Aston Villa vs Juventus LIVE: Champions League result and final score after late controversy
Aston Villa 0-0 Juventus: A last-gasp Morgan Rogers goal was ruled out but the hosts remain in a strong position in the table
Aston Villa had to settle for a 0-0 draw with Juventus in the Champions League after a last-gasp effort by Morgan Rogers was chalked off for a foul on Juventus keeper Michele Di Gregorio.
Villa thought they had won it at the death to end a six-game winless streak when Di Gregorio failed to catch a free kick but Diego Carlos fouled the Juventus keeper as Rogers was lashing the ball into the net, and boos poured out from Villa fans after the final whistle.
The match was far from a classic, with Juventus seemingly content to keep possession, and both sides squandered chances, with Villa’s best coming from Lucas Digne who hammered a free kick off the crossbar seconds before halftime.
Midway through the second half, Francisco Conceicao’s header from a corner looked destined for the back of Villa’s net but goalkeeper Emi Martinez dived to get his fingertips to the ball.
Unai Emery’s Villa, who had kicked off their Champions League campaign with three victories and three clean sheets, are ninth in the table after five games, while their Italian visitors, who had only 14 outfield players available on Wednesday, are 17th.
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Aston Villa 0-0 Juventus
20 mins: Lovely work from Yildiz who gets the ball on the left and drives inside, before firing a shot just wide of the bottom left corner.
First we’ve seen the dangers that the promising talent can pose tonight.
Aston Villa 0-0 Juventus
17 mins: Digne fires into the wall, with nothing coming of the rebound.
Aston Villa 0-0 Juventus
16 mins: Locatelli hacks down McGinn 25 yards out, presenting a Villa with a set-play opportunity in a dangerous position. Digne and Tielemans standing over the ball.
Aston Villa 0-0 Juventus
13 mins: CLOSE! Leon Bailey whips in a corner towards the near post, Pau Torres escapes his marker to flick on dangerously towards goal.
His effort just clears the bar and lands on the roof of the net.
Aston Villa 0-0 Juventus
12 mins: Another yellow card for a Villa player and the home fans are not happy - Bailey this time, perhaps for dissent.
Aston Villa 0-0 Juventus
10 mins: Superb ball from Diego Carlos through to Watkins, who brings it down in the box but can’t release towards goal.
Eager to keep the pressure on, Tielemans tries to win the ball back on the edge of the area but fouls his man. A yellow card comes out for the Belgian, to the dismay of Villa Park.
Aston Villa 0-0 Juventus
8 mins: Juventus still using the majority of their possession in the back-line but release a lofted ball through towards Timothy who breaks the offside trap.
Martinez is off his line quickly and gets there before Weah to clear.
Aston Villa 0-0 Juventus
5 mins: Villa break down the right as Leon Bailey cuts into the box and tries to bend one into the corner. His effort is blocked by his own skipper, inadvertantly hitting John McGinn.
Rogers then commits a foul, bringing a break in play and a chance for Juventus to regroup.
Aston Villa 0-0 Juventus
3 mins: Juventus dominating the ball in the early stages, just ticking it across their back line.
Trying to stifle to rabid home crowd early on.
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