UCL: Dybala's double help Juventus beat Barcelona 3-0

Dybala netted twice before the midway point in the first half and Giorgio Chiellini added the third goal early in the second half to leave Juve in control of the tie ahead of next Wednesday's return at the Camp Nou. Having made history when they overturned a 4-0 first-leg deficit against Paris Saint-Germain in the pre-quarterfinal by winning the return 6-1, Barcelona now need another stunning comeback to reach the last four.

Juventus' Paulo Dybala shoots to score past Barcelona's Andres Iniesta during their UEFA Champions League quarter-final first leg at the Juventus stadium in Turin last night

Juventus last met the Spanish giants when they lost 3-1 in the 2015 final, but here they ran Luis Enrique's men ragged and nullified the visitors' front three of Messi, Neymar and Luis Suarez. Juve's seventh-minute opener was a work of simplicity finished off by a Dybala master stroke. Juan Cuadrado was the provider on the right flank, setting up 23-year-old Dybala, who turned 12 yards out and curled a left-footed shot inside the far post, beyond the outstretched hand of goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen. It took Barca until 21 minutes to threaten, but Gianluigi Buffon denied Andres Iniesta after he had been picked out by a superb Messi pass. Buffon pumped his fist in defiance, and he was pumping both in celebration moments later when Dybala met Mario Mandzukic's ball in from the left to sweep a first-time shot inside Ter Stegen's near post.

The visitors briefly showed promise, with Suarez firing just wide of Buffon's outstretched hand, but Juve went further ahead on 55 minutes. Chiellini, famously bitten by Suarez when Italy played Uruguay at the 2014 World Cup, held off Mascherano at a corner to send an angled header in off the far post.

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