AS Monaco V Juventus
Champions League – Quarter Final [Wednesday, 21st April – 19:45 GMT] – Stade Louis II
Juventus
Arturo Vidal is in the 23-man Juventus squad that travels to Monaco for the Champions League quarter-final.
The Bianconeri hold a slender 1-0 advantage heading into the match and Juve coach Max Allegri knows the tie is far from over.
“I don’t know what tactics Leonardo Jardim will adopt tomorrow. The tie is open and we only have a small advantage,” insisted the Coach in his Press conference.
“In order to qualify tomorrow we need to score at least one goal and play the right performance with both our heads and our feet.”
Given what’s at stake, it’s entirely likely Allegri will field a 3-5-2 in the hopes of replicating Juve’s dominant performance against Dortmund in the last-16.
Gigi Buffon is fit and will start in goal, with Andrea Barzagli, Leonardo Bonucci and Giorgio Chiellini in the back-three. Arturo Vidal was suffering from tonsillitis and was initially a doubt but Allegri confirmed he would be included in the squad and could well start alongside Andrea Pirlo and Claudio Marchisio.
Stephan Lichtsteiner and Patrice Evra will play on either flank with Carlos Tevez and Alvaro Morata up front.
Probable lineup:
3-5-2: Buffon; Barzagli, Bonucci, Chiellini; Lichtsteiner, Vidal, Pirlo, Marchisio, Evra; Tevez, Morata
Injured Players:
Asamoah and Romulo (Recovering from surgery), Caceres (ankle), Pogba (hamstring),
Suspended Players:
None
Form
(W-W-L-W-W)
AS Monaco
Probable lineup:
4-2-3-1: Subasic; Toure, Abdennour, Wallace, Kurzawa; Fabinho, Kondogbia; Silva, Moutinho, Ferreira-Carrasco; Berbatov
Injured Players:
Lacina Traoré, Geoffrey Kondogbia, Jérémy Toulalan and Tiemoué Bakayoko
Suspended Players:
None
Form
(D-D-W-L-D)
Formation
Already nervous. Still a night and a day to go, but LETS DO THIS JUVE!!!!
holy shit bayern just destroyed porto
Completely raped them, 6-1 my god
Wasn’t really surprising after the Shaktar games. 0-0 away, 7-0 at home. Same thing happened yesterday.
Still didn’t see that coming, I doubted Porto winning at Bayern but holy shit getting this was far bigger than my expectations
Is Kondogbia really injured Rav or is there a mistake in the Monaco injury list? 😛
Would be a small boost if he really was unable to play
Out of the three remaining teams, I prefer we take on Atletico Madrid or Real Madrid. We have the quality to beat Atletico, but will need luck with Real Madrid. I don’t think we should have any problem beating Monaco today.
Yeah I’d prefer either one or Barca over Bayern, there are no easy teams left but holy shit I don’t want us to be paired with Bayern 😛
Classic match – Monaco v Juve 1998
Classic Games: Monaco vs Juventus 1997/98 Champions League Semi Final 2nd Leg
90 minutes away from glory and our first semi final in 12 years – FORZA JUVE !!!!!
FORMATIONS – GOOD CHOICE FROM ALLEGRI – why am i shouting ?
YOU HAVE TO SHOUT, IT’S CL
hard to focus on anything else right now – 1 hour to go
https://dazsports.org/player4.php
40 sec behind though.
What does it take to give us a commentator who speaks positively about Juve 🙁
viewing this stream too, commentator is okay so far, but whenever he mentions Juve its slightly negative, praising Monaco more
Someone who’s not dutch, thats what it takes. I can think of one dutch analyst who talks positively about Juve and the Serie A, and he’s barely on tv.
I can’t imagine anyone talking postive about Juve, not in dutch or in english.
His name is David Endt. (Sadly) He’s an Inter fan. He was gonna be one of Seedorf’s assistents this season, but that didn’t go through because Seedorf was sacked. And well, we would talk positive about Juve in Dutch if we’d ever make it on tv :p
An Inter fan, typical 😛
He’s pretty much the only person here who talks highly about Italian football, so Inter fan or not, i respect him.
Guess that will have to do :p It’s more than I can say from Belgians
stream please?
The one i posted below, or wiz1.net is a site i frequently use.
Thx man !
Chiellini slips too damn much in the CL.. Gave Dortmund a goal and now had to take a yellow to prevent a goal.
Pressure is on
Chiellini almost caused a penalty. Reckless tackle in the box. Not liking him so far today..
Would have been his 2nd yellow too if he hit the player.
Juve is giving monaco too much possession
We’re getting shredded!!
Not that bad yet, just giving Monaco too much possession
Chiellini should watch the fuck out ! That could’ve been a second yellow!
