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On Wednesday night, Juventus will close off their dismal Champions League season against Group H leaders Paris Saint-Germain at the Allianz Stadium.
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In Europe, the final whistle for Massimiliano Allegri’s eliminated team cannot come soon enough, while the visitors are still competing for first place with Benfica.
Match preview
The improbable almost occurred when Juventus tackled Benfica needing to claim all three points to keep their Champions League knockout dreams alive, and their bags were being packed when the Portuguese giants roared into a 4-1 lead at the Estadio da Luz.
Not since the 2013-14 season had Juventus failed to make it out of the group stage in the Champions League, but the under-fire Allegri still retains the faith of the powers-that-be as his third-placed side seek to hold off the threat of Maccabi Haifa to qualify for the Europa League.
A three-game winning run with three cleans sheets in Serie A has at least helped to quell some of the murmurs of discontent, with Nicolo Fagioli coming up with the winning goal in a 1-0 triumph at Leece at the weekend, and the Turin headquarters have been kind to Juventus in recent weeks.
Indeed, Allegri’s side welcome PSG to their base having won each of their last three home matches – scoring at least twice in five of their last six games on familiar turf to boot – but they could also become just the second Italian team to lose five group games in a single Champions League campaign, following in the footsteps of 2004-05 Roma.
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PSG’s defensive coaches have had their work cut out for them in recent weeks, but thankfully for Christophe Galtier, his celebrated attacking triumvirate have ignored the outside noise surrounding all of their off-field endeavours to continue their remarkable run in front of goal.
Lionel Messi’s contract, Kylian Mbappe’s future and Neymar’s recent legal troubles have all been new episodes in the ongoing PSG soap opera, but the trio were on song in last week’s 7-2 thumping of Maccabi Haifa, which confirmed Les Parisiens’ place in the knockout rounds.
All three also had to bail PSG out of trouble at the weekend, as they were given quite the scare by Troyes but eventually nicked a 4-3 success at the Parc des Princes – their fourth win on the bounce in all competitions and one which keeps them out of sight at the top of Ligue 1.
PSG and Benfica have been level pegging throughout the group stage, but Galtier’s men simply need to match or better their adversaries’ result on matchday six to qualify as group winners, and their unbeaten run in all competitions now stands at 28 matches.
Possible starting lineup:
| Juventus | PSG |
|---|---|
| Wojciech Szczęsny | Gianluigi Donnarumma |
| Leonardo Bonucci | Sergio Ramos |
| Alex Sandro | Marquinhos |
| Federico Gatti | Juan Bernat |
| Juan Cuadrado | Achraf Hakimi |
| Filip Kostić | Marco Verratti |
| Adrien Rabiot | Fabián Ruiz |
| Manuel Locatelli | Carlos Soler |
| Nicolò Fagioli | Vitinha |
| Fabio Miretti | Lionel Messi |
| Arkadiusz Milik | Kylian Mbappé |
Probabilities
Juventus = 20.3%
Draw = 17.0%
PSG = 62.7%
Prediction
Juventus 1-2 PSG
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