UEFA Champions League 2016/17: Juventus 3-0 Barcelona

Giorgio Chiellini headed in a third 10 minutes into the second half to leave Luis Enrique's side again staring down the barrel of a Champions League exit, a month on from historically overturning a 4-0 first-leg deficit against PSG.

"Paulo had a great game but the whole team had a great game, those who started and the substitutes", Allegri said.

"The Champions League punished us with their two goals, but something else was seen from us in the second half".

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. Paulo Dybala scored 2 goals for Juventus on 7th and 22nd minutes.

Mario Mandzukic's drive to the byline and precise cut-back put the ball with a lot of space for Dybala to sweep home clinically inside the near post, beating goalkeeper Marc Andre ter Steigen.

"We are in a very good position and we're playing with great confidence, but we can not relax because it will be very hard at the Camp Nou". He also admitted that Juventus is a flawless team, adding that they have great techniques and that this game will be a hard one.

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"This time, it's more hard to believe in a comeback", said Luis Enrique.

That was how the match ended as Juve carry a 3 - 0 lead into the second leg which will be played next week.

He added in his postmatch news conference: "The feelings as manager are lamentable and it's hard to explain".

Juventus has beaten Barcelona with a 3-0 victory during their Champions league quarter-final game, which took place on April 11 at Juventus stadium, in Italy.

Xavi singled out Paulo Dybala and Gonzalo Higuain as the most unsafe among the Juventus lineup, saying: "I would say that the most talented member of the Juventus team is Dybala".

Miralem Pjanic curled in an inviting corner and Chiellini out jumped Javier Mascherano to powerfully head home. He's shown over time that he has the quality that we have been looking for and he has the ideal profile, and I think we can have much satisfaction together.