This dutch commentator has to shut his big mouth lol, calling that a red card
Well there are (dutch) referees who give a 2nd yellow for that :p
Would be a bullshit card for that xd
most commentators dont give a shit about seria a. and they dont hide their opinion.
Yup, distasteful
we better sub chiellini with perreya and play 4-3-1-2. chiellini is a red card waiting to happen.
trezeguet is sitting among the monaco fans?
Not ordinary fans, probably some higher people. Maybe he wanted to sit with the Juve people, but Nedved was like ”you need to work at Juve to sit here. Access denied” :p
Whatever their status, he’s sitting with Monaco people :p
I don’t like it, he’s part of Juve staff/management
He’s not, right? I can’t remember anything about Trezeguet joining the staff.
He’s president of the Juve legends team, veterans who play for charity
Maybe he does something for Monaco too. He played for them before he joined us. Maybe he’s been spending his recent days in France/Monaco. I don’t blame him, he’s part of both clubs.
Yeah I know he has Monaco history, but c’mon he’s considered a Juve legend. And he has a job linked with us. Not making an issue out of it but why the hell would you sit there Trezegol
”On 20 January 2015, it was announced that Trezeguet had retired as a player and was set to join Juventus management team. It was confirmed by Trezeguet’s agent”
I guess you were right. It can still have plenty of reasons though. Ask him :p
Yeah he’s some sort of honorary President, told ya 😛
I’d like to :p
Fuck this formation, fuckin hate it! No link-up between midfield and attack whatsoever
Get your shit together Pirlo, you’re wasting ball after ball
45mins away from progress. Chiellini and Pirlo seriously need to up their game imo. Both are wasteful in possession, Chiello is too agressive and Pirlo’s wasting chances with those chipped balls leading nowhere.
We’ve made mistakes. Mostly Chiellini did. Barzagli and Bonucci are doing well in defence. It’s still all good, but would it hurt to score a goal? Pirlo gave one great pass which could have become a goal, but other than that he’s been terrible.
Shaky first half, didn’t like it at all. Juve were giving the ball away too many times
Fino alle fine!!!!!!!!
Watched the highlights of the 1998 game in the other thread during half time. What a game by Del Piero. Great assist and a great goal.
Berbatov is in now, can’t give away big chances anymore now cuz he will score them.
Eh, at least make it look like you target the ball Vidal xD
WAAAAAAAAAAAY TOO CLOSE
Pogba doesn’t want to be recognized.
Close! Thought it was in!
Evra saved us.
I don’t care what anyone says, Evra has been great this season. He’s done quite well on the left, despite age and style of play. I hope we pick up a solid starting LB this summer, but I’d like for Evra to stick around for another season or 2.
French players have always done well for us.
Evra has been more than great.
Getting reaaaaaaaally tired of these comments, but can’t mute it either
He thinks Pirlo isn’t allowed to knock someone down. What a fool to think that, ofcourse Pirlo can knock down whoever he wants.
Damn right! xD No just whatever Juve does is worth yellow according to him, whatever Monaco does is praised
Yet ANOTHER mistake, this is going to kill us at this rate
Allegri needs to make a change in formation and/or player because monaco will score if Juve keep playing like this
Please take pirlo off the pitch
Im not enjoying reading about thegame
I’m not enjoying watching the game
I’m not enjoying listening to the game
This is absolute shit, finally a decent attack and Morata does nothing with it. Nobody except Evra, Bonucci and Barzagli is doing well.
Juve should bring in pereyra for marchisio. It would add a spark for the attacks. Marchisio, pirlo and vidal is too defensive. Monaco will play a pressing game until the end and Juve should be looking for the goal, instead of a draw which will be risky.
Pirlo should get subbed for pereyra
take off Pirlo, not Marchisio. Pirlo is a complete liability in defense
Come on Allegri, 60’+ 3-5-2 -> 4-3-1-2 Pereyra for Barzagli.
If you take off a CB it should be Chiellini
Nah, Barzagli shouldn’t be pushed 90′.
Barzagli would finish 90′, Chiello is far more doubtful xD
Plus Barzagli is playing way better, imo.
We can let him rest untill the day of the semi final. Chiellini’s gonna bring us down to 10 men and possibly give away a penalty.
Chiellini: 2 tackles, 3 aerials won, 2 dribbles
Barzagli: 1 tackle
One has been injured recently, one plays through every injury but death.
Chiellini you mean. Barzagli has been great.
Why don’t we play the way we did in Dortmund? Is it because the formation won’t allow us?
Llorente for Morata, how is this gonna change the formation?
Llorente? No idea what he’s supposed to bring but fingers crossed, get us a goal El Rey Leon
What a waste of a sub.
