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European champions Chelsea took control from the outset and
never relaxed as they booked their place in the last 16.
Defender Chalobah, 22, smacked the ball into the net past the
flailing arms of Wojciech Szczesny in the 25th minute after
centre back Toni Rudiger set him up from a Hakim Ziyech corner.
A VAR check dismissed calls for handball against Rudiger when
replays showed the ball hit his hand in front of his chest.
James, 21, showed superb technique to angle a shot into the left
hand corner of the goal in the 55th and barely three minutes
later 21-year-old Hudson-Odoi scored from a layoff by another
Academy graduate Ruben Loftus-Cheek.
Juventus had already qualified for the knockout stage but the
result dropped them to second place in the group, level with
Chelsea on 12 points, with one round of fixtures to play.
Chelsea coach Thomas Tuchel was full of praise for his young
scorers.
"It’s their biggest dream to perform at Stamford Bridge, to
perform in blue, to be part of a strong Chelsea team," the
German said. "I strongly believe this is a huge part of the
success that we have this mix."
Werner put the icing on the cake before the final whistle by
sending the ball home from a Ziyech cross.
Chelsea, beaten 1-0 in Turin in September, made the Italians
look ordinary, running them ragged with intricate passing
movements and producing 20 shots on goal to Juve's eight.
Former Chelsea striker Alvaro Morata had the visitors' best
chance when he chipped the ball over advancing Chelsea keeper
Edouard Mendy in the 28th minute, but 37-year-old defender
Thiago Silva raced back to superbly hook the ball off the line.
Mendy pulled off a save of his own late in the second half,
tipping the ball over the bar from a Weston McKennie shot.
Szczesny saved Juventus from utter humiliation with a series of
fine stops, pushing the ball round the post from efforts by
Hudson-Odoi and James as well as keeping out Ziyech and Ben
Chilwell.
The one downside for the hosts was an injury to wing-back
Chilwell, who appeared to twist his knee and was helped off the
pitch.
(This story corrected match statistics in penultimate para)
(Reporting by Clare Lovell; Editing by Ken Ferris)
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