Real Madrid vs Juventus - as it happened: Cristiano Ronaldo penalty secures Los Blancos victory
Re-live all the action from Wednesday's Champions League fixtures
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Your support makes all the difference.Real Madrid host Juventus tonight in the second leg of their Champions League quarter-final tie with a place in the last four within reaching distance.
Zinedine Zidane’s men, who are looking to win the competition for the fourth time in five seasons, head into the second-leg clash with a 3-0 advantage after their storming victory in Turin last week.
The Spaniards will be without the suspended captain Sergio Ramos for the clash while Paulo Dybalal is unavailable for the visitors.
In the evening’s other quarter-final, Bayern Munich welcome Sevilla to the Allianz Stadium with a 2-1 lead to their name. The Bavarians are aiming to reach a seventh European semi-final in nine years.
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14' - GOAAAAAAAAAAA... no.
Isco turns the ball home after Cristiano Ronaldo's shot is parried by Gigi Buffon but the offside flag correctly goes up against the Spaniard.
This game is the definition of end-to-end.
15' - What a chance!
Miralem Pjanic's corner finds its way through to Mario Mandzukic on the edge of the six-yard box but the striker can't sort his feet out and his shinned effort is easily saved by Keylor Navas.
17' - Miralem Pjanic goes into the book for a cynical challenge on Isco.
18' - Juventus boss Max Allegri makes an early change as Stephan Lichtsteiner replaces Mattia De Sciglio.
Interestingly, De Sciglio looked furious as he walked off the pitch, which suggests he might not even be injured.
A bit of an odd one, that.
22' - Dani Carvajal is booked for a late challenge on Mario Mandzukic.
24' - The first 15 minutes of this one were all-action but the chances have dried up a little over the last 10 minutes or so.
That's understandable, given how fast both teams came out of the blocks.
25' - Sami Khedira, who produced a lovely assist for Juve's opener, has a pop from distance but his sliced effort goes high and wide of Keylor Navas' goal.
It's probably fair to say that kind of strike isn't his forte.
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