Bordeaux vs Juventus Preview 25/11/2009 Champions League - Group A

Bordeaux seem to have lost their breath. Now they slipped to the second place in domestic championship, but nevertheless they have the reasons to be satisfied with the season.

Bordeaux vs Juventus Preview 25/11/2009 Champions League - Group A

This will be the derby of group A, the clash of the teams that will probably solve the winner of the group though Bayern still have some hopes. The French champions are group leaders, they have already secured a place in the knockout stage, but they wish to keep the first place so they could get the weaker rivals. Blanc thinks that it won’t be easy as Juventus have lifted their form and they are much better than on the start of the season when the Girondines avoided defeat in Torino. Juve are still five points behind Inter in Serie S while in the Champions League two matches against Israeli was enough to accomplish their aim, but even the second place is not completely safe. They will have the match point as they host are hosting Bayern in the last round but they must get rid of all dilemmas before that game. Suppose that Bavarians beat Maccabi, a point won't be enough for Juventus; in that case they mustn't lose in the last round at home.

The French lost to Valenciennes

Bordeaux seem to have lost their breath. Now they slipped to the second place in domestic championship, but nevertheless they have the reasons to be satisfied with the season. Blanc did a great job over the last few seasons; as a beginner -coach he was afraid and it seems that it paid off. At this point he is in the hype so there are speculations that the biggest clubs ask for him. But in this match he will have to do without his best player, Gourcouff and that will be a big handicap as the creativity in the midfield won’t be on desired level without „new Zidan“. His team deserved to take a point in Torino; they could have easily won, but easily lost too. Already then it was clear that Bayern and Juce won’t have the last say in the group. The defeat by Valenciennes is the first at home in the last two years and they wouldn’t mind if they took a point, as a win in Israel would guarantee the first place in the group.

Juve didn’t shine against Udinese

They kept a clean sheet but the rivals’ ambition was to keep the score goalless. New injuries reduce the maneuver space, the coach lost Trezeguet and Amauri is the only real striker that will lead the attack in this match. Juve slightly changed the model of the play 4-2-3-1; Del Pietro has recovered and played only last half an hour against Udinese and it was obvious that he is not fully fit. We are yet to see which line-up, Ferrara will field; Sissoko and Marchisio recovered which is a big boost for the midfield. Juventus conceded only one goal in the last four group A matches but they scored only three and drew goalless at Allianz Arena with Bayern. A point or a defeat will in a way be the same, failure will leave them out of the contention for the first place in the group but the only thing that matters for Juventus is to move on to the knockout stage. For years now they have been playing weaker in Europe but that doesn’t have to mean a thing. Juventus’ roster is better than the home side and they stand some chance of winning.

Betting verdict

We think that Juve are on the rise and Bordeaux are on the downtrend. Hosts iwll have the fans on their side but that is not much of an advantage, Juventus have experience and the pressure form the stands doesn’t affect them. That was obvious in Munich where the atmosphere is even hotter. There are two most probable options, small number of goals but the odds are low and away win on level ball, because we believe that Juventus have enough quality to celebrate and Gourcouff’s absence will be a big problem for the hosts.

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