Champions League
May 14, 2003
That's it! The Delle Apli rejoices as referee Meier blows the whistle that ends Real Madrid's reign in Europe. Juve deservedly 3-1 winners, 4-3 overall... Helguera thumps forward. Raul loses his marker but slides his far-post header agonisingly wide. He buries his head in the turf...
Juve keep it in the corner before McManaman brings it away. Raul chips over the top for Ronaldo but Montero steps up and it's offside
Another lung-bursting run from Zambrotta, now operating on the left. Corner kick off Salgado
... and break upfield. Zambrotta whacks at goal. Low but wide
Pessotto hooks clear. Camoranesi gives it away and Figo bears down. Cross from the right but Juve can scramble it away...
Conte on for Davids... Real throwing everything forward but Helguera creeps offside
Five minutes to be added! Real need one goal to go through
Real break - Zidane gets the ball over the top and finishes brilliantly left-footed, across Buffon. 3-1 nowDel Piero holds on looking for the 'Hollywood' goal, with Camoranesi overlapping. Guti steps in
Tudor in strongly to rob Ronaldo after Zidane found space on the left
Figo beats Davids to a 50-50 ball. Typical of his evening he gets booked for some reason
... as if to prove it he flicks a sharp header at goal. But Buffon takes comfortably
Thuram back to head away as Salgado crosses after good work from McManaman and Raul (yes, he's still on the pitch)
Davids cuts in from the left to shoot. Salgado blocks before Del Piero is caught offside
Nedved has a bite at McManaman as the Englishman dribbles away... but it's a yellow card for the Czech, who will now miss the final
Great last-ditch intervention from Thuram as Ronaldo pulls the trigger. Then Buffon is up to collect the follow-up cross from Figo
Freekick to Juve wide on the left... Del Piero curls it in but too close to Casillas
Casillas makes two excellent saves from Del Piero - first from a bullet header, then the recovery block as Juve pile on the pressure
Thuram tricks his way past Zidane out wide. Real recover it though, but Davids gets back to interrupt as McManaman bears down
McManaman replaces Cambiasso and Camoranesi comes on for Trezeguet. Del Bosque desperate, Lippi reinforcing
Guti heads the ball away. Real break and Zidane cuts in from the right to hit left-footed. Slicing wide under pressure from Montero, who shouldn't be on the pitch really...
Real losing the plot as Hierro crashes in on Trezeguet. Yellow card
Zambrotta hits over the top for Nedved to chase. The Czech is clean through to smash right-footed past Casillas for the third. 3-0 JuveGuti heads clear as Del Piero crosses from deep
Salgado has a crack at goal - left-footed and very wayward though. Gary Neville would have proud of that effort
Helguera steps in brilliantly to intercept as Trezeguet looks to release Del Piero, clean through but for that intervention
Hierro heads away. Juve press on but Nedved is offside down the left
Respite for the Italians as Del Piero comes down under Helguera's challenge
Up comes Helguera with a full-blooded header. Buffon beaten but the ball flashes just wide
Poor, hesitant penalty - too close to a keeper of that class. Real press on, winning a corner on the right
No second yellow for Montero... Figo steps up to take - saved by Buffon low to his right!
Cambiasso wriggles free to release Ronaldo in the box.... Montero in with the sliding challenge. Penalty Real!Roberto Carlos gets behind Zambrotta for the first time, but fails to control Zidane's ball with his chest. Goalkick Juve
...Pessotto heads away and Juve can eventually bring it away
Tacchinardi yellow-carded as Cambiasso is brought down. Montero clears behind as Ronaldo looks to latch onto Figo's ball...
Trezeguet just offside as Del Piero slides into win the ball from Helguera. He would have been clean through there
... which drops loose for Zidane but teh French master can't quite control and Juve can clear
Figo hits beyond everyone, but Real build again - Ronaldo winning a corner on the right
On comes veteran Pessotto for Birindelli... Meanwhile Buffon spills a routine ball and Real have a corner
Montero yellow carded as Raul is brought down. Salgado is closed down and falls on the ball as if fouled - nothing given though, except a card for the Real defender after his display of fury at referee Meier
But Juve have a corner on the left. Nedved takes, Casillas flaps at thin air but Trezeguet can't quite reach it at the far post. Luck for the keeper
Juve shift the freekick to the right but Hierro is up to head away
Del Piero drops deep to collect but falls under Salgado's challenge
Figo goes in hard from behind on Davids. Juve freekick, worked to Nedved for a smash at goal - always rising high and wide though
... immediately he creeps offside as Zidane prods the ball through. That was a let-off for Juve
Here comes Ron... Flavio makes way as the Brazilian superstar heads onto the pitch
Tudor hooks clear after Montero gets a foot into to block Carlos's whipped ball in from the left
Casillas takes as Zambrotta crosses after taking the ball off Carlos - not for the first time
Davids turns Salgado inside out in the box but the defender does well to recover to concede the corner... Nedved takes and Helguera is first to it. Juve play it back
Real looking more business-like, probing left and right before Cambiasso rushes into taking a rank shot. Waste of possession
Carlos hooks away after Nedved's snapshot is blocked
Typically, Davids interrupts before Del Piero hacks away... Now Figo crosses but Buffon can collect
Cambiasso almost finds Raul in the box, but just behind the striker... Real can win a corner on the right though
Ronaldo warming up, but no changes as Real restart...
