Today at 9pm, Juventus will face Manchester City at the Allianz Stadium, a match valid for the sixth matchday of the Champions League. Thiago Motta, in the press conference the day before, explained the difficulties in dominating the game against Guardiola’s team: “Commanding the match doesn’t just mean possession, to command there are many other things that you need to do well. Each team has its own characteristics. They have a precise characteristic, having the ball. Coming into the opponent’s half of the field, playing with many men. We are ready to catch them when they come to attack, press them at the right moments, play the ball with quality. It’s important in these matches to play with quality.”
Thiago Motta recovers Cambiaso, Douglas Luiz and McKennie.
After very difficult weeks in terms of injuries, Juventus will have Cambiaso, Douglas Luiz and McKennie back for the match against Manchester City. Thiago Motta spoke about the condition of the Brazilian midfielder who is back from a long injury: “He is fine. His case must be seen well, because a lot of time has passed since the last match with Lazio and now he is back in the group and we will understand how the player behaves during training, during moments in the match and his evolution in order to be able to have the player fully at pace”. The Italian-Brazilian coach also spoke about the specific weight of this match also for the purposes of the rankings: “I don’t know the weight. It’s a Champions League match with two great clubs facing each other. We focus on what needs to be done, what we need to do on the pitch. We want to compete against a great team today. Everything else is relative. Weight or no weight. The important thing is the pitch and being ready to play our game, having a common idea.”
Thiago Motta only has one lineup doubt between Cambiaso and Danilo.
Andrea Cambiaso will be available for Juventus today for the match against Manchester City, but only in the morning will Thiago Motta decide whether to start him from the first minute or not. At the moment, the Juventus number 27 remains in the run-off with Danilo and only in a few hours will the doubt be definitively resolved. For the rest, the Juventus coach will confirm the 4-2-3-1: Di Gregorio will return to goal. In defense on the right there will be space for Savona, in the middle it will be the turn of Gatti and Kalulu, while on the left Danilo and Cambiaso are competing for a starting shirt. In midfield there will be Locatelli and Thuram. While on the trocar from right to left Conceicao, Koopmeiners and Yildiz will act. Only Vlahovic will play in attack.