Cuadrado's outswinging delivery gets headed away. Grifo tries to get Freiburg moving down the left. Juve intercept his pass, and that's that!
FULL-TIME: JUVENTUS 1-0 FREIBURG
90' +4
Fagioli drifts through the middle, steadies himself, and blasts the ball against Ginter. Juve will get one last corner.
90' +2
The officials let Cuadrado race onto Rabiot's pass into Freiburg's half, reach the byline and shoot across Flekken before calling play back for offside.
90'
There'll be at least five minutes added onto the end of this game. Juve have things well under control.
88'
M. Gregoritsch enters the game and replaces L. Höler.
Grifo plays a clever chip over the top for Kubler to chase. Freiburg's right wing-back hooks it towards the centre but there's no one there to make the most of it.
Holer's game for Freiburg is over. It wasn't his fault his goal was ruled out. Gregoritsch replaces him.
84'
L. Bonucci gets yellow.
Bonucci intercepts a pass with his head then uses his nous to stop Freiburg from taking a quick throw-in. The centre-back stoically accepts a booking.
83'
Chiesa saunters back onto the pitch to cheers from the home fans. He's given Juventus some zip since coming on.
Di Maria fires way off target from long range down the left. The Argentine's been influential for Juventus.
82'
Chiesa shakes his head. The substitute might not be able to carry on. It looks like he's picked up a problem with his knee. He leaves the pitch for now.
80'
Juve are successfully holding Freiburg at arm's length and getting the odd chance of their own too. Kean nods wide from Cuadrado's cross after a fast break forward, before Chiesa dribbles through the middle and has a shot blocked.
78'
M. Kean enters the game and replaces F. Kostić.
Juventus substitution. Kostic leaves the pitch. Kean wanders onto it.
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74'
Freiburg have perked up a bit since their ruled-out goal. Still, they're hardly making Juventus sweat yet.
72'
Bremer gets yellow.
Bremer stops a crossfield pass with his left arm. The Brazilian lands his name in the referee's book.
70'
Doan gets Freiburg a throw-in down their right. The Germans hurl the ball into Juve's box. The hosts block Holer's header and clear with ease.
68'
M. Gulde enters the game and replaces P. Lienhart.
Lienhart sadly has to go off. Gulde takes his place at the back for Freiburg.
67'
F. Chiesa enters the game and replaces D. Vlahović.
Chiesa takes Vlahovic's place on the pitch for Juventus.
66'
Play stops briefly as Lienhart has picked up an injury. While he's being treated, Juventus will make a change.
60'
Juventus earn a free-kick down their right. It's headed out as far as Kostic, whose low drive deflects out for a corner.
59'
Y. Keitel enters the game and replaces M. Eggestein.
R. Doan enters the game and replaces R. Sallai.
Eggestein also heads off. On comes Keitel for Freiburg.
Sallai is the first Freiburg player to get the hook. The Japanese winger Doan replaces him.
57'
Freiburg are about to make a few substitutions. The Germans need them. They haven't troubled Szczesny at all yet. Kubler's caught offside from Sallai's cross.
53'
Á. Di María has scored a goal for Juventus! Assist by F. Kostić.
That was fantastic work by Kostic to find Di Maria, who generated plenty of power in his header. The goal's been coming.
GOAL! JUVENTUS 1-0 FREIBURG! Di Maria gives Juventus the lead with a bullet header from Kostic's left-wing cross, seconds after Rabiot misdirects his own! Flekken has no chance of saving it.
51'
L. Höler gets yellow.
Holer hauls down Cuadrado near the halfway line as Juventus launch a counter-attack. The Freiburg striker's shown the yellow card.
49'
That isn't the start to the half Freiburg will have wanted, but they don't need to be concerned just yet. Juve will take confidence from that last attack.
47'
Locatelli takes a pot shot from range that gets blocked. Juventus keep the pressure on but Vlahovic heads high and wide from Di Maria's cross. The striker yells in frustration.
46'
N. Fagioli enters the game and replaces F. Miretti.
Juventus make a half-time substitution. Fagioli replaces Miretti.
Freiburg get the second half started. Let's see if they have to defend as stoutly as they did in the opening 45 minutes.
45' +1
HALF-TIME: JUVENTUS 0-0 FREIBURG
45'
Ginter kicks away Cuadrado's hopeful cross into the penalty area. Freiburg keep the ball for a while, but soon lose it with a careless pass that's intercepted.
43'
Freiburg have been busy at the back in this first half. They've held their own though. Juve are having to stay alert.
