Spanish champions Atletico Madrid suffered a shock defeat two weeks ago, 3-2 at Olympiakos, and that result makes the match against Juventus on Wednesday nearly decisive. Atletico have to avoid defeat in this match if they want to keep their qualification hopes alive. Atletico have done well on the domestic front though, winning two and drawing one in the Primera Liga.
Coach Diego Simeone won't have any injury concerns this time, Croatian striker Mario Mandzukic has made his return to action last weekend. New signing Antoine Griezmann could feature in the starting eleven after being used mostly as a substitute so far this season.
Juventus will have Roberto Pereyra available again after having served a suspension and he could replace Arturo Vidal who is struggling with knee problems. Andrea Pirlo, Martin Caceres and Andrea Barzagli will all miss out due to injuries. Juventus have won just three times on Spanish soil out of twenty matches. Their last win was at the Bernabeu, 2-0 against Atletico's rivals Real Madrid.
Probable starting line-ups:
Atletico: Moya - Juanfran, Miranda, Godin, Siqueira - Gabi, Koke, Garcia - Griezmann, Turan - Mandzukic
Juventus: Buffon - Lichtsteiner, Bonucci, Chiellini, Ogbonna, Evra - Pereyra, Marchisio, Pogba - Tevez, Llorente
My prediction: 1-1 draw.
Here are the odds for the match at Bet365:
Atletico win - 6/5 Draw - 23/10 Juventus win - 11/4
galata86 9 years ago
this is the best match tonight, but I think that is not going to be nice for watching. Atletico will be defensive and they will care about their own goal and Juventus will be happy with one point. for me atletico is a little closer to win this match and if they do it it will be 1-0 or 2-0 nothing spectacular. Simeone will...
this is the best match tonight, but I think that is not going to be nice for watching. Atletico will be defensive and they will care about their own goal and Juventus will be happy with one point. for me atletico is a little closer to win this match and if they do it it will be 1-0 or 2-0 nothing spectacular. Simeone will prepare great tactic and juve will beaten
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Snoop 9 years ago
In my opinion, this is the best game today, two great teams, on one side we have champion of Spain - Atletico Madrid, on other side is champion of Italy - Juventus, Atletico Madrid had bad start, they have lost in first game against Olympiakos, Juventus started with victory against Malmo, Atletico have great team, they...
In my opinion, this is the best game today, two great teams, on one side we have champion of Spain - Atletico Madrid, on other side is champion of Italy - Juventus, Atletico Madrid had bad start, they have lost in first game against Olympiakos, Juventus started with victory against Malmo, Atletico have great team, they are still in game, they must win at least one point, but they will attack all three, it will be very interesting game...
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cris1285 9 years ago
Now we will see again if Italy can play close games with the best teams in Europe. Roma showed the quality what we didnt see from any italian team in the last few years. Lets go Juve!
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