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Juventus booked their spot in the Champions League last 16 with two gathering games to save after a twofold from Argentine striker Paulo Dybala controlled them to a 4-2 success over Zenit St Petersburg on Tuesday.
Realizing they just required a point against Zenit to be guaranteed of a knockout-stage spot in Group H, Juve dashed into a merited early lead through Dybala, who pounded the ball into the top of the net in the eleventh moment.
The hosts got a few opportunities to make it 2-0 preceding Italy safeguard Leonardo Bonucci put through his own net in the 26th moment to draw Zenit level.
Dybala profited from a cut of favorable luck to return Juve to front in the 58th moment, as he changed over a punishment at the subsequent endeavor, after the ref had requested his first exertion, that he hauled wide, be retaken.
Objectives from Federico Chiesa and Alvaro Morata ensured the triumph late on as Juve made it four successes from four in this present season's opposition to top Group H, three focuses in front of holders Chelsea in second.
Sardar Azmoun got a stoppage-time reassurance for Zenit, who should win both of their excess gathering matches to have any desire for arriving at the knockout stages.
"The group had a decent game, we were likewise noteworthy actually," mentor Massimiliano Allegri said. "Our force and boldness were significant and we didn't lose our stream when we surrendered the objective.
"It was practically all certain. We passed the ball around, however the most recent five minutes are the place where we really want to improve. Those minutes are the symbol of what our identity is - we made three counter assaults and we yielded an objective."
While things have not worked out positively in Serie A this season for Juventus - they are 10th in the standings, 16 focuses behind pioneers Napoli - Massimiliano Allegri's side have had no issues on the mainland.
Three successes from three, remembering a 1-0 accomplishment over Chelsea for September, put them on course for the last 16 in front of Zenit's visit, and it appeared as though it would have been an agreeable movement after Juve made a lightning start.
Dybala and Chiesa were both denied by brilliant recoveries from away goalkeeper Stanislav Kritsyuk in the initial trades, before Dybala was clinical on his 50th appearance in the Champions League.
Morata squandered a great opportunity to twofold Juve's lead before Zenit developed into the challenge and evened out things up, with Bonucci's endeavor to clear a cross circling into his own net.
From that second on, in any case, it was all Juve, with Dybala and Chiesa a steady threat.
Chiesa's deceit won Juve a punishment to offer his side the chance to retake the lead, which Dybala apparently squandered.
The official, nonetheless, demanded Zenit players had infringed in the punishment region, allowing Dybala another opportunity, which he didn't miss.
The steady Chiesa got the objective his presentation merited as he dashed into the punishment region prior to penetrating into the base corner and Morata completed well under the gun to put Juve concealed.
Juve have now won every one of the initial four gathering stage rounds of a Champions League crusade for the third time, having likewise done as such in 1995-96, when they proceeded to win the opposition, and 2004-05.
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