Juventus will play tonight at 20.45 against Bayern Monaco the first leg of the
knockout round of the Champions League.
The two teams met last time in the quarterfinals of the Champions of 2013, when
it passed the Bayern thanks to a
double victory by 2 to 0.
Match Details:
Juventus vs. Bayern
Munich
Champions League
Knockout Round
Date: 23 February 2016,
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Juventus Stadium
Juventus will play the second round after
winning 15 of their last 16 Serie A matches and it has arrived at the top after
a long comeback, because of one of the worst starts of the season in its
history. The whole team owner seems in good form today, although there is some
problem with injuries: defender MartÃn Cáceres will be out for the rest of the
season, Giorgio Chiellini will be out at least another week and also the
midfielder Kwadwo Asamoah will not be usable tonight.
Bayern Monaco, despite the announcement of the
separation from their coach Pep Guardiola at the end of the season, it always
seems the usual unbeatable team dominated without problems their Champions League group, and is first in
the league with eight points clear of Borussia Dortmund. Even Bayern however
has several important unavailable players: defense is forced to play for some
weeks with Joshua Kimmich, 21 year old German midfielder converted into a
center because the owners are all injured.
Juventus have lost only two of 34 Champions League matches played at home
since 2004/2005: The last defeat was precisely that against Bayern in 2013.
Tonight's match tonight will be the Englishman Martin Atkinson.