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Montemurro speaks to the Juventus team in a big huddle on the pitch. I think they want to go inside and get warm, Joe.
Driving home for Christmas comes on at the Emirates. Lovely.
Full-time: Arsenal 1-0 Juventus
Vivianne Miedema’s goal was the difference in a tight game lacking in clearcut chances. The important thing for Arsenal is they are on the verge of securing a spot in the knockout stages.
90+2 mins: Juventus show the level of urgency they should have offered about 20 minutes ago. For some reason, Boattin decides to whack a shot from 30 yards and it goes well over the bar.
Arsenal waste some time by replacing Foord with Beattie.
90 mins: Three minutes added on.
88 mins: Cantore rolls Wubben-Moy far too easily but Walti is across to help and is fouled for her efforts.
86 mins: Nobbs wins a corner for Arsenal on the left and they take an age to put it into the box. The goalkeeper punches it as far as McCabe on the edge of the box. She volleys it straight back but her shot is blocked.
84 mins: Wienroither gets to the byline but her cross pings against the sidenetting.
82 mins: Grosso pings a shot from about 30 yards but Zinsberger gets everything behind the bouncing ball.
Nobbs should give Arsenal more control in the centre of the park and an extra barrier as Juventus chase an equaliser.
80 mins: Nobbs is on for Blackstenius, allowing Miedema to move forward to the central striking role. Pedersen is off and Gunnarsdóttir on.
78 mins: Catley swings in a corner from the right to the front post but Juventus get rid after a couple of headers and a volley.
Nobbs is coming on for Arsenal.
76 mins: Juventus are back to slowly passing the ball around the back but it does come good thanks to a quick pass from Pedersen. They move it forward and a cross comes in from the left but Zinsberger is there to claim.
73 mins: An Arsenal corner is punched out to Miedema who hits a rising shot well over.
The attendance is announced as 6,572.
71 mins: Juventus are getting on top of Arsenal, who seem to have dropped a little deep to combat their opponents. The result is that Blackstenius is looking isolated, so when they do clear, it comes straight back.
69 mins: Beerensteyn defeats a couple of Arsenal defenders but her cross is hit blindly and is cleared.
67 mins: Juventus are trying to be more efficient in possession but frankly are getting nowhere.
65 mins: Catley and Foord combine well on the left, allowing the former to overlap and swing in a cross but it is straight at the goalkeeper.
Cantore replaces Caruso for Juve.
63 mins: Boattin pings a shot from a mile out and it flies a long way over.
Williamson heads off and is replaced by Rafaelle. I guess this was pre-planned.
61 mins: Beerensteyn sends a cross into the box, it is going straight out of play but Catley heads it behind for a corner. Not a clue why no one gives her a shout to leave it. The corner is cleared but Arsenal could have avoided the risk.
59 mins: Juventus are upping the tempo but it is still too easy for Arsenal to keep the ball.
57 mins: It is Foord causing problems once again. The ball lands at her feet inside the box and she takes a snapshot which Peyraud-Magnin does well to get down to.
55 mins: Beerensteyn has the ball on the edge of the box but is tackled by Wienroither. The Juventus winger stays on the floor and takes her time to get up.
Down the other end … Foord gets the ball inside the box and finds a pocket of space but her cross is straight at a Juventus defender, allowing the keeper to pounce on the loose ball.
53 mins: The Juventus press is frankly pathetic. Arsenal just walk through it. If you are going to press, it is a good idea to at least run at your opponent.
51 mins: Boattin swings it into the box from the left. Sembrant wins the first header but Arsenal manage to get it clear.
McCabe slides in to stop an attack and injures herself in the process. She hobbles away without a booking.
49 mins: Juventus are going a bit more direct in the early stages, essentially because everything took so long in the first half They win a corner, their first of the match.
47 mins: Blackstenius gets down the right and pulls the ball back from the byline for Foord to attack. Juventus take a few attempts to get rid and eventually are given a free-kick in their own box but Asante believes it should be a penalty for a foul on Foord …
Second half
Here we go again!
Cernoia is on for Bonansea.
Whamageddon! They are playing Last Christmas at the Emirates.
Half-time: Arsenal 1-0 Juventus
Not a second of injury-time is played because I assume the referee wants a hot drink. It is a deserved lead for Arsenal.
44 mins: Juventus look vulnerable on the counter and have already required a few last-ditch tackles to keep Arsenal out. The latest sees another clever ball from Miedema to Blackstenius but the striker’s shot is once again blocked by a defender.
42 mins: Juventus have a chance to counter but Girelli sends her cross straight out for a goal-kick.
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