Football Italia
·11 December 2024
In partnership with
Yahoo sportsFootball Italia
·11 December 2024
Juventus will look to Dusan Vlahovic and Kenan Yildiz for a Champions League game against Manchester City, while Francisco Conceiçao is favourite over Timothy Weah.
It kicks off at 21:00 CET (19:00 GMT) at the Allianz Stadium in Turin. Football Italia is among the accredited media.
Motta has recovered a few injured players, including Andrea Cambias,o who is expected to start as a left-back.
Khephren Thuram will return in the middle of the park, replacing Nicolò Fagioli after the latest Serie A match against Bologna, and Michele Di Gregorio will return between the sticks.
epa11762941 Juventus coach Thiago Motta during the Italian Serie A soccer match Juventus FC vs Bologna FC at the Allianz Stadium in Turin, Italy, 7 December 2024. EPA-EFE/Alessandro Di Marco
Francisco Conceiçao is expected to start as a right winger, joining Ten Koopmeiners and Yildiz behind the sole striker, Vlahovic.
Douglas Luiz and Weston McKennie have recovered from injuries and will start on the bench.
Gleison Bremer, Juan Cabal, Arek Milik and Nico Gonzalez are still unavailable for the Old Lady.
Manchester City are without Rodri, Oscar Bobb, John Stones, Manuel Akanji and Nathan Aké. Phil Foden and Mateo Kovacic have travelled to Turin with the rest of the team but aren’t fully fit and can play just a few minutes, as Pep Guardiola said on Tuesday.
The game will be shown live on TNT Sports 2 in the UK and Paramount+ in the USA. If you are in Italy, you can watch the match on Amazon Prime Video Sport.
Juventus (4-2-3-1): Di Gregorio; Danilo, Kalulu, Gatti, Danilo; Locatelli, Thuram; Conceicao, Koopmeiners, Yildiz; Vlahovic.
Man City (4-3-3): Ederson; Walker, Dias, Gvardiol, Rico Lewis; Bernardo Silva, Gundogan; Doku, De Bruyne, Grealish; Haaland.