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Zenit vs. Juventus Wednesday October 20, 2021 Highlights and Result


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Juventus' Alex Sandro in real life during the Champions League bunch H soccer match among Juventus and Chelsea at the Allianz arena in Turin, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2021.AP 

Juventus, drove by forward Paulo Dybala, faces Zenit in a UEFA Champions League bunch stage match on Wednesday, October 20, 2021 (10/20/21) at Krestovsky Stadium in Saint Petersburg, Russia. 

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This is what you need to know: 

What: UEFA Champions League, Group Stage 

Who: Zenit versus Juventus 

At the point when: Wednesday, October 20, 2021 

Time: 3 p.m. ET 

Where: Krestovsky Stadium 

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Italy advances Federico Chiesa and Federico Bernardeschi ran reliably through the core of Chelsea's protection, Romelu Lukaku was kept under tight restraints, and Juventus convincingly beat the injury-drained prize safeguard 1-0 in the Champions League on Wednesday. 

Ten seconds into the subsequent half, Chiesa ran onto a through ball from Bernardeschi and beat safeguard Antonio Rudiger to score from a troublesome point. 

"It ought to be difficult to surrender a simple objective like this at this level in the main seconds of the subsequent half," Chelsea mentor Thomas Tuchel said. "You know what's coming, you have cautious association like we have, so typically consistently it ought to be feasible to guard it. Also, we got rebuffed for it, obviously." 

Bernardeschi almost made it 2-0 when he stumbled similarly as he was going to divert a cross from Juan Cuadrado. 

"We showed the genuine Juve soul," Chiesa said. "We attempted to assault profound and out from the dark spaces." 

It wasn't until the 75th moment that a respectable cross discovered its direction to Lukaku, who Chelsea purchased for a club record $135 million in August. Yet, the Belgium striker's following header went well wide. 

Lukaku had a nearby possibility in the 83rd however again missed the objective. 

Juventus assumed responsibility for Group H with an entire six focuses. Chelsea and Zenit St. Petersburg have three focuses each and Malmo has zero. 

Prior, Zenit traveled to a 4-0 success more than 10-man Malmo. 

Juventus' ideal beginning in Europe stands out strongly from the Bianconeri's battles in Serie A, where they have won only two of six matches. 

"We should partake in this around evening time however at that point we must zero in on Saturday's derby (against Torino)," Chiesa said. 

It denoted a second back to back rout for Chelsea, which was beaten 1-0 at home by Manchester City on Saturday. 

It was additionally Chelsea's first misfortune in quite a while League bunch matches. 

Chelsea was without the harmed Reece James, Mason Mount and Christian Pulisic; while midfielder N'Golo Kante missed the excursion in the wake of testing positive for the Covid. 

Juventus likewise had injury worries with Paulo Dybala and Alvaro Morata both out. 

However, Chiesa and Bernardeschi, key individuals from Italy's raced to the European Championship title, ensured they weren't missed. 

Matteo Pessina, one more individual from the successful Italy group, scored in Atalanta's 1-0 success over Young Boys. 

(The Associated Press added to this report.)

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