Full Time! Morata and Tevez seal win for Juventus. Madrid did equalise through Ronaldo - but Juve deserve the win. Second leg scheduled for next week.
21:37 Chellini booked for foul on Ronaldo. 2-1 Juve
21:36 Llerente had a golden chance to seal the win. Pirlo's enticing free-kick met by the Spaniad whose header was weak. 2-1 Juve
21:35 The referee has indicated there will be a minimum of three minutes of added time. 2-1 Juve
21:31 Varane lost his concentration. Llorente rounded the keeper, pulled it back into the box; but no player in black and white was there to turn the ball home.
2-1 Juve
21:30 Bale taken off after a disappointing evening - Jese is on his place. 2-1 Juve
21:30: Tevez off for Pereya. 2-1 Juve
21:29 Yellow Card. Rodriguez booked for uphending a counter attack. 2-1 Juve
21:28 Hernandez nudged in the penalty area by Lichenstier - the Swiss may have been lucky not to concede a spot-kick. 2-1 Juve
21:26 Ramos is really having a stinker out there. He had all the time in the world to pick out a pass, but he kicked the ball out for a throw. 2-1 Juve
21:23 Madrid pressing but Juventus are defending like deamons. 2-1 Juve
21:22 Sub. Llorente replaces the goalscorer Morata - who recieves an excellent ovation from the home fans. 2-1 Juve
21:19 Correction.
I thought Carvajal had been booked for penalty which he did not. Referee booked Vidal for disent. Carvajal has now been booked though. 2-1 Juve
21:18 Bale whips in a cross. Cleared only as far as Kroos - who finds Row Z with his shot from roughly thirty yards. 2-1 Juve
21:15 Twenty minutes left plus added time in this one.
If this was a boxing match Madrid would be slightly ahead on points. 2-1 Juve
21:13 Ramos is having a poor game - out of character for the experienced campaigner. 2-1 Juve
21:12 Chellini banadged up, and looks set to continue. 2-1 Juve
21:11 Stoppage in play as Cheillini suffering from nasty injury - blood pouring down his face.
2-1 Juve
21:10 Bale's cross from the right, narrowly missed the head of Ronaldo. 2-1 Juve
21:09 Sub. Bazagali comes on for Sturaro. 2-1 Juve
21:08 Hernandez almost makes instant impact, could not quite make content with ball across the face of goal at back post. 2-1 Juve
21:07 Sub. Hernandez comes on for Isco. 2-1 Juve
21:04 Evra rolls back the years with wonderful run into box, Pepe concedes corner. Madrid deal with the delivery. 2-1 Juve
21:03 The crowd are rocking, the noise is absolutely deafening. 2-1 Juve
21:01 GOAL! Tevez dispatches penalty straight down the middle, nothing Casillas could do to stop it. 2-1 Juve.
21:00. Penalty! counter attack from corner. Tevez bulldozes into box, Carvajal fouls the Argentinian and is booked.
1-1
20:59 Toni Kroos' in-swinging free-kick headed behind for a corner. Set piece cleared to Morata. 1-1
20:56 Carvajal on final warning, after conceding another foul. 1-1
20:54 Lots of stoppages in the opening five minutes, both teams conceding needless fouls. I expect more cards in this one. 1-1
20:51 Good build up play between Vidal and Tevez - sees the latter try his luck from distance; easy save for Casillas. 1-1
20:50 Yellow Card! Carlos Tevez is in the book for tripping Ramos from behind. 1-1
20:50 The second half is underway. 1-1
Half Time. Morata opens the scoring, but Ronaldo equalises for Real Madrid. Juve started at a frantic pace, but Madrid started to get a foot hold in the game as the half wore on.
See you in 15 minutes for the second half.
20:33 There will be a minimum of one minute added on at the end of the first half. 1-1
20:32 Another claim for a Juve penalty. Morata tumbles under a trailing Varane leg. The French defender appeared to make contact with the ball first. 1-1
20:30 three minutes left of a pulsating first half. Juve have resorted to long balls over the top - meat and drink for Madrid's commanding centre-backs. 1-1
20:28 Rodriguez hits the cross bar for Madrid. Great build up play on the left between Carvajal and Isco - the latter crosses for Rodriguez who crashes the bar with a diving header should have scored. Marcelo struck rebound into the ground and onto the roof of the net.
1-1
20:17 Madrid corner easily dealt with by Marchisio. Ronaldo seems to be rattled by Chiellni - that should be an interesting development over the next hour of action. 1-1
20: 14 GOAL! Completely against the run of play, Carvajal plays Rodriguez in, who crosses for Ronaldo. And the all time Champions League goalscorer makes no mistake - as he guides a header past Buffon from close range. 1-1
20:13 Lichtsteiner robs Marcelo in possession. Goesfor goal himself from acute angle, fires wide. Should have passed to Morata who was in a wonderful position inside the area. 1-0 Juve
20:11 Great chance for Real Madrid. A through ball by Isco finds Ronaldo - he drags his shot well wide. 1-0 Juve
20:10 Juve pressing Madrid high up the pitch, Tevez is like a terrier as per usual.
