Judging Juventus vs Sporting Lisbon: The Last Door
Last weekend, Juventus unexpectedly lost 1-2 to Lazio in the Italian league. With the above result, the Old Lady fell to 7th place in the rankings and 8 points behind the top 4 (the group participating in the European Cup). According to the assessment, the hope of winning tickets to the European Cup of Champions of Allegri's teachers and students in the domestic tournament has reached the bottom.
At this time, the championship of the European C2 Cup arena will be the door to help Juventus win tickets to the European C1 Cup next season and they will have to put all their efforts into the arena. Returning to the quarter-finals, the Italian team faced formidable opponent Sporting Lisbon and to win tickets to continue, Juventus will have to take advantage of the home match advantage in the first leg tonight.
With the Allianz home ground, Juventus is confident of winning to create an advantage before the second leg in Portugal. The above statement is even more valid when "Lao Madam" has won 6 and only drawn 2 in the last 8 matches.
Across the field, Sporting Lisbon also has a stable performance, but against a stronger opponent than Juventus, choosing the Portuguese team is not a safe decision. Remember, Sporting Lisbon once lost in the last confrontation as a guest on Juventus' field in the European arena.
- Juventus: Szczesny; Danilo, Bremer, Alex Sandro; Cuadrado, Fagioli, Locatelli, Rabiot, Kostric; Di Maria, Kean.
- Sporting Lisbon: Adán, Inácio, Coates, Diomande, Reis, Morita, Ugarte, Gomes, Trincão, Chermiti, Edwards.