Champions League - 07 Mar 2005 - 1:06 PM
On the way to Juventus vs Real Madrid
The last 16’s second leg fixture in Champions’ League against Real Madrid, scheduled on Wednesday, March, 9th, is the first ultimate match in Juventus’s season.
The Bianconeri have to turn the first leg match’s 1-0 over, a challenge already won by Juventus in the past: just think about March, 20th 1996 at the Delle Alpi when Del Piero and Padovano made the goal scored by Raul at the Bernabeu vain and made way to conquering the Champions’ League.
The most recent precedent dates back to May, 14th 2003: that’s when Juventus gave the Merengues a real lesson, getting rid of the 2-1 conceded in the first leg match with the goals scored by Trezeguet, Del Piero and Nedved.
Pavel can’t take part to the match this time, due to the injury he’s suffered after the hard collision with Raul Bravo in the match played on February, 22nd.
The Czech’s is a heavy absence, which, however, Del Piero & C. have proved to handle, like they did when they lately beat AS Roma in the home championship. Real, on the contrary, was held in the Liga to a 1-1 against Valencia, although they have recovered Ronaldo’s brilliance, scorer of the draw.
On their side, Juventus will have an extra weapon: Wednesday’s match will be played on a different stage, in an sold-out and all-Bianconero Delle Alpi, willing to push Capello’s squad towards a new, exciting venture.
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