Champions League: Juventus hosts Barcelona tonight at 9pm.
The bianconeri will not have Ronaldo, still positive at
Covid.
Probable formations of Juventus-Barcelona.
Juventus (4-4-2): 1 Szczęsny;
16 Cuadrado, 28 Demiral, 19 Bonucci, 13 Danilo;
44 Kulusevski, 30 Bentancur, 25 Rabiot, 22 Church;
10 Dybala, 9 Morata (77 Buffon, 31 Pinsoglio, 14 McKennie, 5 Arthur, 39 Portanova, 38 Frabotta, 33 Bernardeschi, 8 Ramsey).
Herds Pirlo.
Barcelona (4-2-3-1): 13 Neto;
2 Dest, 4 Araújo, 15 Lenglet, 18 Alba;
8 Pjanić, 21 De Jong: 11 Dembélé, 10 Messi, 22 Fati;
7 Griezmann (26 Inaki, 5 Sergio, 6 Alena, 9 Braithwaite, 12 Puig, 16 Pedri, 17 Trincao, 20 Roberto, 24 Junior, 36 Arnau).
All.
Koeman.
Referee: Makkelie (Ola).
It will be the match of Miralem Pjanic, the Bosnian is ready to tread again the Allianz Stadium lawn.
"I am really happy and excited to play against my former team - he says - and I am happy to see many people with whom I have worked, they have been four wonderful years".
Tomorrow, however, will be a very important challenge for the Champions League standings: "It will be a very difficult match, I know the mentality of the Bianconeri well and I know how much they feel about this match - adds Pjanic - because they want to finish first in the group. our goal. I see that they have some difficulties in the championship, but the many injuries have had an impact: we expected something more, we need to give the group time.
Pjanic admires Andrea Pirlo a lot: "I would have liked to work with him, but that's how it went: I accepted this new challenge, it's nice to get back into the game. I'm happy to be at Barcelona and now I'll give my best for this shirt."
Yesterday he played alongside Cristiano Ronaldo, today with Lionel Messi: "I will have so much to tell my grandchildren, they are two absolute phenomena - explains the former Juventus player - and I can say that Pulce looks like an extraterrestrial. Few have had the opportunity. to play with both, for me it is a huge pleasure. Leo is preparing the game like all the others: he hasn't asked me absolutely anything about Cristiano, he reads and sees what his situation is ".
Alongside Pjanic, the Barcelona coach exalts another from Juve: "Dybala can complicate everyone's life, he has enormous qualities - Koeman's words - but Morata also knows how to score and in defense they are very strong despite the absences: it will be a match between two teams with great qualities ".
