Tuesday, 21:45, Turin, Juventus Stadium. Arbitrator - Bjorn Kuipers (Netherlands). Live broadcast on the channel Football 1.
After the defeat of Monaco from Juventus last week (0: 2), few believe that the Monegasques can reverse the course of the confrontation and still wrest a ticket to the final. However, the French team should not be dismissed early. The attack of Monaco is capable of delivering problems even to the kind of protection that Old Lady Siniora has, and this could be seen in the first match.
Yes, the team of Jardim did not have a lot of moments, as in previous games with Borussia or Manchester City, but several times to open the opponent's defense she still managed. Summed up the implementation. Another thing is that the gate of Buffon like bewitched - bianco neri is not missed in the most prestigious European tournament for already 6 matches in a row (621 minutes). The defense of the Italian team did not even print out Barcelona, ??whose attack is one of the best in the world. This fact speaks for itself.
At the weekend, Juventus could complete the championship in Serie A, but in a principled match against Torino bianco neri failed to succeed. This is probably a bit upsetting the players of the team, but now on the nose of Juve a more important match. The championship is not going anywhere, but Monaco is quite capable of surprising.
The French are in their championship at all times rushing to the long-awaited and somewhat sensational champion's title. At the weekend, Monegaski, without problems on the road, defeated Nancy (3-0), while Jardim gave an opportunity to relax some of the main performers.
By the composition of surprises should not be, but the changes are sure to be. So, in comparison with the last match in the composition of Juventus there will most likely be one substitution - the place of Marchisio will take Khedira. In Monaco, also foreseen one change - instead of Dirar on the field will Mendy. True, his participation in this game is under the small question - the player has problems with the hip.
It seems that Monaco will try to organize an early goal, but at the same time it is clear that Juventus will be ready for this. The old Signora will certainly first try to seek happiness on the counterattack, and then the team will alternately own the initiative.
Approximate compositions:.
Juventus: Buffon - Bardzali, Bonucci, Chiellini, Alex Sandro - Pyanich, Khedira - Dani Alves, Dibala, Mandzhukich - Higuain.
Monaco: Subashic - Mendy, Jemerson, Glick, Sidibe - Bernardo Silva, Fabigno, Bakayoko, Lemar - M'Bappa, Falcao.
Do not play: Piazza, Rugani - Bosquilla In doubt: Mendy, Carrillo (both - Monaco) Interesting facts:.
- Still nobody managed to reach the final after the defeat in the first match of the half-final with a difference of two goals.
- Juventus have won all 11 two-legged confrontations with clubs from the championship of France.
- Monaco in Italy did not win before (H1, P6).
The words:.
Head coach of Juventus Massimiliano Allegri:.
"Monaco has nothing to lose, he can play with complete freedom and create serious problems for us, because he has enough talented players, especially in the line of attack. It is necessary to act aggressively. We will try to win. We must play even better than in Monaco. There we made some mistakes. The result of the first match does not mean anything yet. We are separated from Cardiff for another 90 minutes ".
Monaco head coach Leonardo Jardim:.
"We need to attack, driving in the direction of thinking about the bad. In the first match, we hit the same number of shots on goal, as well as Juve. However, the opponent acted more effectively. Obviously, Juve is a more experienced team. We lost because we did not use our moments. Tomorrow we want to make our dream come true. Our goal is to reach the final. I'm proud of my charges and what they have done so far. And my feelings will remain the same regardless of the outcome of the match on Tuesday ".
The defender of Juventus Giorgio Chiellini:.
"Golden hat-trick? It's not what I'm thinking about right now. Now our goal is to get to Cardiff. And only then we will think about the conquest of the Scudetto and the victory in the final of the Cup of Italy. We are concentrated on the nearest match. We know that we will have to sweat tomorrow to achieve one of our goals. Fans can dream of a gold hat-trick, but we need to focus on our goals. The closer we are to the goal, the more motivation we have ".
Defender of Monaco Jibril Sidibe:.
"We still believe that we can pass on. We lost the first match, but we are ready to give a great game in the return match. Monaco spends a good season, tomorrow we will do our best to defeat. Disappointed with the result of the first fight, but still full of enthusiasm. We have a lot of young, but very talented players. The main goal - to leave the field at the end of the match with his head held high, without feeling a sense of regret ".
Forecast 2: 1.