Wednesday, 21:45, Monaco, Louis II, the referee - Antonio Mateu Laos (Spain). Live broadcast on Football 2.

Probably, none of the semi-finalists of the Champions League did not want to see Monaco as their rival. After all, really, what joy is there during the whole match to reflect the dashing attacks of the guys to Leonard Jardim? You can, of course, get involved in open football and arrange a dashing block, but this will be a game in the favorite "territory" of the Monegasques, and none of the respectable European fighters likes to dance to someone else's pipe, let them dictate the terms themselves!.

And this "happiness" fell to Juventus. And here it is worth noting that, perhaps, the Old Signora - the only team that can resist the offender Tottenham, Manchester City and Dortmund Borussia, and yet not kill the beauty of the game. The Massimiliano Allegri command mechanism is debugged almost to perfection, Juve does not bother any opponent's style. Without five minutes, the champion of Italy is able to both adjust to the opponent, and break it by imposing his game.

However, the thoughts of the players of Juve are not focused only on the reliability of defense. Having such attacking players as Higuain, Manjukic, Dibala and Quadrado, Zebras, if necessary, are capable of storming the opponent's gate without stopping. However, as a rule, there is no need, for not everyone can manage to survive under their onslaught for long enough.

In general, the upcoming confrontation should remind the Gali wars of the Roman Empire: legions of perfectly trained ancestors of modern Italians will fight with the less organized and armed, but the brave ancestors of today's Frenchmen. Those wars passed with varying success, in the same way it is almost impossible to predict the finalist who will be determined in this pair.

And this too has its own charm!.

Interesting facts - In 6 home European Cup matches against the Italian teams, Monaco won 3, 2 times drawn and lost only to Inter in the season-1963/64.

- Juventus was able to win on the road in the semifinals of the Cup / Champions League only once from 11 attempts.

- Old Lady Siniora never lost to her rival from France in the two-round Eurocup duos for the flight.

The indicative compositions of Monaco: Subashic-Mendy, Jemerson, Glick, Toure-Bernard Silva, Fabigno, Bakayoko, Lemar-Mbappa, Falcao.

Juventus: Buffon - Dani Alves, Bonucci, Chiellini, Alex Sandro - Pjanic, Marchisio - Cuadrado, Dibala, Mnjukic - Higuain.

Will not play: Bosquilla, Carillo - Khedira. Rugani, Piazza.

In doubt: Sidibe, Bakayoko (Monaco).

Words by Leonardo Jardim, coach of Monaco:.

"Juventus is perfectly organized. Skilful and physically powerful defense is difficult, the attack is very dangerous - it needs two points to score one ball, the implementation of standard positions is close to the ideal. Opponent - you can not think up worse, but like Buffon, I'm sure that we can score. We just need not lose concentration and quickly deliver the ball forward ".

Massimiliano Allegri, the coach of Juventus:.

"I hope that we will be the first team to beat Monaco at this stadium in this tournament this season. The current Monaco is very different from the one with which Juventus played in 2015. Then it was a team that relied on reliable defense, and now it is strong and in attack. Monaco is very much scoring, especially at the end of matches, therefore, we need to not win for a victory for a second and give two excellent duel ".

Forecast 2: 1.