Barcelona - Juventus Football prediction

EUROPE: Champions League - Group Stage - Round 1

Juventus banished the memory of their 2015 Champions League Final defeat to Barcelona by reaching the last four at Camp Nou last season, and they should be a tough nut to crack again.
The Italian champions probably played Barca at a good time in April because their opponents had pulled off that astonishing comeback against Paris Saint-Germain in the previous round, which probably masked their deficiencies in defensive areas especially.
Paulo Dybala’s double and a Giorgio Chiellini double gave Juve a 3-0 advantage from the first leg in Turin and they stood much firmer than PSG did in the return match to draw 0-0 and go through to a semi-final meeting with Monaco.
The Old Lady negotiated that tie also, but again they came up short in the final as Real Madrid swept them aside after the break to triumph 4-1 in Cardiff.Juve will not give up, of course, in their quest for a first European title since 1996 and signings this summer such as Blaise Matuidi, Douglas Costa, Federico Bernadeschi and Benedikt Howedes have boosted their cause despite the departures of Leonardo Bonucci and Dani Alves.
Barcelona, meanwhile, have famously lost Neymar to PSG and were able to spend only half of his world-record transfer fee on Ousmane Dembele, missing out on other potential replacements such as Philippe Coutinho and Angel di Maria.
That increases the pressure on Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez and it is tempting to think that new coach Ernesto Valverde has inherited an ageing squad that is approaching the end of its cycle.
Massimiliano Allegri, on the other hand, has done a good job of regenerating his Juventus resources for the second consecutive summer, and we can see his side leaving Barcelona with a point which could be important when it comes to deciding who will finish top of this group.
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