THE AGES!! They don't have to withstand the onslaught any more - the ref blows for fulltime and they drop to the turf exhausted. The Leipzig players stand, stunned, wondering what on earth just happened. Vlahovic happened, that's what. He replied at the start of the second half after Sesko's opener and then again with a beauty straight after Sesko's penalty. All square and it was there for Leipzig to take but it was mascot-sized Conceicao who stood head and shoulders above everyone else to score a brilliant winner and leave Leipzig pointless after two games in the Champions League.
Can Juve withstand the onslaught??
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TWO MORE CHANCES FOR LEIPZIG!! Heinrichs sends in a lovely ball for Paulsen but his header from 6 yards is deflected clear. Simons, as always, finds the open man with a pass across the box to Nusa. His cross is PERFECT - ON THE HEAD OF ORBAN RIGHT IN FRONT! OHH, the header is straight at Perin who can bat it down and collect. WHAT A CHANCE!
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Perin takes an age for a goal kick and happily concedes a yellow card.
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M. Perin