Considered Tom Thumb semifinals of the Champions League, Juve still intends to play jauntily his luck against Real Madrid, as indicated by his coach Massimiliano Allegri Monday on the eve of the first leg scheduled for Tuesday in Turin.
Not really used to playing the underdogs, Juventus is however in the role of small before his semi-final of the Champions League against Real Madrid, the first leg is scheduled for Tuesday in Piedmont. With two Champions Leagues to his name (1985 and 1996), the Vieilla Dame weighs very heavy indeed not deal with ten trophies in the White House, European champion at that. Above all, the Turin club has not reached the last four of the most prestigious European competitions since his final defeat on penalties against AC Milan in 2003 (the Bianconeri were nevertheless to the semi-finals . Europa League last season)
Despite this handicap, Massimiliano Allegri knows it can count on some advantages: iron defense, embodied by international transalpine Chiellini, Bonucci and Barzagli, and world-class players such that Pirlo, Pogba (fixed for the first leg), Vidal and Tevez. “You must be well aware of what we have done so far and we have every chance, but we will face a very large team. It is hoped that Paul Pogba will be restored to return “, told Monday at a press conference the coach of Italian champions, sacred for the fourth time last weekend.
I do not expect to play a semi-final of the Champions League
Carlos Tevez
As usual for Italian teams, it is by its realism and solidity that Juve has to outwit and trap the Real: “All that matters in football, it is the results At the beginning of the season, we imagine many things but all in the end. Only the results are, adds transalpine technician of 47 years, in the purest tradition of Calcio. Everyone has their own prognosis, to the point that almost everyone can be right. We had some pretty good results, I am both pleased and proud, and it is thanks to the guys at the club and I work. “
Arriving in 2013 to Juve, Carlos Tevez, probably the player most feared by Merengue, even seems surprised to find such a treat. “I do not expect to play a semi-final of the Champions League, but to win Serie A, yes. I was just hoping it would go far in the Champions League. Arturo Vidal is in great shape right now, it gives him confidence. It can make the difference. It will be a semifinal complicated, but anything is possible. There are two good fights in perspective and the best pass. “ While happy playing the modest, the Turin do not forget however to be ambitious and intend to surprise.
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