Juventus’ official website published a note about the Bianconeri. Here is the statement: “Juventus, in the last day of the League Phase of the UEFA Champions League, will face Benfica at the Allianz Stadium. Kickoff set for 21:00 today, Wednesday, January 29, 2025. Let’s get closer to the challenge against the Lusitanian formation by delving into trivia and statistics of this confrontation! BACKGROUND Juventus has lost six of its eight previous matches against Benfica in European competitions (1V, 1N), losing more times in these competitions only to Real Madrid (10). HEAD TO HEAD Juventus won their last home match in the UEFA Champions League by beating Manchester City 2-0, in December.”
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Federico Gatti, difensore centrale della Juventus
“The last time it won and kept its goal unbeaten in two consecutive home matches in the competition was in the 2018/2019 vintage, winning against Valencia (1-0) and Atletico Madrid (3-0). Juventus has not conceded a goal in three UEFA Champions League matches and has not reached four in the competition since the 2016/2017 season, when it reached the final (six clean sheets in a row in that case). Benfica has won three of the last four UEFA Champions League away matches, while conceding goals in each of them (1-3 against Salzburg, 1-2 against Red Star and 2-3 against Monaco).
This is the same number of wins achieved in the previous 21 away matches in which the Lusitanian club had failed to keep its goal unbeaten in the competition (three wins, in fact). Benfica has scored 14 goals in the seven UEFA Champions League matches played this season, with this being only the second year in which they have averaged at least two goals per match (after 2022/2023, with as many as 2.6 goals per match).
However, in the last match against Barcelona, the Lusitanian club became only the second to score at least four goals in a losing Champions League match (4-5), after Legia Warsaw against Borussia Dortmund in the 2016/2017 season (4-8 defeat). No team has recorded more counterattacks than Benfica in this UEFA Champions League (19, like Liverpool). Six of these attacks came against Barcelona on the final day, a record for Benfica in a match this season.” Meanwhile, here are Marchisio’s words<<<
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