Juventus take on the visitors Sporting in the first leg of UEFA Europa League quarterfinals. The match will be played on Thursday, April 13th at Allianz Stadium (Turin).
Juventus have lost its status as the flagship of Italian football. And now it has a significant chance of staying outside the top 4 in the final league table. However, not because of sporting principles: the "pranks" of Agnelli and his management resulted in a 15-point penalty. And only because of this, the grand is currently outside the quartet of leaders. But they actively continue to win, reducing the gap even in such circumstances. The winning streak was only stopped by "Inter" a week ago, and then only in the first cup semifinal. Later they lost to "Lazio" in another round of the championship. Despite such a load at the home arena, Allegri wants to succeed in the Europa League, if they fell there, failing to qualify for the Champions League in the fall. Overall, things are going well in this tournament so far: yes, they stumbled against "Nantes" at home, but defeated them in France and then easily dealt with "Freiburg". It is noteworthy that the experienced Di Maria shone in these matches, scoring a lot of goals.
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In 2020, Sporting placed their bets on Ruben Amorim, and the young coach finally brought the championship title back to the capital club in his first full season. However, each subsequent season only got worse. In the 2021/2022 season, the team finished as runners-up, and now they are hopelessly behind both "Porto" and especially "Benfica", and are fighting for third place with "Braga", where they do not look like favorites. "Sporting" has also been out of the cup competitions for quite some time. Only European competitions seemed like a breath of fresh air. However, in the Champions League this time around, they finished in third place in the group, and it was all decided in the 6th round when the Portuguese team lost without any resistance to their direct competitor, "Eintracht" (Frankfurt) at home. In the Europa League, it all started with a draw against "Midtjylland", but then they were crushed in Denmark. And, most importantly, they sensationally knocked out "Arsenal" in the round of 16. It also started with a spectacular draw in Lisbon, then at home the "Gunners" scored first - but the guests managed to equalize in an incredible way and then win with penalties against Zinchenko and company. Now they will face an opponent who is at least as prestigious and, perhaps, more motivated.
The clubs played at an official level only once in the Champions League in the fall of 2017. Then the Italians were slightly stronger: 2-1 at home, 1-1 in Portugal. "The Old Lady" should gather herself and give her best performance, as well as take into account the mistakes of the London-based "Arsenal". We recommend betting that Massimiliano Allegri's charges will be able to win.
Prediction for the match: Juventus to win.
