Juventus v Borussia Mönchengladbach
Champions League Game 3 – Wednesday, 21st October- 19:45 GMT – Juventus Stadium
Juventus
Max Allegri confirmed that Leonardo Bonucci, Andrea Barzagli and Giorgio Chiellini will start in Juve’s Champions League match against Borussia Monchengladbach.
“I can tell you Andrea Barzagli, Giorgio Chiellini and Leonardo Bonucci will play. So that way you can start saying we’ll play with three, four or five at the back. I’ll be generous and give you a fourth: Buffon.” he told a press conference ahead of tomorrow night’s game.
“Let’s say Mandzukic is better, he’s fine. He might not have 90 minutes in his legs, but he’s fine. As for the attack, we expect a lot from him and unfortunately he hasn’t been able to play as much because of that injury.
“Alvaro Morata has improved a lot since last season. Simone Zaza is in good shape and proved it on Sunday against Inter.
“Paulo Dybala is a player with extraordinary quality, but he needs to be left alone to grow in peace, just as Morata was last year. We can’t ask for too much from Dybala, as he’s only 22 and needs time to settle.
“Tomorrow’s game is decisive if we win. If not, then it won’t be decisive. The good thing is that there’s a head-to-head between Manchester City and Sevilla, so a victory would see us break further away from one side, or even both.
“It still wouldn’t be over, as there are another three games after that, so qualification would still be in the balance.
“Tomorrow will be a completely different game to the one with Sevilla, much more complicated, as they’re on a positive run of domestic results and are solid again after a difficult start.
“We have to play as if this was a one-off knockout match. We must play knowing we have everything it takes to bring home the result and try to avoid complications.
“Borussia haven’t changed their tactics very much with the new Coach, but their team spirit and mentality is different. There’s always a shake-up when the Coach quits and the team has found itself again.”
With the back 4 confirmed, it’s more than likely that Allegri will opt for Patrice Evra and Juan Cuadrado in the wing-back positions with Sami Khedira, Claudio Marchisio and Paul Pogba forming the midfield three. Alvaro Morata has scored in both Juve’s Champions League games so far this season so he’s almost certain to start alongside Mario Mandzukic.
Probable lineup:
3-5-2: Buffon; Barzagli, Bonucci, Chiellini; Cuadrado, Khedira, Marchisio, Pogba, Evra; Morata, Dybala.
Injuries:
Lichtsteiner (heart condition), Caceres (ankle).
Suspended:
None
Borussia Mönchengladbach
Probable lineup:
4-4-2: Sommer; Korb, Christensen, Dominguez, Wendt; Traore, Dahoud, Xhaka, Johnson; Raffael, Stindl
Injuries:
Marvin Schulz, Nico Schulz, Martin Stranzl, Patrick Herrmann
Suspended:
None
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Poll – Who will win between Juventus and Borussia Monchengladbach ?
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6:0
would be lovely dude!
Must win.
Must win game, cant drop points against the weakest team in the group
ALE ALE ALE ALE JUVE JUVE ALE ALE ALE ALE JUVE JUVE
Streams anyone?
cricfree
ZDF, a German national channel is showing the match live if anyone has that channel. (i do)
Sandro is playing at LB, Chiellini and Bonucci CB, Barzagli RB. Pogba, Marchisio and Khedira in midfield and attack has Morata, Mandzukic and Cuadrado. Seems like a great line up. Hopefully Mandzukic can score again and Morata shows some magic again.
Well nothing spectacular so far. We dominate but thats all there is to say. Monchengladbach has had some chances too
Wish we had Pirlo for this free kick…
Completely agreeing with my commentator here. Why no Dybala? Not mandzukic, not zaza, but dybala is who we need
Zaza couldn’t make an accurate pass if his life depends on it…
that pass was so horrible, completely ruined a good counter
Pogba trying so hard yet failing horribly is hard to watch 🙁
Why the hell wasn’t dybala playing from the 1st minute.
booooooooooring. So disappointed
This is disappointing. I’m again gonna look at Allegri for this one. Dybala showed good stuff in the couple minutes he was in.
I don’t know if it’s the formation or something else but it’s not like juve had a lot of scoring opportunities. Boring game
So disappointing..
This is what allegri had to say about dybala:
He will become a great player, but in a different role to the one he had last season at Palermo.”
What role is he talking about?
Benchwarmer.
motherfuck! I really dont get why he doesnt play dybala
I know, right? He played 559 minutes in 12 matches (once he wasn’t even subbed in). And it’s not like he’s been utter shit every time he played, he scored 3 out of 4 of his total goals when he played as a starter.
For fucking 32 mill