Key occasions
The groups!
The staff sheets have been handed in, and we due to this fact know that tonight’s groups seem like this:
Juventus: Di Gregorio, Danilo, Gatti, Kalulu Kyatengwa, Savona, Locatelli, Thuram, Francisco Conceicao, Koopmeiners, Yildiz, Vlahovic. Subs: Perin, Pinsoglio, McKennie, Adzic, Fagioli, Weah, Douglas Luiz, Rouhi, Mbangula.
Man City: Ederson, Walker, Dias, Gvardiol, Lewis, Silva, Gundogan, Grealish, De Bruyne, Doku, Haaland. Subs: Ortega, Kovacic, Savio, Matheus Luiz, Foden, Wright, Simpson-Pusey, O’Reilly, McAtee, Wilson-Esbrand, Hudson.
Referee: Clement Turpin (France).
Hello world!
Will this be any good? I’m very a lot an optimist, however given the type of these two sides it’s laborious to inform. Juventus have drawn their final 4 matches, 5 of the final six, and 7 of the final 9. In that point they’ve tied 0-0 (twice), 1-1 (twice), 2-2 (twice) and fought again from 4-2 down to attract 4-4 (as soon as). They are absolute wizards of the stalemate. So whereas it’s true to say that they haven’t misplaced in 9, they’ve additionally solely received two of these. In the plus column, Douglas Luiz and Weston McKennie might each be again from damage tonight.
The much less mentioned about Manchester City’s final 9 video games the higher, however for the document they’ve misplaced 9 and drawn two (together with, of their final Champions League recreation, the 3-3 Juventus want to finish the set). And for this recreation they’re with out John Stones, Nathan Ake, Mateo Kovacic and Oscar Bobb, plus Nathan Ake and Manuel Akanji.
This is (a few of) what Thiago Motta, the Juventus coach, needed to say about this fixture:
I don’t assume there’s a finest time to play Manchester City, however we’ll face the match as we at all times do, by making an attempt to cease them from enjoying their soccer and impose our personal play on them. We have ready to present it our all within the recreation, fastidiously learning what we should do and what we should not do towards such an enormous opponent. I can not judge their present state of affairs, however this can be a staff that has confirmed their immense worth through the years. I’ve huge respect for them and for his or her coach Pep Guardiola, for whom details merely converse for themselves, as he has managed to win the whole lot and constantly. We know that Manchester City need to assault and maintain the ball. We must defend effectively and present nice high quality when we now have possession.
So, Juve, let’s see how a lot cautious learning you’ve executed, then.
