Juventus take on the visitors PSV in the first leg of UEFA Champions League round of 16. The match will be played on Tuesday, February 11th at Allianz Stadium (Turin).
Juventus, after a series of frankly mediocre years, managed to rise to 3rd place in Serie A in 2023/2024, and also won the Italian Cup. But after that, almost immediately after the whistle in the Coppa final, Allegri, without really holding on to another trophy, was fired, not without scandal. But the bet on Thiago Motta, which was accompanied by a noticeable renewal of the squad, which continued in January, is throwing the club back for now. Yes, they managed to avoid losing until the end of January - but what's the point if 2/3 of the matches ended in draws and, accordingly, brought a point? In addition, they still lost to Conte's Juventus, and before that there was a defeat to Milan in the Super Cup. And in the Champions League, having started with victories over PSV and the failed RB Leipzig, they added only 1 victory, over the crisis Manchester City. At the same time, there were draws with Lille, Aston Villa and Brugge, and they lost to Stuttgart and, in the 8th round, to Benfica - "dry" at home.
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PSV is forced to fight for 2 fronts. Since 2023, the "Peasants" have been playing under the leadership of Peter Bosz. He, having just returned to his homeland, immediately won the Super Cup, and eventually won the race in the Eredivisie against Feyenoord. But the current season is much more difficult. First, the team from Rotterdam took revenge in the Super Cup. And in the Dutch championship, the almost perfect statistics of the starting segment were replaced by an abundance of misfires from mid-December - Ajax has already come close. Against this background, the Champions League looks like an outlet. Having started with a defeat to the Italians and 1-1 draws with Sporting and PSG, they then crushed Girona and made a strong-willed comeback to 3-2 with Shakhtar. Yes, they ended 2024 with a 0-1 defeat to Brest, but in January they won 3-2 against both Crvena Zvezda and an unmotivated Liverpool, ultimately advancing further.
In September, there was the first face-to-face match - and it was confidently won by the Italians, 3-1. The Old Lady, with all the reservations, is playing at home with not the strongest opponent - in such conditions it should win.
Prediction for the match: Juventus to win.
