Juventus vs Barcelona: Giorgio Chiellini got the third for Juventus against Barcelona. (Source: Reuters) Juventus vs Barcelona: Giorgio Chiellini got the third for Juventus against Barcelona. (Source: Reuters)

It is time for the Champions League quarterfinals. In the top fixture on the night, Juventus ran out comfortable 3-0 winners over Barcelona in Turin. Goals from Dybala inside the first half hour and then Chiellini’s header in the second half gave the Italians a cushion to take into the second leg in a week’s time. The other game on the night featuring Borussia Dortmund against Monaco was called off after explosions went off near the bus.

Juventus vs Barcelona Updates:

0203 hrs IST: FULL TIME! Juventus have convincingly beaten Barcelona 3-0 at home in the first leg. Goals from Dybala in the first half and a Chiellini header in the second. Juventus have a massive advantage going into the second leg at Nou Camp in a week’s time.

0200 hrs IST: Four minutes added on.

0156 hrs IST: A Messi free kick…. Rincon brings down Messi from behind. 23 metres from goal. Straight into the wall. Goes to Suarez who gets a corner out of it with Chiellini holding firm. Resulting corner produces nothing. In the end, the move gets nothing as Rakitic sends his volley over

0155 hrs IST: Five minutes left in the regulation 90 minutes. Can Barcelona get an away goal and change the complexion of this tie and something to take home?

0151 hrs IST: CHANGE: Dybala goes off for Rincon

0150 hrs IST: As the clock ticks on, Barcelona getting a few half chances but not enough to test Buffon. In latest update, Samuel Umtiti tries to head it in but the ball is over him

0145 hrs IST: Poor defending from Juventus – something you don’t say or see very often. Neymar with a pull back from the left and it is not cleared away by Sandro. Falls to Suarez in the end at the edge of the box and the Barcelona forward blazes over

0143 hrs IST: SUBSTITUTION: Change for Juventus as Cuadrado goes off. Lemina comes on

0142 hrs IST: Juventus have a goal wrongly disallowed. Khedira adjudged to be offside when he was in line with the defence. Played it into Cuadrado’s path who bundled the ball home but flag was already up

0137 hrs IST: Messi creates an inch of space to find himself free and passes it to Suarez. The striker does well to use his body to good effect and has a crack from his right foot from inside the box and it goes across the face of goal with Buffon beaten

0134 hrs IST: Dybala runs at Mascherano and Pique but the quick Argentine can’t speed past the two veteran defenders. No appeal for penalty as the Juventus player goes down

0125 hrs IST: GOAL!! Mascherano with a big ask in marking Chiellini and the Italian overpowers the Argentine to head the ball across the face of goal and it goes in off the post. JUVENTUS 3-0!

0123 hrs IST: Things in Juventus’ favour now. Higuain is on side and has just Ter Stegen to beat. Goes all alone when he could have passed it to Mandzukic on the other end of the goal. Big, big chance!

0122 hrs IST: Higuain stays on the edge of the box to receive a pull back from the right. Has the space and the time. Tries to curl it into the corner but not enough on it to bother Ter Stegen

0115 hrs IST: Second half underway in Turin. And a great chance for Barcelona to get one back. Neymar and Iniesta with chances from the same move but neither are able to test Buffon.

0059 hrs IST: Cross from the left and Khedira has a stab at it from inside the box but it goes away. And with that, it is HALF TIME! Juventus lead Barcelona 2-0 at the break and it is a comfortable lead for the Italians

0057 hrs IST: Higuain with a left footed volley after controlling with his left and allowing the ball to roll on to his chest. Ter Stegen parries it and a Barcelona defender is on hand to hack it away for a corner

0055 hrs IST: Inching towards half time and Barcelona have seen more of the ball but not had any shot on target. Juventus happy to sit back and soak in all the pressure – something they’ve done time and again and come out with flying colours

0043 hrs IST: Messi has the ball in the back of the net but it won’t stand. No one heard the whistle with Messi catching Khedira from behind. Luckily for the Bianconeri, Khedira was the last defender with Messi and Suarez lurking.

0036 hrs IST: GOAL!!! Dybala with a left footed shot from the edge of the box and it is in the lower left corner to beat Ter Stegen. The Barcelona keeper gets a hand to it but not strong enough to save it.

0034 hrs IST: Just as we say that, Iniesta is one-on-one with Buffon and the Italian legend makes himself big to deny the Spaniard. Messi with a sublime through ball with Iniesta running on from the left and testing Buffon

0030 hrs IST: Both teams making good forays forward but neither of them testing the keepers

0020 hrs IST: GOAL!! Cuadrado holds the ball down the right and moves forward into the box. Finds the little gap to pass to Dybala and he curls it into the corner with his left foot. His 14th goal of the season

0016 hrs IST: Heated start with Dybala brought down near the Barcelona box. Free kick is whipped in and Higuain is on the end of it. Totally unmarked inside the box and he heads it down into Ter Stegen’s arms

0015 hrs IST: KICK OFF! We’re underway in Turin for the first leg.

0010 hrs IST: TEAMS:

JUVENTUS: Buffon; Dani Alves, Bonucci, Chiellini, Alex Sandro; Khedira, Pjanic; Cuadrado, Dybala, Mandzukic; Higuain

BARCELONA: Ter Stegen; Pique, Umtiti, Mathieu; Roberto, Mascherano, Rakitic; Iniesta; Messi, Neymar, Suarez

0000 hrs IST: Hello and welcome to the live blog for the first leg of the quarters of the UEFA Champions League. Juventus vs Barcelona will be our focus. Unfortunately, Borussia Dortmund against Monaco has been pushed till tomorrow after three explosions near the Dortmund team bus left Marc Bartra injured.

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