UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 2020/21 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS NSK Olimpiyskiy - Kyiv Tuesday 20 October 2020 18.55CET (19.55 local time) FC Dynamo Kyiv Group G - Matchday 1 Juventus Last updated 29/10/2020 15:33CET UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE OFFICIAL SPONSORS Match background 2 Legend 5 1 FC Dynamo Kyiv - Juventus Tuesday 20 October 2020 - 18.55CET (19.55 local time) Match press kit NSK Olimpiyskiy, Kyiv Match background Andrea Pirlo's first UEFA Champions League game as a coach pits him against Mircea Lucescu – the man who helped launch his playing career 25 years ago – as his Juventus side travel to Ukraine to face Dynamo Kyiv. • Pirlo made his professional debut under Lucescu in 1995 for Brescia and now, having been appointed Juve coach in August, begins his coaching career in European competition against his former mentor. Lucescu is also settling into a new role; the 75-year-old former Shakhtar Donetsk coach, who won eight league titles, six Ukrainian Cups and the 2008/09 UEFA Cup during his 12 years at the club, returned to Ukraine in August to take charge of their great rivals Dynamo. • Lucescu is overseeing Dynamo's first group appearance in four years. Juve last failed to reach the UEFA Champions League knockout rounds in 2013/14, when their new coach was part of their midfield. Previous meetings • This Group G opener is the fifth meeting between the clubs, Juve winning three of the previous four including both in Kyiv. The Italian side came from behind to win 2-1 in their most recent fixture, in Ukraine in the 2002/03 UEFA Champions League first group stage, having also recorded a 5-0 home victory. Juve went on to win the section with 13 points, with Dynamo in third place on seven. • Juve also prevailed in the 1997/98 quarter-final against Dynamo, a 1-1 draw in Turin preceding a 4-1 away victory in Kyiv in which Filippo Inzaghi scored a hat-trick. Form guide Dynamo • Dynamo finished as Ukrainian Premier League runners-up behind Shakhtar for the fourth season running in 2019/20, although they did claim a 21st domestic cup, defeating Vorskla Poltava 8-7 on penalties in the final after a 1-1 draw. • In Europe, Bilo-Syni lost to Club Brugge 4-3 on aggregate in the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round before moving into the UEFA Europa League, where they were eliminated after finishing third in their section behind Malmö and Copenhagen. • Dynamo kicked off their 2020/21 European campaign with a 2-0 home win against AZ Alkmaar in their one-off third qualifying round tie, second-half goals from Gerson Rodrigues – the Luxembourg international's first in Europe – and Mykola Shaparenko taking Lucescu's side through. They then eased past Gent in the two-legged play-offs (2-1 a, 3-0 h), Carlos De Pena scoring in each game. • Dynamo's most successful UEFA Champions League campaign came in 1998/99 when they made it as far as the semi-finals. Twelve of their subsequent 13 appearances in the competition proper have ended in the group stage, including the most recent in 2016/17 when they finished bottom of their section. • The Kyiv side had gone out in the UEFA Champions League qualifying phase three seasons running before 2020/21. • Dynamo's last game against Italian opponents was a 2-0 home loss against Lazio in the 2017/18 UEFA Europa League round of 16 – a result that extended their winless run against Serie A sides in Kyiv to five matches (D1 L4) since a 2-0 defeat of Roma in the 2004/05 UEFA Champions League group stage. • That success against Roma is one of only two victories Dynamo have recorded in their 24 games against teams from Italy (D8 L14) – their record since then is D4 L6. Juventus • Champions of Italy for a record ninth season in a row in 2019/20, and 36th time in all, this is Juve's 21st UEFA Champions League campaign; they have reached the last 16 in 17 of those seasons. • The Bianconeri, under Maurizio Sarri, finished first in their section ahead of Atlético de Madrid in last season's competition but bowed out in the round of 16, eliminated by Lyon on away goals (0-1 a, 2-1 h). • Juve won five of their six Group D games in last season's competition to finish six points clear at the top. They dropped points only in their first fixture, being pegged back by two late Atlético goals in a 2-2 draw in Spain, but went on to beat Bayer Leverkusen 3-0 in Italy and Lokomotiv Moskva 2-1 home and away. A 1-0 home win against Atlético and a 2-0 success at Leverkusen completed the section. • The Turin team have finished first in their UEFA Champions League section on 13 occasions, including in each of the last two seasons. • Winners in 