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Juventus v Liverpool [Quater-finals] first leg

csoves

Club Supporter
5000 Tifosi :rockman:

 

Drvar

Starting XI
Gerrard really needs to step up in this game, but same goes for the rest of the team. still, i wish Liverpool would win, so 2:0 pool :).
 

theo

VII
IceBlu said:
Nedved is finally back !

Capello should employ the 4-3-3 once again.

Buffon

Zebina Thuram Cannavaro Zambrotta

Camoranesi Emerson Nedved

Ibrahimovic Trezeguet Del Piero


A win for Juve isn't the most unlikely scenario but a draw wouldn't be too bad either. I saw Liverpool's game vs Bolton and they were very lucky.

If Juve play like they have so far in the important Champions League games, they will go through.

Since the Serie A games were postponed this weekend, the players on International duty would have gotten a good rest before the CL game.

Im hoping for a good incident-free game. Hopefully the fans behave.

If it`s 4-3-3, then:
Juve 2 - 0 Liverpool
Trezeguet x1
Nedved x1
 

jani

Fan Favourite
do you think Nedved should return after a long lay-off straight againts Liverpool?

I dont think he should play 90 mins.
 
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IceBlu

Guest
I doubt he'll play 90 mintues... I think he will be subbed on the hour mark.
 

bianconeri6

Senior Squad
i hope we play 4-3-3 also
but i thimk that capello may want to take the midfield so he'll play 4-4-2 IMO
liverpool 1-2 juventus
----riise----Delpiero-Zlatan
 
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IceBlu

Guest
The true colors of Madrid.... Do some research on the confederate flag....

SOUTHERN PRIDE ! (H)
 

claupastore

Fan Favourite
i think juve wont play with the 4-3-3 for several reasons.
we used that when nedved wasnt playing. and now he is back.
zalayeta and trezegol returned from their NTs with musuclar problems. dont know if they will make it to the game, but if they do make it, im sure they will be in the bench. and that leaves us with del piero and zlatan
god save us!
 

bianconeri6

Senior Squad
muscle problems
i didn't know that
is it serious?? hope not.:(

EDIT:-
or maybe nedved will come in and play in the trident filling for treze/zala
unlikely, but still a possibility
but most likely if we do play a trident against liverpool it will be in the second leg if the first leg does not give us the commanding lead we want
 

Jimbob

Starting XI
Liverpool 1-0 /Garcia 71st minute

Im making a bold statement there, But i really honestly think we can do it.
 

bianconeri6

Senior Squad
Juventus squad:
1 Buffon
4 Montero
7 Pessotto
8 Emerson
9 Ibrahimovic
10 Del Piero
11 Nedved
12 Chimenti
15 Birindelli
16 Camoranesi
17 Trezeguet
18 Appiah
19 Zambrotta
20 Blasi
21 Thuram
22 Bonnefoi
24 Olivera
25 Zalayeta
27 Zebina
28 Cannavaro

tacchinardi is suspended.
 

claupastore

Fan Favourite
correction--

trez and zala are in the list of players going to liverpool, but no word about them playing or not

edit-
theres the list :)
 

bianconeri6

Senior Squad
yea there is still doubt i suppose but we need to carry players and i dont think that there's anyone else :(. and plus there's still a big possibility that they could play.
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Buffon eyes Anfield win
Monday 4 April, 2005
Juventus goalkeeper Gigi Buffon is looking for his team to net a healthy advantage in the first leg of their Champions’ League tie at Liverpool.

The Bianconeri face the Premiership side at Anfield on Tuesday and the shot-stopper is keen to gain an instant grip of the quarter-final tie.

"It is important that we get a good result away from home so that we can be calm going into the second game," said the Italian international.

"They will have a few selection difficulties but the fact that they have reached this far in the competition proves that they have a strong squad."

Juventus will go into the game just hours after their weekend trip to Fiorentina was postponed following the Pope’s death.

"That won’t affect us," assured the former Parma man. "An important man has gone but we are professionals and we know what we must do."

Liverpool don’t bring back happy memories for Jonathan Zebina, Emerson and boss Fabio Capello after Roma were defeated in controversial circumstances back in 2002.

"It will be a totally different game," stated the French defender. "But that memory will obviously act as an extra stimulus to do well."

Tomorrow’s match is also set to be an emotional occasion, given that the two sides meet competitively for the first time since the 1985 Heysel disaster in which 39 fans died.

