Juventus traveled to Turkey today to face Galatasaray in the first leg of the Champions League round of 32. Galatasaray started the game with the fair share of the ball, as they looked to score at home. However, they wouldn’t be able to do so not being able to create a lot of real chances.

This was until the 15th minute, when Juventus turned the ball over deep in their own half from in the 15th minute. This led to Gabriel Sara being found open in the box to finish it away to the bottom corner. Juventus would respond straight away however, as a Andrea Cambiaso cross, found Pierre Kalulu who gave Koopmeiners an empty net to finish.

Juventus wouldn’t stop there however, as they looked to give themselves the lead away from home. Koopmeiners was able to find a second goal for Juventus. This came after Weston Mckennie freed him up with a 1-2 which gave him room to finish at the edge of the box.

Galatasaray would look to respond, before the end of the half but would fail to find a goal. This is despite Glieson Bremer coming off due to injury in the 33rd minute. However, they would be able to in the second half as Noa Lang would finish a rebound from Michele Di Gregorio in the six yard box to equalise in the 49th minute.

But, Galatasaray didn’t just want a draw at home instead wanted to win before travelling to Turin. This led to them pressing for a third goal, which they would find. Juan Cabal gave away a free kick at the edge of the Galatasary box, which was sent in and headed home by Davison Sanchez.

Juventus would push to equalise after the goal, creating a few quick chances, and a couple of corners as they aimed to tie the game ahead of the second leg. However, Juventus would only make it harder for themselves as in the 66th minute Juan Cabal would receive his second yellow card and be sent off, after coming on at halftime.

Juventus would struggle down to 10 men as Galatasaray kept on pushing in the second half. There high press found another goal for Noa Lang in the 74th minute, after Khepren Thuram turned over the ball in his own box, and the goal was an easy finish. Galatasaray wouldn’t stop there as Sacha Boey would find a fifth after coming off the bench in the 83rd minute. This would see the game end with Juventus needing to win by three goals in Turin to advance.

Atalanta are set to kickoff their Champions League knockout campaign today, as they travel to Germany to face Borussia Dortmund. Atalanta will be hoping to travel home with a okay result at the least, as a win in Dortmund will be hard. Especially as they are set of face Dortmund’s tough “yellow wall”.

Despite the game being a tough one, the I Nerazzurri won’t give up on an away result. This comes as they have won their last three games including away wins against Juventus and Lazio. Raffaele Palladino has a side not afraid of traveling so they could fight for a result today.

The two sides have meet in the round of 32 before, doing so in the 2017/18 season this came in the Europa League. Dortmund lost the first leg at home 3-2 and saw out a 1-1 draw in Bergamo. These results could happen again with how the teams are currently playing.

Dortmund currently sit second in the Bundesliga table, but they are six points behind Bayern. They could decide to shift their focus to success in Europe, rather than in Germany. This would make it hard for Atalanta as they are coming off a hard win vs Lazio on Saturday.

Predicted Lineup: Atalanta (3-4-2-1)

Marco Carnesecchi

Honest Anahor, Berat Djimsiti, Giorgio Scalvini

Lorenzo Bernasconi, Marten De Roon, Ederson, Davide Zappacosta

Nicola Zalewski, Lazar Samardzic

Gianluca Scamacca

Atalanta are set to make only one change from their win over Lazio. This will see Nikola Kristovic, who has been a top player for Atalanta this season, however Gianluca Scamacca will play instead. This comes as Scamacca has been linked to a contract extension.

Juventus are set to travel to Istanbul to kickoff their champions league, to kickoff their knockout journey. Today’s game will be the first leg of the round of 32, in the Champions League. Juventus have the chance to pull out a win to give themselves a rest at home next week.

The Bianconeri are coming in to this game, with a chip on their shoulder after losing to Inter 3-2 in the Derby d’Italia.  Multiple people inside of Turin believe that Juventus were wronged, due to referring mistakes. Luciano Spalletti will hope to channel this anger into a big away win for the Bianconeri.

The last time the two teams faced was in the group stages in 2013. Juventus and Galatasaray tied at home, while Juventus suffered a one-nil defeat away in Istanbul. There is a real chance of this happening again, as this Gala side are no pushovers being first in the Turkish League.

Juventus will also being facing previous rivals, with Victor Osimhen and Noa Lang expected to start for the homeside. Both players are former Napoli players who have faced Juventus in league matches. Osimhen was the more successful name for Napoli spending for years in Naples, but he only ever scored two goals against Juventus.

Predicted Lineup: Juventus (4-2-3-1)

Michele Di Gregorio

Pierre Kalulu, Glieson Bremer, Lloyd Kelly, Andrea Cambiaso

Manuel Locatelli, Khepren Thuram

Francisco Conceição, Fabio Miretti, Kenan Yildiz

Weston McKennie.

Juventus are forced to make a change as striker Jonathan David won’t travel to Istanbul due to injury. Weston Mckennie is expected to play as a false nine in his place, with Khepren Thuram returning to the midfield. Pierre Kalulu will start once again, before missing Saturday’s game against Como due to a red card.