The group G of the Champions League surprised to all with the clash between the Juventus of Turín and the Barcelona, that in the last years has turned into one of the most important parties of Europe and that in this opportunity has an extra rivalry: Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo will go back to see the faces for the first time since the Portuguese abandoned the Spanish league in 2018.
The Classical between the blaugranas and bianconeros has taken value in the last years and, after the final of Berlin of 2015 and the clash in the phase of groups of the season 2017/2018, the expectation is maximum. Although in the last years the Barça has not had the best of the lucks in front of Italian teams, headed by Ronald Koeman, the team has showed to have win to arrive to the highest and all can happen.
The first time that the blaugranas confronted to the Vechia Signora was in the eliminatory of the Glass of Fairs of the season 1970/1971, the thirteenth and last edition of the competition that gave him step to the Glass of the UEFA. In this opportunity, the Juventus won in the two parties to the Barça of Vic Buckungham, with a global marker of 2-4.
15 years afterwards went back to confront, this time in the Glass of Europe. In the gone, in the Camp Nou, a goal of Julio Alberto gave him the victory by the minimum to the blaugranas, that afterwards empataron 1-1 in the party of turn, ensuring the pass to the second final of the competition for the Barça. In that occasion, the blaugranas confronted to the Steauta of Bucharest of Romania in Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, falling in the batch of penaltis.
The duel repeated in the Recopa of Europe 1990/1991, the competition that contested the champions of Glass. In this opportunity, the blaugranas imposed in the Camp Nou by 3-1 and in the turn fell 1-0 in Turín, but certified his classification to the following phase.
In 2003, the Catalans and Italians looked for a pass to the semifinals of the Champions League 2002/2003. In the Juventus Stadium empataron 1-1. The Uruguayan Paolo Montero had opened the marker with a goal to the 16 minutes after a shot of left-handed in the left vertex of the area girl. The Barça did not surrender and, when the clock brushed the 77 minutes, the Argentinian Javier Zavola filtered between two defenders, finished and his shot diverted in Montero, went in by the left stick in front of a pulled useless of Buffon to try detain it. In the turn, the Barça fell by 1-2 in the Camp Nou in the extention by a goal of Zabaleta.
The final of Berlin in the memory
The Barça won his fifth Champions League in front of a Juventus that arrived like favourite to the Olympiastadion after deleting to the Real Madrid, that had won the previous edition. The ones of Allegri arrived full of stars and with the firm intention to raise the trophy, but the thirst of victory of the Barcelona bent them.
It was one of the most contested finals of the last years, in which the Barça, although it opened the early marker after a goal of Rakitic, did not find spaces to ensure the victory. Álvaro Morata equalised the meeting during the second part and gave him hopes to his team, but the culés had to the best offensive trident of the decade. A goal of Luis Suárez and another of Neymar Jr in the extratiempo, did that Xavi Hernández raised the trophy.
To the Juve was missing him forcefulness inside the area and the ones of Luis Enrique did not forgive. A dazzling Messi guided to the team during all the meeting and the entry of the captain Xavi to fault of ten minutes for the end, revitalizó to the team when more it needed it.
From the final of Berlin, confronted in four occasions more. First in the quarter-finals of the Champions League 2016/2017, in which the transalpinos attained an important victory in the Allianz Stadium by three goals. In the turn, the Barcelona did not attain to trace back and remained deleted.
A season afterwards, crossed in the phase of groups. The Barça initiated the Champions League with a conclusive victory in front of the Italians by 3-0, with two goals of Leo Messi and one of Ivan Rakitic. In the turn, the ones of Valverde needed a point to classify to the following stage and achieved it after empatar without goals in the house of the Juventus.