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UEFA Champions League Preview: Juventus vs Galatasaray – Team News, Lineups & Prediction

 

 

Teun Koopmeiners’ first-half brace was in vain as Galatasaray seized the numerical advantage to hammer Juventus in the first leg at Rams Park. Juan Cabal’s second-half sending off made the Turkish side’s life a lot easier while intensifying the pressure on the Turin giants ahead of the second leg.

 

Unable to recover from the Istanbul heartbreak, Juventus suffered a dismal 2-0 home loss to Como last weekend, losing further ground in the race for the Serie A top four. Indeed, Luciano Spalletti’s men are now trailing fourth-placed Roma by four points, with their hopes of dining at Europe’s top table next season at serious risk. ............

Match Preview

Juventus

 

Overcoming a three-goal deficit doesn’t feel doable from the home fans’ perspective, given that Juventus head into proceedings amid a rough patch. Spalletti’s charges have lost four of their last five outings across all competitions, barring a last-gasp 2-2 home draw against Lazio in Serie A. That result ominously forms part of Juve’s two-game winless home streak (D1, L1).

 

Saturday’s failure against Como plunged their domestic ambitions into a complete disarray. However, Juventus must park those concerns for now if they’re to pull off an epic comeback or at least salvage some pride here. Encouragingly for the Bianconeri faithful, Spalletti’s men have gone unbeaten in their last five home matches in the Champions League (W3, D2).

 

Adding to Juve’s optimism, they’ve won their last two European home fixtures without conceding, which could be a recipe for success in this pivotal showdown. Still, it’s worth noting that Juventus have netted three or more goals in only two of their last 12 competitive home games, which is the bare minimum required to take this tie into extra time. ............

Team News

In addition to the suspended Cabal, Juventus will also be without versatile wingback Andrea Cambiaso, who must serve a yellow-card ban. Moreover, this encounter will come too soon for long-term absentees Arkadiusz Milik and Dusan Vlahovic, with Emil Holm still recovering from a foot injury. On a more positive note, Spalletti will be able to call upon his defensive cornerstone, Gleison Bremer, for this season-defining fixture. ............

Juventus vs Galatasaray Potential Starting Lineups

Juventus (3-4-2-1): Perin; Gatti, Bremer, Kelly; McKennie, Locatelli, Thuram, Kostic; Conceicao, Yildiz; David.

 

Galatasaray (4-2-3-1): Cakir; Sallai, Bardakci, Sanchez, Jakobs; Torreira, Lemina; Yilmaz, Sara, Lang; Osimhen.

Juventus vs Galatasaray Prediction

Expecting Juventus to overhaul such a significant deficit against a team of Galatasaray’s caliber would be utopian. However, the hosts seem like decent value to enact revenge for the first-leg fiasco and at least soften the blow of what feels like a near-certain elimination.

 

Prediction: Juventus to Win (Galatasaray to Progress)

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Read more -> https://cultofcalcio.com/uefa-champions-league-preview-juventus-vs-galatasaray-team-news-lineups-prediction/

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UCL | Juventus 3-2 Galatasaray (5-7 agg): Heroic fight back not enough

 

 

Juventus staged a heroic comeback after Lloyd Kelly’s red card to force Galatasaray into extra time 3-0 on the night, but Victor Osimhen sealed their Champions League exit 5-7 on aggregate.

 

The Bianconeri had a very slim chance of qualifying after the 5-2 first leg defeat in Istanbul, where they had been leading 2-1 until collapsing with Juan Cabal’s red card. ............

 

Their capitulation in the first leg was part of a general crisis for Juve, who had one draw in the last five competitive games going into this clash, going out of the Coppa Italia quarter-final and sliding to fifth in Serie A.

 

There were two big early chances, as Federico Gatti and Teun Koopmeiners couldn’t keep their headers down from six yards, but Mattia Perin made a great save on Osimhen’s volley from a flicked-on throw-in. The goalkeeper stepped in after a series of damaging Michele Di Gregorio howlers. ............

 

Davinson Sanchez also made an error to spark the Juve attack that resulted in a clumsy Torreira sliding tackle through the back of Khephren Thuram inside the area. Manuel Locatelli converted the penalty to get the Old Lady back in this tie at 3-5 on aggregate.

 

 

Juventus went a man down in Istanbul and it happened again in Turin, albeit in bizarre circumstances. Kelly landed awkwardly and on top of Baris Alper Yilmaz’s calf, so the referee awarded a second yellow card. As the defender was arguing he hadn’t done it on purpose, the referee was called over for the VAR review and changed it to a straight red card instead.

 

 

Gatti also nodded over again, but finally got a finish on target when he tapped in at the back post on a Pierre Kalulu low cross from the right, making it 4-5 on aggregate.

 

 

It was only a warning, as an Edon Zhegrova free kick was knocked down by Koopmeiners for the McKennie header at the far post to make it 3-0 on the night, 5-5 on aggregate.

 

 

The teams could not be separated and it went to extra time, despite the Bianconeri being down to 10 men since the 48^th minute.

Juve continued to attack and should’ve scored a fourth when Boga rolled across from the left, but McKennie laid it off for Zhegrova to bend horribly wide from 12 yards.

 

 

Eren Elmali came sliding in at the far post, just unable to connect with the Leroy Sane cross, but Galatasaray did restore their advantage on aggregate when Gatti slipped trying to intercept the Baris Alper Yilmaz assist and Osimhen drilled the finish through Perin’s legs at the near post.

 

 

Juventus kept pushing even with 10 men for an hour, as Zhegrova’s ferocious strike from a tight angle was palmed away, Filip Kostic slipping to fire the rebound wide, then Boga fired a couple of efforts off target.

 

In the final moments, an inspired Wilfried Singo through ball saw both Osimhen and Baris Alper Yilmaz spring the offside trap, the latter beating on-rushing Perin for Galatasaray to qualify 7-5 on aggregate.

There was still applause from the crowd, who appreciated the extraordinary effort made.

Juventus 3-2 Galatasaray aet (5-7 agg)

Locatelli pen 37 (J), Gatti 70 (J), McKennie 82 (J), Osimhen 105 (G), Baris Alper Yilmaz 119 (G)

Sent off: Kelly 48 (J)

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Read more -> https://football-italia.net/ucl-juventus-3-2-galatasaray-5-7-heroic-fight/

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