4-3-1-2 actually would be a good idea, sub Pirlo for Pereyra and Chiellini for Coman
Tevez behind Coman-Llorente
Vidal off for Pereyra.
Not the sub I’d have made, though it could be worse
Yeah. Buffon for Pereyra.
Padoin for Buffon. Matri for Bonucci. All day.
Hahahha Allegri would be burned alive in Turin the next day.
Too bad we don’t still have Sissoko. Totally would’ve swapped Momo for Tevez like 45min ago.
Momo was huge, subbing him in for Buffon and putting him in goal wouldn’t be that bad of a decission :p
Should sub in some gigantic fat guy so Monaco literally can’t score, that would be the ideal solution
xD
Fuck this Dutch shithead commenting here, he’s now just saying Juve got help from the ref to win the tie, get over yourself and at least TRY to look unbiased
Tbh, this match. He did say he can live with it cuz we were better in Turin.
Dont give a flying fuck lol, I’m so sick and tired of this. According to him we should have got half our team sent off
XD
He sounds like a sweaty bitch. Reach through your screen and smack him in the mouth and tell him to shut up.
Wish I could, make you guys read about me in the newspapers tomorrow. “Internet tough guy bitchslaps biased commentator, statue raised in his honour in Turin”
Me, Belgian and the commentator all live relatively close, since both countries aren’t thaat big, we could do a meet up tonight and visit him at home later on.
I’m in lol
Do it. I dare you. Now you have to.
Will do. Enjoy reading dutch news sites tomorrow.
I can’t read your funny language. I’ll just look for pictures of mayhem and assume that was you.
I’ll translate it for you, so you don’t miss out on anything!
You have to live translate it online into English while pretending to be either a Mexican or Arabic announcer.
Lol I can do that, either of them! Stereotypes ftw!
Now i’m expecting a mass murder tonight and you thinking that was me, murdering anyone who MIGHT be the commentator xD
Crying about the ref’s decision again. Seriously Dutch, let’s pay him a visit
Lichtsteiner has been doing decently. Better than most players, behind Evra, Bonucci and Barzagli.
Haha glad you’re thinking the same as I do, all the rest is average or poor
PADOIN FOR EVRA BOYZZZ
Almost there lads!!!!
WE’RE THROUGH TO THE SEMIS
YESSSSSS!!!!!!!!!
WOOOOOOHOOOOOO
SEMII FINALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! TOP 4 OF THE WORLD ATM!
Ahem, top 4 in Europe. Let’s not get ahead of ourselves. There are still teams out there like: Montreal Impact, Guangzhou Evergrande and Al-Ahly…
True.. I read Montreal are in the American whatever champions league final. Dangerous opponent.
Yeah, you have no idea. With greats such as…. and…. and who could forget…..?
The owner of Montreal Impact is actually a good owner .. He’s Italian-Canadian, he’s a billionaire dairy magnate and also just recently purchased Bologna and has plans for them as well.. Nesta and DiVaio both finished out their careers in Montreal.
I know all about L’Impact. I follow MLS almost as closely as Juve. Montreal need to get on that Aquilani hype train and scoop him up when his contract expires this summer. Aquilani + Solid CF or Gilardino/Pazzini and they will be solid. Reo Coker-Aquilani-Donadel with Piatti in front would be fun to watch.
I hope they kick the shit out of Club America at the Olimpique for the CCL final.
The first match of that final was at 3 am my time :p
Lol.
Hell yeah, semi finals. I hope we get one of those Spanish teams. Either one.
Real also won narrowly, 1-0
Barca, Real, Bayern, Juve
Hopefully we avoid Barca.
Anyone but Bayern
Barca is more dangerous in my opinion.
Seeing how well we defended today I’d rather go up against the best strike force in the world rather than the best team in the world.
I rather have Barca than Bayern, but that’s my opinion
Real is do-able .. There are just not a team… Hope to see Juve back in 4-diamond strategy with Pogba and just playing our hearts out … Nothing to loose !!
Juve played for a draw, but risky. We should see who we get for the semifinal
Semi finals !!! Man this is a great feeling !!
Just hope we avoid barca
Atletico were lucky up untill the 88th minute or something, Porto got butt raped, and PSG stood no chance at all. Whoever we draw is gonna be tough, and whatever happens, i am proud of this team and Allegri.
This. To get to the semi’s is just a huge victory for the club no matter what happens next!
What are the chances of Pogba being back for the first game of the semis?
I think pretty big. I thought i heard he’d be back before that time.
edit: it really shows now that he’s not on the pitch how important he is.
Fuck every hater, fuck everyone that counted this team down and out.
12 years since the last semi final
Almost as long as this site has been around
Don’t give a fuck who we face because we’re Juventus
Semi finals b*tches!!