Juve aim for primacy, Atalanta to continue the Champions dream
from Elia Gorini
23 Nov 2021
There Juve for first place, L’Atalanta for qualification. In a nutshell, the summary of tonight’s Champions League challenges respectively against Chelsea and Young Boys. It has an extra value closed in front of everyone in the group. Compared to the past, in fact, the first knockout rounds of the Champions League without the away goal rule will be the ones that will be played between February and March. It becomes even more to be able to play the second leg of the round of 16 at home to ensure the advantage of the home factor in the match that could be decisive for the passage of the round. This evening Allegri’s team is on stage at Stamford Bridge against the European champions Chelsea. Juventus with several absences, the attacking couple in attack will be formed by Chiesa and Morata, with Dybala starting from the bench. Danilo out for two months, the right-hand sector will be occupied by Cuadrado and McKennie. Chelsea with the Mount-Pulisic couple in support dI Werner, Lukaku starts from the bench. Allegri is already looking ahead in the Juventus recovery process, always making a result essential. Fundamental match in Bern for Atalanta, Gasperini’s team must win on the synthetic pitch of young boys to continue to believe in the qualification given the direct clash between Manchester United and Villarreal in the lead with two points ahead of the neroazzurri. In attack, the doubts for Gasperini are between Ilicic and Malinovskyi with the first favorite for a starting shirt. In the first leg Atalanta won 1-0.
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