"We must keep learning from that event to make sure that it never happens again," stated director general Luciano Moggi.
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just some news and quotes over the match:).
 

10Ruud

Starting XI
I think Liverpool has the edge in this one....Buffon will stop most of the shots as always but it will most likely end up 1-0 Liverpool.
 

Atlas

Senior Squad
Draw serves up poignant reminder
Tuesday, 29 March 2005

European football will remember its darkest day when the protagonists of the 1984/85 European Champion Clubs' Cup final, Liverpool FC and Juventus FC, meet for the first time in UEFA club competition since the Heysel tragedy of 20 years ago.

On Wednesday 29 May 1985, 39 people lost their lives after a concrete wall fell inside the stadium trapping Juventus supporters underneath. Some fans had been fighting inside one area of the ground, but those attempting to avoid the violence found their escape blocked by a concrete wall which surrounded the enclosure in which they were situated. The strain caused by spectators attempting to scale the wall, together with the crush caused by those trying to flee, resulted in the wall collapsing, trapping those beneath.

The match was intended to be the last at an arena built in the 1920s, and so it proved as Heysel was demolished and rebuilt as an all-seater venue, with the only reminder of the tragedy being a gateway near the main entrance; the sole element of the original stadium still existing. As a result of the violence, English teams were banned from European club competition for five seasons, the ban extended by a further year for Liverpool. Michel Platini scored the only goal of the game from the penalty spot.

Following their suspension, Liverpool have faced Italian opposition three times. They lost 4-1 on aggregate to Genoa 1893 in the quarter-finals of the 1991/92 UEFA Cup, Ian Rush scoring the Reds' goal. Since then, Liverpool have played AS Roma twice - and prevailed on both occasions. In the fourth round of the 2000/01 UEFA Cup, two Michael Owen goals earned a 2-0 victory in Rome. Though Roma won 1-0 at Anfield, Liverpool went through and eventually defeated Deportivo Alavés in the final.

The sides met again in the UEFA Champions League second group stage the following season, with a scoreless draw in Rome prefacing Liverpool's 2-0 home success on the final matchday. Goals from Jari Litmanen and Emile Heskey secured a result that propelled the English team above Roma in the rankings and into the knockout stages. There the Merseysiders lost 4-3 on aggregate to Bayer 04 Leverkusen in the quarter-finals.

Overall, Liverpool have hosted Italian opposition on five occasions, winning three and losing two. In Italy, the Reds have won two, drawn one and lost four of seven visits which include two finals against Italian teams.

Excluding Heysel, the English outfit have registered one home win and two away defeats versus Juventus. The sides faced off in the first round of the 1965/66 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup where a Gianfranco Leoncini goal gave the Turin club a narrow lead to take to Anfield. It was to prove insufficient as strikes from Liverpool's Chris Lawler and Geoff Strong gained a 2-1 aggregate triumph. The Reds advanced to the final only to lose 2-1 to BV Borussia Dortmund at Hampden Park.

Having defeated Roma in the 1983/84 European Cup final at Rome's Stadio Olimpico, Liverpool played UEFA Cup Winners' Cup winners Juventus in the UEFA Super Cup. The match was staged at Turin's Stadio Comunale on 16 January 1985, and goals in either half from Zbigniew Boniek gave the Italian team a 2-0 victory.

Given their regular Champions League involvement, Juve have been frequent visitors to England, having faced Premiership opposition on six occasions in the last eight seasons. Their most recent engagements came in 2002/03 when the Bianconeri took on both Newcastle United FC and Manchester United FC. Juve beat Newcastle 2-0 at the Delle Alpi with Alessandro Del Piero scoring twice, but lost 1-0 at St James' Park. Both clubs progressed to the second group phase where Newcastle exited, but Juventus advanced despite losing home and away to Manchester United.

Juventus then qualified for the final by overcoming FC Barcelona and Real Madrid CF in the knockout stages. However, they would lose the endgame on penalties to AC Milan at Old Trafford.

In total, Juventus have played 14 matches away to English teams with two wins, four draws and eight defeats. Their last victory in England came in the 1996/97 campaign when they beat Manchester United home and away in the Champions League group stage. Alen Bokšic scored the only goal in Turin while a Del Piero penalty divided the sides in Manchester. Juve subsequently lost to Dortmund in the final. At home, meanwhile, the Bianconeri have won eleven, drawn one and lost three against English rivals.

from UEFA.com

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