Overview

• Juventus named their squad for Wednesday’s trip to Villarreal without Bremer and Khephren Thuram, both held out as a precaution after knocks against Atalanta, with Conceicao returning to availability.
• Igor Tudor outlined a plan for four to five changes across the midweek European match and the weekend meeting with Milan to manage workload in a dense run of fixtures.
• UEFA appointed Romanian referee Istvan Kovacs, who handled last season’s final, to officiate Villarreal–Juventus.
• Atalanta came from behind to beat Club Bruges 2-1 in Bergamo, equalizing through a Lazar Samardzic penalty before Mario Pasalic’s late header decided it.
• Inter beat Slavia Prague 3-0 at San Siro with a Lautaro Martinez brace and a Denzel Dumfries goal, while Real Madrid won 5-0 at Kairat Almaty with a Kylian Mbappé hat-trick.