Juventus will be without suspended defender Medhi Benatia and midfield lynchipin Miralem Pjanic.
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Juventus will have to perform better than it has done in its past two matches. The endless run of injuries has started to ease as only a handful of players are absent and all of those are back in training, albeit at different periods in their recovery.
They are like a bag of Revels, they could have won about 8-6 against Barcelona at the weekend, and there can’t be many teams more hard to predict.
Modric was outstanding in last year’s final and may find a pocket of space that Juve struggle to cope with, on the outside of Matuidi, and too deep for left-back Alex Sandro to push up and deal with. “I don’t know if we’re unbeatable, but we’re a hard team for anyone to face and I hope we can prove it”.
The Argentine is one of the most gifted players in Serie A but has had an up-and-down season.
“He’s managed to play good matches in succession, we know what we can expect from him in terms of performance”.
No longer to be feared in many respects, their defence has let them down in a large portion of the matches played to date in 2017/18. “These two teams share the same DNA, two teams that fight hard and want to win everything”.
However, the Frenchman says both teams have equal chance in this game, adding that Los Blancos win 10 months ago will not have any effect on this game. Sevilla are doing very well considering that, but it does make the difference. We wouldn’t recommend going down this route anyway, as not only does it fall foul of the law, but it can open you up to all kinds of malware and other digital nasties.
TWO of Europe’s biggest clubs will go head-to-head in the quarter-final of the Champions League. At this stage I don’t see anybody winning games clearly for Barcelona and I am sure Roma will have their moments like nearly every other big team that have faced Barcelona, but in most cases they have not taken advantage.
“When you face champions like these, it’s great to try to beat them”. “I’m very happy with what I have”. But he thinks that Real Madrid have a better defender than him. They have scored 36 goals in that period, at an average of just over three a game. It’s important to stay focused and stay in the match the whole time.
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Buffon is clear who he fears the most.
