CL duel without Ronaldo – Barça wants to scare away the ghosts in Turin – sport

The faces of the Barcelona players were marked by perplexity, despair and anger. Their archrival, Real Madrid, pushed the Catalans even deeper into crisis in their 3-1 victory in Saturday’s El Clásico.

With this, the Blaugrana experience of a start to the season that will be forgotten: 7 points in 5 games and 12th in the table. The Champions League comes at the right time: Ronald Koeman’s team successfully tackled this competition with a 5-1 win over Ferencvaros Budapest last week.

At home, Juve is still not irresistible

On Wednesday, however, another caliber asks to dance: Juventus in Turin. Even without Cristiano Ronaldo, who is still isolated, the “Bianconeri” are among the most dangerous teams in Europe, especially at home: they only lost 4 of 42 matches on the European stage.

However, the Italian series champion is far from completely free from doubt. With new coach Andrea Pirlo, he could only win 2 out of 5 games in the current Serie A season. And the 41-year-old himself should have bad memories of the Catalans: in his Dernière as a Juve player, the “old lady” he had to bow 1: 3 in the Champions League final against Lionel Messi and company.