Juventus learn European fate after Champions Legaue draw

Juventus has learned which 8 teams they will face after the group stage of the Uefa Champions League. This was after the draw yesterday which took place in Monaco. Damien Comolli and Giorgio Chiellini where both present as the teams where drawn. Comolli gave out some comments which suggest where the teams future is heading (read more here).

Juventus were seeded in pot 2 of the 4. Juventus will have to play two teams from each of the four pots, one home and one away. In the first pot there was all of Europe’s top teams, likely those who will complete with Juventus to win the Champions League this season. These teams are PSG, Real Madrid, Manchester City, Bayern Munich, Liverpool, Inter, Chelsea, Borussia Dortmund and Barcelona.

From Pot 1, Juventus will face Borussia Dortmund at home arguably the weaker of the 8 teams, but they will still bring a difficult battle for Juventus. Away they will face Real Madrid at the Bernabéu, this will be a tough game for Juventus with the strong attack that Madrid have. This will be another epic battle in the history of the war between Juventus and Real Madrid.

Pot 2 also has some strong teams with Arsenal, Atletico Madrid and Bayer Leverkusen. However, Juventus were able to avoid all of these teams. Out of this pot Juventus will face another spanish side in spain facing Villarreal once again. Meanwhile, at home Juventus will face portuguese side Benfica.

In Pot 3, Juventus will face another Portuguese side at home facing Sporting CP at home. From this pot they will face Norwegian side FK Bodø/Glimt who’s stadium is 3,358KM away from the Allianz Arena. Finally in pot 4 Juventus will face Cyprian side Pafos at home and will return to the place of draw and play Monaco away.