Juventus-Barça: In search of the eighth and the first place

Published:20/11/2017 - 08:47h

Updated:22/11/2017 - 21:50h

The Barcelona faces a new proof of fire this Wednesday, in a Juventus Stadium where the past season fell by 3-0. Precisely it will have to avoid this result not to lose the first place of the Group D of Champions League

They finish the medianías. The FC Barcelona confronts this Wednesday, for the second time this season 2017-18, to a Juventus of Turín that is one of the best teams of Europe and, in spite of arriving to the party in low hours, already deleted in quarter-finals the past season to the culés, winning precisely by 3-0 in the Juventus Stadium. That will be a result that the FC Barcelona of Valverde will have to avoid at all costs this Wednesday, since it would cause that the Barcelona group lost the first position of the Group D of Champions League, without having ensured of the all the mathematical classification for the eighth of final depending on which was the result of the Sporting-Olympiacos.

By the contrary, to the Barça costs him only with adding a point to seal the mathematical pass to the eighth of Champions like first of group, although the aim of the ones of Ernesto Valverde will be cuajar a good performance for like this add a victory more to the excelsa series of good results that keep since it gave beginning the season. It will not cost the relaxation, and the players know it. The Barcelona will have in front to one of the best teams of Europe, that already was finalist the past campaign in Champions League and now will look for to recover anímicamente of the bad feelings, since the 'Vecchia Signora' third course in the Series To, by behind Naples and Inter.

Besides, it arrives to the party after losing 3-2 against the Sampdoria, by what can not say that the things are working of the all well in the group trained by Massimiliano Allegri, the one who at least will be able to have of the majority of his big stars to face up to the FC Barcelona, with Paulo Dybala like big leader to the hour to knit the played offensives of the team. The Barça, by his part, does not shine regarding game but is showing tremendously effective, with diverse players subtracting responsibility to Leo Messi in attack and, besides, with a defence very enchufada and a goalkeeper, Ter Stegen, that so only has fit five goals this course between LaLiga and Champions.

Another proof of fire for the Barça

Leo Messi will go back to lead to the Barça and, after having marked to Buffon in the Camp Nou does some months, now his following challenge will be to see goal in Italian earths, something that never has attained and that, if it does it, will serve also to break a bad series of several parties without seeing goal with the FC Barcelona of regular way. To brake him, the Juventus does not have this season the same defensive potential that the past, when being noticing a lot the absence of Bonucci, traspasado to the AC Milan. And it is that the 'Vecchia Signora' has received a total of fourteen goals in thirteen days of Series To, something at all usual. In the centre of the field and in attack, however, has a lot of talent.

Miralem Pjanic, Dybala, Douglas Coast and Higuaín, among others, are some of the proper names to take into account. The FC Barcelona arrives to the meeting with until six drops stood out, although the depth of staff of this course will allow him plant an eleven of full guarantees to compete of you to you in the Juventus Stadium. Milorad Mazic will be the referee commissioned to give justice, in what it expects that it was a battle futbolística of beautiful bill that serve to boost the show. Without place to doubts, will live this Wednesday one of the best parties of the fifth day of the Champions League 2017-18. That anybody dare to blink.