Juventus 0-3 Real Madrid: 5 Talking Points

#4 Dybala's red card suggests this tie is done and dusted

A frustrating night for the Argentinian

Paulo Dybala is a star. There is no debating that. But these are the nights where he should be dragging his team past the finishing line; not sauntering off after the hour mark to trip 'em from behind when they're already in a pit.

It wasn't for lack of trying though. Dybala did combine well with Sami Khedira and Gonzalo Higuain and made Juventus look menacing on the break.

But he couldn't deliver the quality in the final third as several Juventus attacks were quelled inside the final third by Raphael Varane, Sergio Ramos and Dani Carvajal.

With Jorge Sampaoli keeping an eye on him, this was definitely not how Dybala would have wanted his night to turn out.

Booked for simulation in the first half and then sent off in the second for a crashing into Carvajal with his studs up.

In the absence of Dybala, Juventus may find it really hard to pay Real Madrid back in kind and their European dream is more or less over.

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