Atletico Madrid – Juventus / Champions League – The most interesting match in the second round of Champions League is this time played in Group A, and it brings us the current champions of Spain, Atletico Madrid and Juventus. However, the “Old Lady” is coming with three points on the account at Vicente Calderon, and after a home win over Sweden Malmo, while the “Mattressers” were unexpectedly defeated in the first round by Greek Olympiacos away. Let us add that this is their first mutual duel on the international scene. Begins: 01.10.2014 – 20:45 CET
Atletico Madrid
This defeat in Greece is s far the only one for Atletico this season, because they first won the Super Cup in Spain, after two matches played with their city rivals Real Madrid, while they in La Liga have four wins and two draws and are currently in third place on the table with two points less than the leading Barcelona. But until the last match with Sevilla this team looked quite weak on the field, because we are already accustomed to their hard and defensively-oriented game, which is not exactly their fans’ favourite.
That is why they last weekend finally started playing offensively and they defeated their big rivals Sevilla at home with as much as 4-0, which again is the best possible prelude to this very important match in the Champions League. But since they are now hosting one of the teams that play for the result, it will be very interesting to see what kind of tactics coach Simeone will choose for this duel. As for the composition, we believe that he will send almost the same setup to the field as against Sevilla, but Raul Garcia should start from the first minute instead of young Niguez.
Probable lineups Atletico Madrid: Moya – Juanfran, Miranda, Godin, Ansaldi – Gabi, Tiago – Koke, Raul Garcia, Turan – Mandzukic
Juventus
As for the team from Turin, they have regardless of the departure of their longtime strategist Conte and the arrival of Allegri on the bench, still continued to play in their own distinctive style, which so far brought them five victories in the championship, and no goals received. Besides that they have also two weeks ago celebrated with 2-0 at home over Sweden’s Malmo in the first round of the Champions League, which has announced a slightly better season in the elite European club competition that it was the case in the last two.
When it comes to composition, Allegri is for now doing a quite good job with rotation of his players and so the last weekend against Atalanta, he left midfielder Asamoah and striker Morata on the bench, but we expect them now in the starting 11, which means that the experienced Evra and Llorente could move to the bench. Let us also add that the injured defensive players Caceres, Barzagli and Marrone and experienced midfielder Pirlo are all still out of action for this match.
Probable lineups Juventus: Buffon – Ogbonna, Bonucci, Chiellini – Lichtsteiner, Pogba, Marchisio, Vidal, Asamoah – Morata, Tevez
A.Madrid–Juventus
PICK
Although the Madridistas have the imperative of victory after that defeat in Greece, of course, that they themselves are aware that the host is extremely defensive and well-coordinated team, so they will probably try to come to at least the minimum of victory with one patient and smart game.
Pick: under 2.5 goals
Stake: 5/10
Odds: 1.62
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