The Spaniards return to the second round after 13 years, but comes from a positive streak in the league
Once the derby practice has been archived, now there is the Champions League. Juve fly to Mestalla to challenge Villarreal: kick-off on Tuesday at 21. The bianconeri are back from the 1-1 draw against Toro, Unai Emery’s men beat Granada 4-1 on the last day of the championship .
LATEST RESULTS
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Fourth place in Serie A with 47 points won in twenty-six games, Juve have so far totaled thirteen wins, eight draws and five defeats. The last knockout in the league came on November 27, then seven wins and five draws. Villarreal are sixth in La Liga with 39 points and have lined up four consecutive useful results. He closed the Champions group F second behind Manchester United. Third was Atalanta: against the Goddess the Spaniards obtained a home draw and a decisive victory at the Gewiss Stadium which earned them the passage to the next round.
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Villarreal and Juve have never faced each other so far. The Yellow Submarine returns to play the second round after 13 years. The 3-2 at Atalanta was the second away win for Emery’s team against an Italian club (D4, L5). Great performance of Danjuma in the 4-1 trimmed to Granada: the Dutch striker has made a hat-trick. He hasn’t scored in La Liga since October. Scored also in the double challenge with the Goddess in the groups. Before the two games against Gasperini’s men, the last time the Spaniards faced an Italian was Roma in the 16-17 Europa League round of 32 (0-4 at Mestalla, 1-0 at Olimpico). The elimination from the competition against the Giallorossi interrupted a six-game winning streak in the knockout phase against Italian teams. Until then, the Yellow Submarine had never lost in a European knockout match, with five clean sheets in six games. Dybala and Rugani are out for the Spanish away game. For Allegri it is a defense emergency, without Chiellini and Bonucci the coach will have to study the best solution for the Mestalla match.
February 20 – 19:51
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