And a great half for Juve, who've turned this tie on its head. 2-0 at the break, 3-2 to the Italians overall. Real, battered throughout, will need a goal to take this into extra timeZambrotta in strongly to win the ball from Figo. Huge cheers as Juve play it around. Del Piero and Davids add the tricks and Zambrotta smashes right-footed. Just wide, but great football
Tumult in Turin as the home fans rejoice their team's 3-2 aggregate lead. Three minutes of stoppage time to be added
Real stunned into action... corner on the right, which comes back to Zidane to fire low at goal. Great stop from Buffon
Juve still look offside as the ball comes back forward. But Del Piero doesn't mind as he cuts inside Salgado to hit the second goal! 2-0 Juve!Del Piero swings at goal - deflected but Zambrotta is offside as he collects...
Davids tries to release Trezeguet, but just beyond the striker... Real break but Zidane's through ball finds Raul just offside. A rueful smile from the Champions League record goalscorer...
Guti loses out to Thuram again but then tries to recover possession, only to hack Zambrotta down wide out. No yellow card though
Zambrotta trips Roberto Carlos as the tackles start to bite. Real look to build but Guti, to the delight of the home fans, hits a pass intended for Figo straight out of play
That was a great chance. Now it's handbags as Guti goes down clutching his mouth after a minor brush from Thuram's hand. Temperature rising
Casillas fumbles Trezeguet's shot from the edge of the box. The striker recovers to take the ball to the byeline but Real can scramble it away. Just
Guti brings down Nedved. Juve work the freekick to Del Piero, but his deflected strike loops safely into Cambiasso's hands
Thuram scuffs badly after Trezeguet mis-hits with a spectacular volley. Real break and Zidane audaciously tries to lob Buffon from 45 yards. Onto the roof of the net, but the keeper was back
Trezeguet just wrong-footed by a neat chip through
Figo hits high over the bar. Ambitious from the wide angle - it had to be very good from there. It wasn't
Guti hesitates after Flavio's excellent pass down the inside right, but Montero crashes in and Real have a freekick
Real clawing their way back into this... but Juve still look the hungrier side
Roberto Carlos looks for Raul. A flick at the edge of the box - but too strong for Figo, arriving at the far post
Buffon collects Figo's cross as Real push forward without making any genuine openings
Montero steps in to clear as Cambiasso and Roberto Carlos probe the left. Better from Real
Hierro hacks away as Trezeguet heads a Tacchinardi ball across the box
Del Piero weighs it up but the white wall does its job and Real clear
Yellow card for Flavio as Davids, a star man so far, is brought down with a studs-up challange 23 yards out
Figo hacks at goal - deflected and suddenly Guti has a gilt-edged one-on-one from 12 yards. But it's panic stations and Buffon can make a comfortable save...
Birindelli does enough to rob Figo after quick passing between the Portugal star and Zidane. Buffon clears
Buffon collects as Raul chases a long ball forward
...which Zidane takes. Off the wall for a corner which Thuram heads away powerfully. Flavio has another strike from range, but again well wide
Tudor panics as Zidane picks up the ball centrally, 30 yards out. Needless freekick...
Casillas collects as Nedved tries to dink the ball over Salgado
Raul crosses from the left of the Juve box, but Buffon takes easily with Guti standing deep
...headed clear but Juve press again, Davids lofting one into the box, but Casillas takes comfortably
Nedved again thereatens and Hierro has to concede a corner as Trezeguet lurks
After another ambitious swing from range, Flavio is sent tumbling. Real work the freekick left but Thuram breaks...
That scoreline will do for the Italians - and the Delle Alpi knows it
Nedved crosses from the right... Del Piero nods back at the far post and Trezeguet beats Cambiasso to hook in the opener. 1-0 Juve!!Brief respite as the holders win a throw of their own down the left. Flavio swings a volley, but it's well wide
Del Piero hooks over the bar after Roberto Carlos gifts possession to Zambrotta and Nedved. Good chance - Real are under pressure here
Carlos blocks Zambrotta's cross. Hierro heads the throw away and Juve are forced back
Juve build again, Nedved cuts in from the left to hit right-footed. Low but wide
Del Piero drives forward down the Juve left, bringing a foul by Salgado, who blocks the freekick from Nedved
Fast-paced opening. Zidance is closed down in the Juve box before the Serie A champs break. Zambrotta fouled - but Nedved's freekick from the right is headed clear
Thuram crosses after Trezeguet and Del Piero threaten. Up comes Casillas to collect
...but distance is no hindrance to Roberto Carlos. A left-foot hammer, a la 1997, but just wide of Buffon's left post
Raul drops deep to collect - no surprise to see Tudor crunch in to test those aching belly muscles. Then Davids flies in on Guti. Real freekick 40 yards out
Figo probes down the right. No way through and Cambiasso loses out in midfield. Juve break quickly but Nedved can't reach the ball over the top
Early break from Nedved. The chip through to Trezeguet, free in the box, but narrowly offside as he swings to volley
And Juve kick offA friendly pat on the shoulder from Marcello Lippi to former Juve favourite Zidane as referee Urs Meier leads the teams out in Turin...
Montero, Tacchinardi and Davids return from suspension for Juve, although Ferrara and Iuliano are banned tonight.
Raul returns for the holders after his appendix operation, but Ronaldo is relegated to the bench following a calf injury in the first leg. Esteban Cambiasso returns to the starting lineup with Makelele out...
Juve need to come from behind to beat Real Madrid and reach the Champions League final. Real take a 2-1 lead to the Stadio Delle Alpi, join us from 19.45 BST for live commentary.



