Champions, Bayer Leverkusen-Juventus - Live

Champions League, Bayer Leverkusen-Juventus from 9 pm - Live

The probable lineups of Bayer Leverkusen-Juventus.

Bayer Leverkusen (4-2-3-1): 1 Hradecky, 8 L. Bender, 4 Tah, 5 S. Bender, 18 Wendell, 20 Aranguiz, 15 Baugartlinger, 38 Bellarabi, 29 Havertz, 9 Bailey, 31 Volland. (28 Ozcan, 6 Dragovic, 7 Paulinho, 10 Demirbay, 13 Alario, 19 Diaby, 22 Sinkgraven). All .: Bosz.

Juventus (4-3-1-2): 77 Buffon, 13 Danilo, 24 Rugani, 28 Demiral, 2 De Sciglio, 16 Cuadrado, 5 Pjanic, 14 Matuidi, 33 Bernardeschi, 9 Higuain, 7 Ronaldo. (1 Szczesny, 10 Dybala, 12 Alex Sandro, 19 Bonucci, 25 Rabiot, 38 Mason, 39 Portanova). All .: Sarri.

Referee: Bastien (France).

With first place in the Champions League already in his pocket Maurizio Sarri wants a great performance from Juventus, expected in Leverkusen by a Bayer still in the running with Atletico Madrid for second place. A match without apparent reasons for the Bianconeri, a conviction that the coach immediately denies: "All the games are important, I want a serious answer from the point of view of motivation". An answer after the draw with Sassuolo and ko with Lazio, who broke Juventus' hegemony in the league but not the group's serenity: "We are calm, we need to improve and work, but we are calm because we are doing it". A few minutes before the technician had interrupted Pjanic's conference to point out, in response to a misunderstood question, that "talking about a greater collaboration with my players on my part is an attack on their professionalism, which is of a very high level". A misunderstanding promptly clarified - "if the question is technical, then I accept it" - said Sarri, closing the incident - - useful in any case to underline the unity of intent among the various components of the Bianconeri. All compact in the same direction, that of the search for the dribble, of the beautiful game, in a word of the long-awaited spark to start the bianconeri technical revolution: "We must find the taste of dribbling and possession, do it at the right speed otherwise it becomes cloying and sterile, an end in itself. We have to change our way of thinking and these are things that are not automatic or short-term. Without de Ligt, who stayed in Turin to rest, and the injured Khedira, Douglas Costa and Bentancur, it will take a lot of imagination for the Juventus coach to put on the 22nd consecutive useful result that would allow him to approach Eriksson and Ferguson, recordman among the coaches: " Bernardeschi could play half-wing, but without Ramsey and Douglas we would miss the playmaker. We tried the players in different roles, let's see how we can rearrange ourselves in the field ". It could be the right opportunity for Rabiot, back from an injury and a period of adaptation to our football, even if the main doubt is about the athletic estate. At the center of the field there will still be Pjanic, phosphorus in the middle of the field and serenity outside: "We have made a good journey, sometimes we exaggerate and we throw too much negativity - the consideration of the Bosnian director -. It is not true that we have more motivations for the Champions League, it would be madness not to think about the championship, we talked in the locker room for the good of the group, we trust the coach, we are united: after five years of Allegri there are changes, it is normal that not everything goes perfectly. dramatize".