41'
Miretti receives a pass inside the D and fires back across goal towards the bottom left corner. Freiburg get a body in the way.
40'
Miretti carries Juventus forward. The hosts' eventual delivery doesn't cause Freiburg's defence too much trouble.
39'
Vlahovic can't reach a Juventus cross. Now it's Freiburg's turn to attack. Sildillia loses possession at the wrong moment.
37'
Freiburg take the corner short for Gunter to send into the box. Juventus manage to deal with it.
36'
Danilo slides in on Kubler to hand Freiburg a corner down their right.
34'
Vlahovic bursts through the centre of the pitch. The Serbian takes on Ginter but can't get the better of the Freiburg man.
32'
Juventus' corner finds Bremer at the far post. The Brazilian can't keep his header down though.
31'
Cuadrado beats Gunter down the right. Freiburg's captain recovers to block the Colombian's shot and hand Juventus a corner.
29'
Sallai buys Freiburg a free-kick in their own half. They can't make anything of it though, so Juve come roaring straight back.
25'
Vlahovic takes the free-kick, sending a left-footed curler over Freiburg's defensive wall. Flekken reaches up to push it away from goal. The ball comes back to Locatelli inside the box, who takes a touch and blasts over.
24'
M. Ginter gets yellow.
Ginter's shown the game's first yellow card for hauling down his man in a central position. What can Juve make of this?
23'
L. Bonucci enters the game and replaces Alex Sandro.
Here's that unexpected Juventus substitution. Bonucci takes Alex Sandro's place at centre-back.
20'
Juventus are starting to dominate. Di Maria earns the hosts another free-kick near the left touchline. It's taken square and low, and Freiburg boot it away.
18'
Sildillia closes down Di Maria outside the box and ends up fouling the Argentine. Cuadrado curls the free-kick low towards the near post. It's at a comfortable height for Flekken to push away.
17'
Juve win a throw-in down their left off Ginter and take it quickly. The Italians are starting to fnd their stride.
15'
That opportunity will buoy Juventus, who don't look troubled by Freiburg yet. The Germans have edged possession so far.
12'
Freiburg earn their first corner of the game, apparently off Cuadrado. On second viewing, the ball didn't touch him. The corner comes to nothing, which is just as well.
10'
Sallai jostles for the ball in Juve's box and ends up fouling his marker Kostic.
8'
Freiburg have started to settle into this game. Juve are quite content to let the visitors hog possession in their own half.
6'
Juventus see out Freiburg's short spell of pressure without incident. Rabiot skips through the middle and hangs up a left-footed cross for Vlahovic that's headed away.
4'
Freiburg pop the ball around for a while in Juve's half as the hosts sit deep. This could be a cagey game with both teams starting with three-man defences.
2'
Freiburg get off to a nervy start as Kostic blasts a shot against a defender from the edge of the penalty area. Juve keep the ball in play and fizz it across the face of the six-yard box. The visitors hurriedly clear.
1'
The hosts Juventus kick off to get this first leg underway!
Hello and welcome to our live text commentary of this UEFA Europa League round-of-16 first leg between Juventus and Freiburg at Allianz Stadium.
Juventus's recent unbeaten run came to an end last time out as they lost 1-0 in Serie A to Roma. While winning the league is no longer realistic for the Old Lady this season, winning the Europa League definitely is, as the Italians have lost just one of their last 16 games in this competition.
Standing between Juventus and the Europa League quarter-finals are Freiburg. This may be the Germans' first time in the knockout stage of the Europa League, but they were just one of three sides to go unbeaten in this season's group stage. Juve should take them lightly at their peril.
JUVENTUS (3-5-1-1): Wojciech Szczesny; Danilo (c), Bremer, Alex Sandro; Juan Cuadrado, Adrien Rabiot, Manuel Locatelli, Fabio Miretti, Filip Kostic; Angel Di Maria; Dusan Vlahovic.
SUBS: Ritsu Doan, Nils Petersen, Yannik Keitel, Michael Gregoritsch, Noah Atubolu, Manuel Gulde, Noah Weisshaupt, Jonathan Schmid, Tan-Kenneth Jerico Leka-Schmidt, Benjamin Uphoff, Merlin Rohl, Robert Wagner.
FREIBURG (3-4-3): Mark Flekken; Kiliann Sildillia, Matthias Ginter, Philipp Lienhart; Lukas Kubler, Maximilian Eggestein, Nicolas Hofler, Christian Gunter (c); Roland Sallai, Lucas Holer, Vincenzo Grifo.
Juve head to Germany next week with the advantage, then, but Freiburg are still very much in this tie. That's all for now. Goodbye!
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