For his first trip to the Champions League, Jonathan Anciaux will comment on the duel between the “Yellow Submarine” and the “Vecchia Signora”.
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Pride of a city of 50,000 inhabitants, Villarreal face Juventus who have failed in the round of 16 stage for the past two seasons. Is this Juve still scary?
The current team certainly does not frighten and even less since the departure of Cristiano Ronaldo. Even if it remains on 12 meetings without defeat in Serie A, the Old Lady no longer really impresses. The fear of the tifosi is to have to face the winner of the last Europa League in the absence of several executives. In defense of course but also Chiesa or Dybala. The Argentinian is the metronome of the Turinese and his replacement, undoubtedly Cuadrado, is not the same profile. It’s all the more unfortunate that the association with Vlahovic was going very well.
Villarreal “recycles” known names: coach Emery, Lo Celso, Foyth, Raul Albiol, Alcacer, Aurier…
At the same time, they are there to bring this experience to younger people who need to step up, like Pau Torres, who represents the future of La Roja in defense, or even Yeremi, who we saw with Spain at the start. ‘Euro 2020. At a time when there is a lot of talk about the European Super League, about closed competition, there is still room in the Champions League for smaller clubs – even if I don’t like this expression – like the Atalanta or Leipzig have shown it. The Villarreal stadium is not the Camp Nou, Bernabeu, or even Mestalla which is an hour’s drive away.
Former Brugeois Arnaut Danjuma is Villarreal’s top scorer this season in both La Liga and the Champions League.
This is proof that our competition can be a springboard. It was said of him that it was easy to shine in Belgium. He is full of talent, we know he will make his hook, shift on his right foot and unleash a strike… but it works. If the defense is decimated, he will have fun. With two different profiles, I tell myself that we could have a match in the match between Danjuma and Vlahovic. The Serb certainly suffered on Friday in the derby against the Brazilian Bremer, but the Serb has already put himself in tune with his club despite the pressure of his transfer fee.
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