Bola.com, Barcelona - The match between Barcelona and Juventus will be one of the main attractions in Matchday-1 Champions League 2017-18. Both teams who occupy Group D, will compete in Camp Nou, Barcelona (12/09/2017).
Still fresh in the memory when Juventus get rid of Barcelona in the Champions League quarter-finals 2016-17. Juventus appear excellent with a total aggregate 3-0.
La Vecchia Signora took revenge in 2015, when they defeated 1-3 from Barcelona in the Champions League final. The meeting this time, full of prestige and aroma of revenge.
Both clubs are posting positive results on the domestic scene. Barcelona beat Espanyol with a score of 5-0, while Juventus beat Chievo Verona with a score of 3-0. These results make both teams status as leaders of the standings in each domestic competition.
Barcelona coach, Ernesto Valverde, is a new figure of the meeting between the two clubs in recent seasons. Previously, Barcelona still handled Luis Enrique. However, Valverde understands the threat posed by Juventus.
"Juventus are a strong team and I remember how they got rid of Barcelona from the Champions League last season, they were good at draining the ball and doing the pressing.
"When their attackers start working together, they know how to make a threat, and it will be a meeting between the two strongest clubs in Europe," Valverde said.
The same is expressed by Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri. According to him, Barcelona is a favorite club champion in the 2017-18 season.
The game will be a great game in the soccer world, I'm sure the game will run differently from our previous encounters."
"We have not reached the optimum stage because the season has just begun, we are having some changes but we can get through it well," Barcelona's favorite championship this season, said Allegri.
Real changes experienced by both clubs. If Barcelona changed coach and lost Neymar, Juventus underwent a reshuffle on the back line due to the departure of Dani Alves and Leonardo Bonucci.
In the match later, Juventus can not be strengthened Juan Cuadrado who served a ban ban due to red cards. In addition, Giorgio Chiellini, Mario Mandzukic, Claudio Marchisio, and Sami Khedira will be absent due to injury.
Meanwhile, Barcelona have the chance to play the best squad because only Arda Turan and Paco Alcacer are in injury treatment room.
These conditions do not necessarily make Barcelona is in the wind. No wonder if the fight early morning later WIB will still run exciting.