Juventus said they won’t settle for a draw against Shakhtar Donetsk in their final Champions League Group E match after puncturing Chelsea’s hopes with a 3-0 humiliation in Turin on Tuesday.
Holders Chelsea went into their penultimate group fixture one point ahead of the Bianconeri but manager Roberto Di Matteo’s plans to confuse the hosts’ defence by failing to field an out and out striker fell spectacularly flat as Juve ran riot.
Fabio Quagliarella, who scored the equaliser for Juve in their 2-2 deaw with Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, got his foot to Andrea Pirlo’s speculative shot to beat Petr Cech just after the half hour.
Juve doubled their lead on the hour when Arturo Vidal’s shot was deflected off Chelsea midfielder Ramires.
Fernando Torres, left on the bench, came on late in the second half but it was one of Juve’s second half substitutes, Sebastian Giovinco, who rubber-stamped the win when he slipped the ball past an onrushing Cech in the 91st minute.
It was only Juve’s second win of the group campaign but has put the Old Lady of Turin in second place behind Shakhtar Donetsk after the Ukrainians qualified by defeating Danish champions Nordsjaelland.