1985 and 1996, Juventus have played in nine European Cup finals – losing a record seven, including all of their last five. 2 FC Dynamo Kyiv - Juventus Tuesday 20 October 2020 - 18.55CET (19.55 local time) Match press kit NSK Olimpiyskiy, Kyiv • Pirlo replaced Sarri as Juve coach on 8 August. • Aside from their four games against Dynamo, Juve have played only four other matches against clubs from Ukraine, all against Shakhtar – most recently in the 2012/13 UEFA Champions League group stage. • Juve's sole defeat against a Ukrainian team came at Shakhtar in the 1976/77 UEFA Cup third round, a 1-0 second- leg loss not enough to prevent them advancing after a 3-0 home success. The Bianconeri went on to win the competition, claiming their first European trophy. Links and trivia • Lucescu worked in Italy with Pisa (1990/91), Brescia (1991–96), Reggiana (1996/97) and Internazionale (1998/99). • Pirlo made his Serie A debut aged 16 for Lucescu's Brescia in 1995; the Romanian was also Pirlo's coach at Inter. • Lucescu's Serie A record against Juventus was W1 D3 L3, the sole victory a 2-0 win with Brescia in 1992/93. He also oversaw Shakhtar's 1-0 defeat in Donetsk and 1-1 draw in Turin in the 2012/13 UEFA Champions League group stage. • Cristiano Ronaldo scored a penalty at the NSK Olimpiyskiy Stadium in Portugal's 2-1 loss to Ukraine in UEFA EURO 2020 qualifying on 14 October 2019. • Ronaldo scored home (3-0) and away (2-0) against Rodrigues' Luxembourg in UEFA EURO 2020 qualifying. • Merih Demiral was given his Turkey debut by Lucescu in a 0-0 friendly draw against Ukraine on 20 November 2018. • Álvaro Morata scored his first goal for Spain in the 1-0 home defeat of Ukraine in UEFA EURO 2016 qualifying on 27 March 2015. • Federico Bernardeschi scored Italy's goal in a friendly draw against Ukraine in Genoa on 12 October 2018; Oleksandr Karavaev, Mykyta Burda and Serhiy Sydorchuk all featured for the visitors. • International team-mates: Tomasz Kędziora & Wojciech Szczęsny (Poland) • Pirlo was in the Italy side, along with Leonardo Bonucci and Giorgio Chiellini, that lost the UEFA EURO 2012 final 4- 0 to Spain in Kyiv's NSK Olimpiyskiy Stadium. Latest news Dynamo • Summer transfers In: Clayton (Atlético Mineiro), Volodymyr Kostevych (Lech Poznań), Tudor Băluţă (Brighton, loan) Out: Josip Pivarić (Lokomotiva Zagreb), Fran Sol (Tenerife, loan), Mohammed Kadiri (Arsenal Tula, loan), Benito (Olimpik Donetsk, loan), Ibrahim Kargbo Jr (Olimpik Donetsk, loan) • On 25 August, Dynamo beat coach Mircea Lucescu's former side Shakhtar 3-1 to lift the 2020 Ukrainian Super Cup. • Dynamo are still unbeaten under Lucescu (W8 D2) since his appointment on 23 July. They won 2-0 at Rukh Vynnyky on Saturday. • Dynamo have agreed new five-year contracts with a group of their most promising young players: Denys Popov, Vladyslav Supryaha, Oleksandr Syrota, Oleksandr Tymchyk, Mykola Shaparenko and Vitaliy Mykolenko. • Substitute Viktor Tsygankov scored the winner in Ukraine's 1-0 home defeat of Spain in the UEFA Nations League on 13 October. • Tsygankov, also as a substitute, had scored Ukraine's only goal in a 7-1 away friendly loss to France on 7 October. • Georgiy Bushchan, Vitaliy Mykolenko and Illia Zabarnyi started all three of Ukraine's October internationals: 1-7 vs France, 1-2 vs Germany and 1-0 vs Spain. The France match was Bushchan and Zabarnyi's international debuts. • The 18-year old Zabarnyi made his Dynamo debut on 11 September; less than a month later, he was making his first international appearance. • Supryaha (hamstring) and Vitaliy Buyalskiy (abdominal) sat out the recent international window but both started at Rukh on Saturday. • Oleksandr Tymchyk has been sidelined since suffering an adductor injury in Dynamo's 0-0 home draw with Desna Chernihiv on 11 September. • Mykyta Burda tore an Achilles tendon on 5 September and is expected to be out for at least six months; he has not been included in Dynamo's UEFA Champions League squad. Juventus • Summer transfers 3 FC Dynamo Kyiv - Juventus Tuesday 20 October 2020 - 18.55CET (19.55 local time) Match press kit NSK Olimpiyskiy, Kyiv In: Arthur (Barcelona), Álvaro Morata (Atlético de Madrid, loan), Weston McKennie (Schalke, loan), Federico Chiesa (Fiorentina, loan) Out: Miralem Pjanić (Barcelona), Simone Muratore (Atalanta), Cristian Romero (Atalanta), Daniele Rugani (Rennes, loan), Emre Can (Dortmund), Gonzalo Higuaín (Inter Miami), Blaise Matuidi (Inter Miami), Luca Pellegrini (Genoa, loan), Marko Pjaca (Genoa, loan), Douglas Costa (Bayern, loan), Hans Nicolussi (Parma, loan), Mattia De Sciglio (Lyon, loan) • Aaron Ramsey's next appearance in the UEFA Champions League, group stage to final, will be his 50th.