Juventus Will Play Open against Barcelona

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Juventus will face Barcelona to determine who is the winner of Group G Champions League. Bianconeri coach Andrea Pirlo said that his team will play openly in order to win three points.

At the first meeting in Turin at the end of October, Juventus were beaten 0-2 because of goals Ousmane Dembele and Lionel Messi. Not only that, The Old Lady was also unable to do much, where they did not even manage to fire a shot into the goal.

But Pirlo has studied the mistakes Juventus made in that defeat, so he is now more optimistic at the second meeting at Camp Nou, Wednesday (9/12/2020) at 03.00 WIB. He believes his team will win and qualify as group winners.

“Yes, we have to believe (we can beat Barcelona). The match will be difficult, even in certain moments, we will suffer. But we also know that we will get many opportunities and must be able to take advantage of them,” said Pirlo in a press conference ahead of the match , quoted by the Italian Football.

“We will play openly, we have nothing to lose. We know our mistakes in the previous meeting, but we also know what good things we have done. We remain calm and believe anything can happen,” continued the 41-year-old allenatore.

Barcelona’s trip a little choked up d Spanish League, where they are still scattered in ninth place in the standings with 14 points. But in the Champions League, they have always won in the five matches they have played.

Therefore, Pirlo never underestimated Ronald Koeman’s squad.

“I do not believe Barcelona is in crisis. They have a new coach who is applying his ideas. We know they are a great team,” explained Pirlo.

Juventus and Barcelona have both qualified for the last 16. The Bianconeri are now second in Group G with 12 points, 3 points behind Barca. If you want to qualify as group winners, Cristiano Ronaldo et al must win by a difference of two goals.

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