Barcelona vs Juventus, Champions League - as it happened: Result and analysis from Camp Nou
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Your support makes all the difference.Crisis. What crisis? After a summer of turmoil, humiliation in the transfer market and a revolt against the board, Barcelona are back to doing what they do best: winning games of football.
While the departure of Neymar and failure to land the likes of Philippe Coutinho and Jean-Michael Seri, as well as the ongoing contract sagas surrounding Leo Messi and Andres Iniesta, have cast the club in a bad light, there is no doubt new manager Ernesto Valverde has enjoyed a good start to his reign - on the pitch at least.
Barca have won their first three La Liga games, scoring nine and conceding none, and they already sit four points clear of bitter rivals Real Madrid - a side many rate as the best in Europe.
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What time does it start?
The game kicks off at 7.45pm (BST) at Camp Nou on Tuesday 12 September.
Where can I watch it?
BT Sport Extra 2 will be broadcasting the game. Alternatively, return to this page for updates from our live blog.
It's a big game for...
Ousmane Dembele. Neymar was Barcelona's undoubted star of the Champions League last season, almost single-handedly turning the round of 16 tie against PSG around before then joining the club this summer. Can the young Frenchman Barca replaced him with live up to the hype? Tuesday night's game will be a big test for the winger after a bit-part debut against Espanyol at the weekend. The Camp Nou expects.
Player to watch...
Paulo Dybala. Tipped as a long-term replacement for Messi at both Barcelona and in the Argentina national team, but yet another player the Camp Nou hierarchy failed to land this summer. Quite brilliant in Juve's run to the final last season, including an imperious display when these two sides met in Turin when he scored a brace. Another performance like that and Barca fans will be imploring the club to sign him.
Form...
Barcelona: WWWLL
Juventus: WWWLL
Odds...
Barcelona win: 4/7
Draw: 10/3
Juventus win: 5/1
55 mins: GOAL! CHELSEA 3 QARABAG 0:
Cesar Azpilicueta bags Chelsea's third of the night at Stamford Bridge, flicking a clever header home after Cesc Fabregas had worked a cross from the right into the area.
58 mins: Man Utd 2 Basel 0: Daley Blind's evening hit a high point a few minutes ago with that excellent assist for Lukaku's goal but the Dutchman needs to watch himself now. The United full-back has been yellow carded for chopping down Renato Steffen.
56 mins: GOAL! BARCELONA 2 JUVENTUS 0:
Lionel Messi didn't let a yellow card get him down. Less than 60 seconds after being cautioned, the Argentina drove through the Juventus defence before beating Gianluigi Buffon. Benedikt Howedes managed to clear off the line but only as far as Ivan Rakitic, who swept the ball into the back of the unguarded net.
60 mins: GOAL! BENFICA 1 CSKA MOSCOW 1:
Away from Old Trafford, the other Group A match is all square again after Vitinho's penalty brought CSKA Moscow level at the Estadio de Luz.
62 mins: Man Utd 2 Basel 0: David de Gea is called upon for the first time this evening. The Spanish stopped reacted instinctively to deny Mohamed Elyounoussi after the Norwegian had managed to skilfully turn away from a sliding Victor Lindelof.
65 mins: GOAL! BAYERN MUNICH 2 ANDERLECHT 0:
Bayern finally have their second against the ten men of Anderlecht through the close range finish of Thiago Alcantara.
69 mins: GOAL! BARCELONA 3 JUVENTUS 0:
Lionel Messi scores a brilliant goal, his second and Barcelona's third. Latching on to Andres Iniesta's through ball, the Argentine tricked his way past two defenders before pulling a shot back past Buffon and into the bottom right corner.
71 mins: GOAL! BENFICA 1 CSKA MOSCOW 2:
CSKA Moscow have turned it around in Lisbon and now lead. After a fortuitous penalty, the Russians now have a controversial second after Timur Zhamaletdinov poked in from a suspiciously close range following Bruno Varela's save. No offside flag was forthcoming, however, and the Moscow club look set to join Manchester United at the top of Group A with an opening day victory.
71 mins: GOAL! CHELSEA 4 QARABAG 0:
Substitute Tiemoue Bakayoko pokes home Chelsea's fourth...
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