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Shakhtar Donetsk scored first and outplayed Juventus for long periods as they held the Italian titleholders to an away draw in the Champions League. 

Shakhtar’s quartet of Brazilians had the Italians, unbeaten in their last 45 Serie A matches, chasing shadows for much of an intriguing Group E match in which the goals came within three minutes of each other in the first half.

Alex Teixeira gave the Ukrainian champions a deserved lead in the 23rd minute when he fired the ball into the roof of the net after being cleverly set up by his fellow Brazilian Willian, the first European goal to be scored at the Juventus Stadium which was opened last year.

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