Chapter 190: Away vs. Juventus

However, before the title race, Manchester United still have a Champions League task ahead of them.

After the league weekend, Champions League action returns. The Champions League quarter-finals will start with two of those matches.

Manchester United travel to Juventus and the other game is a derby in Madrid, where Real Madrid take on Atletico Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu!

United's game was played on 12 April, just three days after the game against Sunderland.

So after playing Sunderland, United flew to Turin that evening.

When the plane arrived in Italy and the United players walked out of the airport, Juventus fans gave them a "warm welcome" at the airport gate.

Pogba has been booed by Juventus fans since he came out of the airport, and although Pogba, who transferred to Manchester United from Juventus this season, left Juventus with a transfer fee of more than 100 million euros, Juventus fans don't care about this, they still regard Pogba as a betrayer.

For the fans, what they want most is the absolute loyalty of the players. But for the players, they don't think so. Playing for one team for a lifetime is becoming less and less common in modern football...

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After two days of adaptation in Turin, Manchester United's Champions League quarter-final tie is about to begin.

With just over an hour to go, the Juventus Arena was already full.

However, the stadium should now be called the Allianz Stadium, and in order to cut the cost of building the stadium, Juventus sold the naming rights to Sportfive of Lagardère Sports and Entertainment for 75 million euros before the construction of the new stadium. For six years after the new stadium was inaugurated, Juventus' home stadium was called Juventus Arena, and now Lagardère Sports & Entertainment has finally found a title sponsor. The Allianz Group named the Juventus Arena, so Juventus also announced the news on its official website a few days ago, and a statement on the official Juventus website reads, "The Allianz Stadium is the new name of Juve's home stadium, and the club has reached an agreement with the Allianz Group and Lagardère Sports and Entertainment." ”

However, Juventus fans do not buy the name change of the stadium, in the football circle, the fans are always very traditional, and the fans are quite sensitive to any change, not to mention that this new name always reminds Juventus fans of Bayern Munich's Allianz Arena, they are not willing to use the same stadium name as Bayern!

The new stadium was inaugurated in 2011 and has witnessed the success of Juventus over the past six seasons.

Juventus are still at the top of the Serie A this season and they have great hopes of winning six consecutive Serie A games at this stadium!

In the six seasons since the stadium was built, the stadium has witnessed the success of Juventus in the past six seasons.

Over the course of six seasons, the Bianconeri have turned the Juventus Arena into an impenetrable fortress, producing one of the most prestigious home records in Europe's top five leagues. In six seasons, they won 96 of their 113 home games, scoring 250 goals and an incredible 300 league points at an average of 2.65 points per game.

Winning more than 25 consecutive games at home on more than one occasion has proven that they have dominated the domestic league since the inauguration of the Juventus Stadium in 2011.

Players from both sides began to warm up, and the stadium, which can accommodate more than 40,000 spectators, erupted in deafening chanting. In the context of the rapid recession of the Italian economy, even Inter Milan's home stadium is often not full, but here, Juventus's home stadium is always full, and it is difficult to find a ticket.

Both players warmed up off the pitch and Carlo Ancelotti was already in the starting line-up.

For Carlo Ancelotti, it was definitely not an easy match. He didn't dare to underestimate the Juventus team at all.

Especially their defense.

First of all, of course, the goalkeeper of Juventus, the thirty-nine-year-old Buffon is still in peak form, this veteran has always been the anchor of Juventus and the Italian national team, he is an insurmountable mountain for generations of Italian goalkeepers, there is such a goalkeeper to guard the goal, and it is definitely not easy for any team to face the goal of Buffon's handle.

On the back line, Juventus' center-back combination is also world-class, the combination of Bonucci and Chiellini, this is a fairly solid center-back pair, whether it is in Juventus or the Italian national team, this pair has a full tacit understanding.

At right wing-back, Juventus welcomed veteran Alves this season, while at left-back, Lichtsteiner was playing in that position.

Khedira and Pjanic make up Juventus' midfield duo, and both players are well-known as first-class midfielders who perform very well at both ends of the pitch.

The three players in front of the two midfielders are Cuadrado, Dybala, and Croatian star Mandzukic, who has been transformed into a left wing-back by Allegri from the centre!

On the forward line, it is the Argentine striker Higuain that Juventus has spent 90 million euros to bring in this season!

Juventus have made a lot of signings this season, although they have lost Pogba and Morata, but the Bianconeri have added Higuain, Pjanic, Piatsa, Benatia and Alves, and the deal has been very successful, especially Higuain and Pjanic.

In the face of such a lineup, it is difficult for any team to say that it is easy!

However, what reassures Ancelotti is that most of the players on Manchester United's side have returned from injury, and now only Di Maria is still on Manchester United's injury list....

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The players from both sides had warmed up, and by the time they came out of the dressing room again, there were only a few minutes left before the game began.

The players lined up in the tunnel and the managers of both sides were already present on the pitch.

Allegri put on a black suit, straightened his coat and walked towards Ancelotti.

After the two Italians shook hands, Allegri returned to his dugout.

Carlo Ancelotti did not dare to underestimate Juventus, and Ancelotti was under pressure on Manchester United.

The opponent was last season's treble-winning team, and although the game was played at home, Allegri was not too sure.

Especially on how to defend Li Qingshan, Allegri can only follow the old method and cut off the connection between Li Qingshan and other Manchester United players as much as possible.

But if you want to win the game, you still need to find a way on the offensive end...