02/04/2013

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - JUVENTUS ALL SMILES FOR BIG CLASH AGAINST BAYERN

 Juventus will enter Tuesday's heavyweight clash with Bayern Munich with an 18-match unbeaten record in Europe behind them and no concerns about
the Bavarians' nine-goal demolition of Hamburg

Tuesday's quarter-final first leg is a match where the Champions League can live up to its hype, with teams who have dominated the season in Germany and Italy respectively and share 50 domestic titles between them.

Bayern, who won 4-1 in Turin when the teams last met in the 2009/10 season, have a 20-point lead at the top of the Bundesliga and produced their most emphatic win of the season on Saturday when they flattened Hamburg 9-2.

They need two more points from six games to wrap up their 23rd German league title.
Italian champions Juventus come into the game with a nine-point lead at home and well on course for a 29th Serie A title.

"We'll head to Munich with a spring in our step knowing that we've done our job on the domestic front," said Juventus coach Antonio Conte after his side won 2-1 away to bitter rivals Inter Milan on Saturday.
"We'll head there to keep alive our dream and to test our mettle in the European arena, and we'll do it with a smile and no fear," added Conte, himself a rather dour figure.

"We just want to see how continue reading

SOURCE:http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/football-preview-juventus-smiles-big-clash-bayern-015957597.html

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