Juventus Vs Chelsea: Frederico Chiesa's Single Goal Brings The Bianconeri To Beat The Blues

Federico Chiesa celebrates a goal against Chelsea (Instagram @championsleague)

JAKARTA - Juventus successfully beat defending champion Chelsea 1-0 in the Champions League Group H match at Allianz Stadium, Italy on Thursday morning.

According to Antara, the only goal in this match was scored by Federico Chiesa.

Despite being the visitors, Chelsea appeared dominant throughout the 90 minutes by recording possession of the ball by 73.1 percent compared to Juventus which was only 26.9 percent.

Chelsea took the initiative to attack early in the game. They tried to threaten through Mateo Kovaci kick from outside the penalty box in the 3rd minute. However, the ball was still too weak to be easily caught by Wojciech Szczesny.

In the 6th minute, Chelsea again had a chance. Marcos Alonso's low corner was snatched by Romelu Lukaku, but Szczesny kept the ball calm.

Chelsea was still dominant until the first 15 minutes of the match. Juventus seemed to have difficulty developing the game because Chelsea had a high enough press.

Juventus could steal the opportunity in the 20th minute. Kovacic made a mistake in the Chelsea defense and the ball went to Federico Chiesa, who went straight into the box before firing home. However, his efforts were wide of Edouard Mendy's goal.

Chelsea continued to pound the Juventus defense, but the hosts could provide a threat several times.

In the 31st minute, Adrien Rabiot tried to score with a long-range shot from the left side. Unfortunately, the ball is still soaring.

A number of attacks were launched by the Bianconeri, but they failed to convert them into goals. The first half ended in a 0-0 draw.

Juventus immediately pressed in the second half.

In the 46th minute, Juventus finally broke the deadlock through Chiesa's hard kick after getting Federico Bernardeschi's through ball. The pace of the ball could not be stopped by Mendy to make Juventus winning 1-0.

Chelsea tried to equalize in order to regain control of the game. Juventus' back line performed very well in reducing the London Blue Team's attacks until the middle of the second half.

Tuchel tried to change the game by including three direct players namely Callum Hudson-Odoi, Trevoh Chalobah, and Ruben Loftus-Cheek.

Since that change, Chelsea have locked up the Juventus defense for the rest of the match.

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They got the best chance in the 82nd minute. Getting the ball from Ross Barkley, Lukaku is in an advantageous position after breaking away from Leonardo Bonucci. However, the Belgian striker's shot went wide.

Chelsea's efforts did not pay off until the game ended. Juventus closed the game with a 1-0 win.

This victory brought Juventus to the top of Group H with 6 points. Meanwhile, Chelsea is in second place with 3 points.

Lineup:

Juventus (4-3-3): Wojciech Szczesny; Danilo, Leonardo Bonucci, Matthijs de Ligt, Alex Sandro; Juan Cuadrado, Rodrigo Bentancur (Giorgio Chiellini 88'), Manuel Locatelli, Adrien Rabiot (Weston McKennie 77'); Federico Chiesa (Moise Kean 77'), Federico Bernardeschi (Dejan Kulusevski 65').

Chelsea (3-4-2-1): Edouard Mendy; Andreas Christensen (Ross Barkley 75'), Thiago Silva, Antonio Rudiger; Cesar Azpilicueta (Trevoh Chalobah 62'), Jorginho (Ruben Loftus-Cheek 63'), Mateo Kovacic, Marcos Alonso (Ben Chilwell 46'); Hakim Ziyech (Callum Hudson-Odoi 62'), Kai Havertz,