{"id":192881,"date":"2016-02-24T08:30:34","date_gmt":"2016-02-24T08:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=192881"},"modified":"2016-02-24T08:30:34","modified_gmt":"2016-02-24T08:30:34","slug":"192881","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=192881","title":{"rendered":"Juventus fightback frustrates Bayern"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Juventus come from two goals down to draw with Bayern<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Thomas M\u00fcller and Arjen Robben put visitors on top<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Paulo Dybala and Stefano Sturaro score first competition goals to level tie<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Juve now unbeaten in 17 European home games, since Bayern\u2019s 2013 win in Turin<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Second leg takes place at\u00a0Fu\u00dfball Arena M\u00fcnchen on 16 March<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A stirring Juventus fightback, and first UEFA Champions League goals for Paulo Dybala and Stefano Sturaro, denied Bayern M\u00fcnchen a round of 16 first-leg victory in Turin despite strikes either side of half-time from Thomas M\u00fcller and Arjen Robben.<\/p>\n<p>Juventus had kept nine successive clean sheets but that record was under threat within four minutes, Gianluigi Buffon beating away a swerving volley from former team-mate Arturo Vidal. Robert Lewandowski then unselfishly squared for M\u00fcller, yet Leonardo Bonucci was on hand to clear the underhit shot off the line.<\/p>\n<p>Buffon then denied Juan Bernat and Lewandowski, though the goalkeeper was finally beaten two minutes before half-time. When Andrea Barzagli prevented Douglas Costa\u2019s left-wing cross reaching Lewandowski, his clearance merely fell to M\u00fcller who made no mistake.<\/p>\n<p>Ten minutes into the second period it was 0-2, Bayern breaking at pace again. Lewandowski played in Robben down the right and the Dutchman duly cut inside onto his favoured left foot to bend a delicious strike beyond Buffon.<\/p>\n<p>That goal at last sparked the Bianconeri into life and within eight minutes they had a foothold in the tie thanks to a slip by Joshua Kimmich. Mario Mand\u017euki\u0107 supplied Paulo Dybala and suddenly Juve had hope.<\/p>\n<p>With Mand\u017euki\u0107 increasingly influential, Juventus were beginning to threaten Bayern\u2019s makeshift defence, with \u00c1lvaro Morata\u2019s 75th-minute introduction bringing immediate dividends. Sixty seconds later, the Spaniard nodded across goal to fellow substitute Sturaro, whose finish was high past Manuel Neuer. Both teams had chances to win it but now head to Germany with nothing between them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key Player: Arjen Robben (Bayern)<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Dutchman was at his lively best at the Juventus Stadium, covering more than 10km and managing four solo runs and the same number of shots on target. The two facets combined for his goal as he dribbled across the Juve defence before bending a sumptuous shot into the far corner.<span id=\"mceNonEditable_2335805\" class=\"mceNonEditable\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Fortress Turin<\/strong><br \/>\nM\u00fcller and Robben looked to have inflicted Juve\u2019s first European home defeat in 17 fixtures, since Bayern\u2019s last visit in 2013, as they gave the visitors a two-goal cushion. Juventus, however, have not lost in any competition since matchday six\u00a0\u2013 the sole reverse in their last 23 games\u00a0\u2013 and showed exactly why with a stirring fightback.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Juve substitutes make difference<\/strong><br \/>\nMorata\u2019s five knockout goals in the 2014\/15 UEFA Champions League highlighted his appetite for the big occasion and the Spaniard was quickly into the thick of the action here, his square header setting up Sturaro. The 22-year-old had just three Juve goals to his name before tonight, but got ahead of Kimmich and made no mistake to change the complexion of the tie.<\/p>\n<div class=\" photo w2 fc\"><span class=\"credits\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\" photo w2 fc\">\n<div class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.uefa.com\/MultimediaFiles\/Photo\/competitions\/Comp_Matches\/02\/33\/56\/43\/2335643_w2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"656\" height=\"369\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9AFP\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\" photo w2 fc\">\n<div class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.uefa.com\/MultimediaFiles\/Photo\/competitions\/Comp_Matches\/02\/33\/56\/65\/2335665_w2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"656\" height=\"369\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9AFP\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\" photo w2 fc\"><\/div>\n<div class=\" 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