UCL | Monaco 0-0 Juventus: Spalletti seals play-offs

Monaco sounded the alarms after just 90 seconds: Mattia Perin played an awful ball out from the back, which landed straight at the feet of Maghnes Akliouche. The Frenchman wasn’t ready for it, though, and fired a glorious early opportunity off target. 

A slightly sleepy Bianconeri side were caught out at the back on  a few occasions in the first period. Perin was successfully closed down by Balogun towards the end of the half, and Lloyd Kelly was also guilty of gifting Monaco possession deep into Juve territory. 

Balogun had the ball in the back of the net within the first quarter of an hour, but his goal was ruled out after a fairly quick VAR check, which confirmed that he had shoved Pierre Kalulu to the floor on his way into the area. 

The hosts, who were more desperate for points than Juventus, came close through the overlapping Vanderson, who forced a big save out of Perin at his near post midway through the first period. The Brazilian also tested the Juve stopper from distance a few minutes after. 

Openda registered Juventus’s closest chance of the first period, dragging just wide of the far post from a tough angle on the left of the area. 

Going in at the interval, and for much of the second half, a single goal would have sent Juventus into the top eight, and importantly, straight into the round of 16. 

Despite that fact, Juventus’s first shot of the second half came through late substitute Edon Zhegrova in the 94th minute. They were also unable to register a shot on target at all across the 90 minutes. 

Happy to settle for the draw, Juventus end their Champions League league phase campaign in 13th position, which means that they will be among the third seeds in Friday’s play-off draw. 

Monaco 0-0 Juventus 

28-01-2026 20:00 MatchDay 8 Stade Louis II

ASM

JUV 0 - 0

Player statistic

2nd half

Thilo Kehrer		63'
Lamine Camara		71'
		77'		Kenan Yıldız
		85'

Vasilije Adžić ASM JUV

Starting lineups

16

Philipp Köhn Goalkeeper 12

Caio Henrique Defender 4

Jordan Teze Defender 5

Thilo Kehrer Defender 2 Vanderson Defender 10

Aleksandr Golovin Midfielder 89' 6

Denis Zakaria Midfielder 15 Lamine Camara Midfielder 11

Maghnes Akliouche Midfielder 28 Mamadou Coulibaly Midfielder 78' 9

Folarin Balogun Attacker 1

Mattia Perin Goalkeeper 3

Bremer Defender 32

Juan Cabal Defender 75' 6

Lloyd Kelly Defender 15 Pierre Kalulu Defender 21 Fabio Miretti Midfielder 46' 19

Khéphren Thuram Midfielder 83' 8

Teun Koopmeiners Midfielder 73' 22

Weston McKennie Midfielder 7

Francisco Conceição Attacker

46' 20

Loïs Openda Attacker

Substitutes

31

Ansu Fati Attacker 50 Yann Lienard Goalkeeper 19

George Ilenikhena Attacker 14 Mika Biereth Attacker 21 Lucas Michal Attacker 44 Samuel Nibombe Midfielder 40 Jules Stawiecki Goalkeeper 17 Stanis Idumbo Midfielder 41 Ilane Toure Midfielder 23 Aladji Bamba Midfielder 78' 20 Kassoum Ouattara Defender 89' 23

Carlo Pinsoglio Goalkeeper 5

Manuel Locatelli Midfielder 4 Federico Gatti Defender 16 Michele Di Gregorio Goalkeeper 18

Filip Kostic Midfielder 25 João Mário Defender 10

Kenan Yıldız Attacker 46' 17 Vasilije Adžić Midfielder 46' 11

Edon Zhegrova Attacker 73' 27

Andrea Cambiaso Defender 75' 30

Jonathan David Attacker

83'