Miralem Pjanic scored twice from the spot to give a 10-man Juventus victory over Valencia following Cristiano Ronaldo's dismissal. Ronaldo was in tears after being sent off.
Match Events
29' Red Card! Cristiano Ronaldo sent off
The star man's first game in Europe's top club competition for his new side ended in less than a half hour after he was showed a red card.
Cristiano Ronaldo has been sent off in his first Champions League game for Juventus after an apparent clash with Jeison Murillo, which means the star will miss a return to Old Trafford.
Just 29 minutes into the Champions League Group H opener against Valencia, Ronaldo appeared to make contact with Murillo's head, away from the ball.
The red card was shown for the incident, leaving Ronaldo visibly distraught as he was sent for an early shower.
That also means Ronaldo will miss the next two games – Juventus home date against Young Boys and their trip to Old Trafford to face Ronaldo's old club Manchester United.
11' Mandzukic volley just over the bar
16' Khedira shockingly misses a golden chance!
45' Penalty Goal! Valencia 0-1 Juventus (Pjanic)
Goal! Valencia 0, Juventus 1. Miralem Pjanic (Juventus) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
51' Penalty Goal! Valencia 0-2 Juventus (Pjanic)
Goal! Valencia 0, Juventus 2. Miralem Pjanic (Juventus) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
81' CHANCE! Soler's shot over the bar
95' Penalty Missed! (Parejo)
Match Report
Cristiano Ronaldo was sent off on his Champions League debut for Juventus but two Miralem Pjanic penalties secured the 10 men a dramatic 2-1 win at Valencia.
Ex-Real Madrid forward Ronaldo was dismissed just 29 minutes into his much-anticipated return to Spain following an off-the-ball incident involving Jeison Murillo.
Referee Felix Brych consulted with his assistants and brandished a straight red for Ronaldo's apparent attempt to pull Murillo's hair, meaning the 33-year-old, who was reduced to tears in the aftermath to the dismissal, could miss a reunion with former club Manchester United in October, if UEFA chooses to extend his mandatory one-match ban.
While Ronaldo’s presence has raised hopes Juve can end their 22-year wait for European success, the Bianconeri demonstrated they can still prosper without him as Pjanic's spot-kicks either side of half-time secured a hard-earned three points on the road.
Line-ups
Valencia XI: D.Wass, Parejo, Neto, Murillo, Rodrigo, Gabriel, M. Batshuayi, Gayá, R.Vezo, Gonçalo Guedes, C.Soler
Subs: Gameiro, D. Cheryshev, Cristiano Piccini, Jaume Doménech, Mina, Diakhaby, Ferrán Torres
Juventus XI: Cristiano Ronaldo, B. Matuidi, Bonucci, S. Khedira, W. Szczęsny, Chiellini, M. Mandžukić, Pjanic, A.Sandro, Cancelo, Bernardeschi
Subs: M. Benatia, Juan Cuadrado, Douglas Costa, M. Perin, E.Can, Rugani, P. Dybala
Asura7
236
wow that's a red card ..why?.for touching his hair?!!! ... refereeing well done there ...
Bensons
191
refree helped me to watch madrid match.
MayankAbiNiraula
186
laliga and uefa love goals. same math diff situation which one deserved red?
Shadownet
162
With or without Ronaldo, all teams will perform at a very high level.....
Hendersons
139
This is the first away #UCL game with two penalty goals for Juventus. What a brace!
theaction
127
I may be a Barcelona Fan but this is a poor decision taken by the Ref his just being Harsh on Cristiano Ronaldo this is really unfair.. Sorry Champ..
Rmmu17
108
When you realize CR7 was sent off
halamardi
108
Cristiano Ronaldo has received his first red card in the Champions League in his 154th appearance in the competition.
Jhoxua11
100
Ronaldo's Red will have more headlines tomorrow than Messi's hattrick
ookiss
88
That referee will probably never ref another high caliber match again, assistant ref needs some glasses or lasik, dont know what he saw. Not a Ronaldo fan, but that decision was atrocious... .
Ttaannviir
79
Ronaldo is just giving others a head start
snow9876
78
Red card or not we stand behind ronaldo... We won today we will win while waiting for him ... UEFA got so many ways to stop ronaldo but we ar3 a team juve and doesn't matter if Ronaldo is on the pitch so long as ronaldo is in our team even if he's not on the pitch he's in juve still... UEFA shouldn't be surprise when juve lifts the trophy at the end with ronaldo
FreeAgent10
67
And look how Cristiano could have scored two goals if only he had behave himself.
JGerčic16
64
A Penalty Game
Nigeria3960373
48
As a role model, No matter how talented you are, no matter how hard working you maybe, one second of indiscipline can ruin you and makes you cry and weep like high school girls. Ego and indiscipline will always bring setback. Juventus and Real won ucl first matches without "Mr. UCL ". Congratulations to Modric. Balloondor loading......
Aleksy_Arlauskidis
42
I can see that everyone has forgotten about that in this match were 3 penalties. One of them was Valencia's. But Szczęsny made a unbelievable save in added time and saved Parejo's penalty. And afy of course as always has written that penalty was missed! What a idiot! Penalty was saved by Szczęsny!
Jezacitz
31
Just wait an watch after Ronaldo come back what he do to Valencia I promise ronaldo will make Valencia cry an that for sure
begongq
20
This is a disgrace, how can the Champions league still not have VAR?
retirement
19
Seems like ronaldo raked the head with his fingers more than pulled hair.