True to the Italian tradition of defending an advantage, The Juventus defense gave goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon little work to do until late in the game.
'I told him that this is football, that's just the way it is, ' said Alves.
Expectations were that Messi and team mates will put up a similar performance that saw them over-turn a 4-0 first leg loss to Paris St-Germain by winning 6-1 in the reverse fixture.
There were no boos or jeers at the Camp Nou after Barcelona's elimination to Juventus in the quarterfinals of the Champions League. "We tried to do everything", he said. "What a night for us". "We were solid, keeping a clean sheet against them is no mean feat".
Alessandro Del Piero hailed Juventus after they knocked Barcelona out of the Champions League and believes his former side can go on to win the competition for the first time since 1996.
Allegri has instilled in his players an unwavering focus and a duty to never let their guard down.
Enrique will leave the Nou Camp this summer having failed to reach the semi-finals for a second successive season.
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The parade also featured the "Pukguksong-2", a land-based variant of the submarine-launched missile. A US aircraft carrier, the USS Carl Vinson, is heading to waters off Korea in a show of force.
"The self-belief of the team has grown a lot", he said Allegri.
And the only negative news of the night for the Bianconeri was a yellow card for Sami Khedira that will rule the German worldwide out of the first leg of their semi-final.
A black-eyed Messi sums Barcelona's night. "Juventus invoke fear now in others and we've proved ourselves, so our objective is to play the final in Cardiff". "So now we can't relax at all, we have an important league match against Genoa on Sunday, we are in a key part of the season". Not conceding a goal against this trio [MSN], against this team is very hard and I believe this is our great merit.
"Aside from our determination, which is traditionally part of the Juventus identity, we are becoming more "European" by pressing, proving risky in attack and controlling the game more than we did in previous years".
Alves now has a Champions League semi-final to look forward to, with Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid and Monaco potential opponents.
"Who don't we want to meet in the semifinals?"
Speaking after their impressive result, Bonucci explained: "It's not about who we don't want to face because none of the other teams want to face us". "We're a frightening proposition and a match for anyone".
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