In his editorial on TJ, Massimo Pavan talked about the importance of Juventus’ eventual win against Benfica in terms of the Champions League playoffs. Here’s what he wrote: “If Juventus doesn’t want to get off to a big bad start in the upcoming playoffs, the Bianconeri must win against Benfica and hope to overtake at least 4-5 teams, at fifteen points it’s hard to get eighth, but there’s a good chance of finishing between 11th and 12th place which would mean playing as the top seed against the opponent in the playoffs and probably drawing a strong but not impossible one, City permitting.”
Pavan: “Con una sconfitta piccolo rischio di essere eliminati”
Thiago Motta, allenatore della Juventus
The journalist continued: “Because the risk is to draw the English who will probably bypass Bruges and enter the twenty-four. The Bianconeri, however, could find one among Bruges, Benfica, Stuttgart, Sporting, Celtic, formations that are certainly first-tier, although Stuttgart has already beaten Juventus and so we are talking about deja vu, highly risky. The match is important, therefore, not to say fundamental, losing there is even a minimal risk of being eliminated, but rather there is the very high risk, if not the real certainty of catching a big big one, moreover not starting from top seeds.” Read also Juventus and Benfica’s history <<<
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