1-0 Juve
20:07 Tantalising delivery by Rodriguez finds Varane - who powers header over the bar. 1-0 Juve
20:05 Ramos gives ball away again. Tevez strike finds Sturero who was offside. Moments later an ambitious effort from Tevez blazes wide. 1-0 Juve
20:04 Ramos gifts possesion to Juve. The home side break and force a throw near the corner flag. But in the next passage of play concede a free-kick. 1-0 Juve
20:02 There is a buy back clause - allowing Madrid to purchase Morata and have him back; they may want to consider that now! 1-0 Juve
20:00 Real Madrid crank up pressure. Wonderful effort from 30 yards by Kroos; fanatstic save from Buffon. Corner cleared. 1-0 Juve
19:59 Madrid corner easily cleared by Juve.
1-0 Juve
19:57 Credit to the linesman - Morata looked slightly offside at first, but the replays showed he was level. 1-0 Juve
19:56 GOAL! Early pressure pays off. Casillas saves Tevez effort, finds Morata at the back-post who taps in from close range. 1-0 Juve!
19:55 Juventus definitely on top, energetic start causing Madrid problems
19:54 Morata tried to lob the keeper to score against his former club for the first time
19:54 Poor free-kick hits the wall unusual for Ronaldo
19:53 Yellow Card! Bonucci stops Bale counter attack. Free-kick 25 yards out Ronaldo terrirory
19:51 Sturaro strike collected by Madrid keeper at second attempt
19:49 Juventus have claims for a penalty turned down - Marchisio plays a defence splitting pass to Vidal.
The Chilean falls over too easy; right call.
19:48 Juventus have started poorly in possesion, given the ball away twice in thirty seconds
19:47 couple of minutes later than expected - Juventus kick-off from left to right
19:44 The players are in the tunnel - the atomsphere is electric; cannot wait for this one should be a memorable contest
17 Minutes till Kick-Off - the Juventus stadium is starting to fill up! Here are tonight's line ups:
Starting Line Ups:
Juventus: (4-3-1-2)
1. Buffon, 26. Lichtsteiner, 19. Bonucci, 3. Chiellini, 33. Evra, 8. Marchisio, 21. Pirlo, 27. Sturaro, 23. Vidal, 10. Tevez, 9. Morata,
Subs:
7. Pepe, 14. Llorente, 15. Barzagli, 20. Podoin, 30. Storari, 32.
Matri, 37. Pereyra,
Real Madrid: (4-4-2)
1. Casillias, 15. Carvajal, 3. Pepe, 2. Varane, 12. Marcelo, 10. Rodriguez, 4. Ramos, 8. Kroos, 23. Isco, 11. Bale, 7. Ronaldo
Subs:
5. Coentrao, 13. Navas, 14. Hernandez, 16. Silva, 17. Arbeloa, 20. Jese, 24. Illarramendi,
Juventus are buoyed by their weekend exploits. A solitary goal from Chilean playmaker Arturo Vidal, secured a fourth Scudetto in a row for the Turin club - as they beat Sampdoria away from home. Attentions now turn to the first leg of the Champions League semi-final; Juventus have not reached this stage since 2003. They will have to navigate their way through this match without arguably their best player. Former Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba, touted as a possible £80 million target for Juve's opponents tonight - has missed the last two weeks of action because of a thigh injury and he remains sidelined.
Defender Caceres, will also miss the game because of a persistent ankle problem.
Andrea Pirlo and Giorgio Chiellini are both expected to return to the starting line-up after the manager Allegri, decided to rest the pair at the weekend. Pirlo is no stranger to Real Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti - together at AC Milan the duo won the Champions League twice. The Bianconeri are aiming to reach the final of the competition for the first time in twelve years. An Arturo Vidal penalty in the first leg of Juve's quarter final clash against Monaco - sent the Italians through to the semi-final stage.
As for Real Madrid, they are bidding to become the only side to win back to back Champions League's since the competition was renamed.
Former Tottenham midfielder Luka Modric has been ruled out. The Croatian international has a knee injury. Perhaps more significantly, Karim Benzema - Madrid's first choice central striker, is a major doubt for tonight's match. There is some positive news for Madrid, with Gareth Bale recovering from an ankle problem. Marcelo can be called upon, after serving a one match ban, for his red card in the narrow quarter final win over rivals Atletico.
Javier Hernandez was the hero in the quater final rounds. The on-loan Manchester United player's 88th minute winner in the second leg, was enough for Madrid to reach this stage,
Join me from 7:30pm (UK time) for the team line-ups and build up to the important clash. Tweet me your predictions to @RyanHillback
