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Monaco & Juventus reach knockout play-offs with shutout

Monaco's Maghnes Akliouche controls the ballGetty Images

Steven Sutcliffe

BBC Sport Journalist

Monaco and Juventus will both feature in the Champions League knockout play-offs in February after playing out a goalless draw.

The result leaves Italy's Juve 13th in the table on 13 points, while Monaco end the evening on 10 points in 21st - with ninth to 24th in the league phase going into the draw to earn a spot in the last 16 via the play-offs.

Luciano Spalletti's Juve had arrived in the principality requiring a victory to give them any chance of making the top eight spots that provide an automatic place in the last 16.

However, they failed to register a single shot on target in a Champions League game for the first time since October 2020 (against Barcelona) in a largely uninspiring affair.

While hosts Monaco tried to play on the front foot, aside from a glaring miss from France midfielder Maghnes Akliouche inside the opening minute, they struggled to test visiting goalkeeper Mattia Perin.

Juventus take a seeded spot in the play-offs, while Monaco advance as unseeded qualifiers.

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M. Perin

8.33

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Juventus

23A. Bamba

7.25

2Vanderson

6.50

12Caio Henrique

6.00

15L. Camara

6.00

20K. Ouattara

5.67

5T. Kehrer

5.33

9F. Balogun

5.25

4J. Teze

5.17

6D. Zakaria

4.80

10A. Golovin

4.33

11M. Akliouche

3.80

16P. Köhn

3.40

28M. Coulibaly

3.40

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1M. Perin

8.33

7Francisco Conceição

8.00

10K. Yıldız

7.00

27A. Cambiaso

6.75

19K. Thuram

6.33

32J. Cabal

6.00

30J. David

6.00

6L. Kelly

5.67

11E. Zhegrova

5.17

22W. McKennie

5.00

8T. Koopmeiners

4.80

20L. Openda

4.71

15P. Kalulu

4.33

17V. Adžić

4.00

21F. Miretti

3.50

3Bremer

2.00

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