PSV take on the visitors Juventus in the first leg of UEFA Champions League round of 16. First leg result: 1-2. The match will be played on Wednesday, February 19th at Philips Stadion (Eindhoven).
PSV are trying to succeed everywhere, but it is not easy for them. The Peasants brought Peter Bosz back to his homeland in 2023. He showed himself to be excellent: he started last season with a victory in the Super Cup and finished with a confident victory in the Eredivisie. The new cycle is much more difficult for the club from Eindhoven. First, they missed the Super Cup, losing to Feyenoord, and in the championship, initially confidently leading, due to winter misfires, they allowed Ajax to catch up with them. But in the Champions League, the Dutch looked very decent. Yes, they started only on the 4th attempt, after a defeat with a couple of draws - they crushed Girona. Then there was a spectacular comeback with Shakhtar, from 0-2 to 3-2. And after 0-1 with Brest, in January, they beat both Crvena Zvezda and even Liverpool. True, the English, who had not lost points before, brought a frankly experimental lineup. Last Tuesday, they lost by a narrow margin.
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"Juventus" after a couple of mediocre years managed to produce a decent result last season, in the form of rising to 3rd place in Serie A, and in combination with winning the cup. But the team's play did not satisfy the management, which eventually led to a renewal of the lineup and the invitation of Thiago Motta to the coaching post. But the Italian-Brazilian, who raised "Bologna" to the Champions League, is rather disappointing in Turin. In the Super Cup, they immediately lost to "Milan", and in Serie A they are fighting for only 4th place, seriously lagging behind the top three due to an abundance of misfires, albeit in the form of draws. Not everything worked out in the Champions League either: having started with victories over PSV and RB Leipzig, they then added only a win against the crisis Manchester City and three draws with a couple of defeats. In Turin, starting the playoffs, they managed to get a victory - now a draw will be enough.
In September last year, the Old Lady won their first face-to-face match against the Dutch at home. For the Italians, the main thing is to maintain the handicap. So we do not expect an abundance of goals - the "total under 3.0 goals" suggests itself.
Prediction for the match: Under 3.0 scored goals.
