by samsurikamal
There have been more exciting sides, and there certainly have
been higher-scoring teams in the Champions League final but it is hard to
remember one quite so formidable as the great Juventus team of 2017, which is
now one game from winning the biggest prize in Europe.
They have reached the ninth European Cup final of their
history and, looking back, there was never any part of these two semi-final
legs against Monaco that it looked like it would be any other way. The Monaco
of Leonardo Jardim have been a splendid surprise this season, but Juventus are
not a side who permit anyone to unsettle the great principles of how they play
– most of the time they barely even tolerate conceding goals.
Juventus are a team, and a club, who are coming of age again
after the dark days of calciopoli, in this their second final in three years,
and perhaps this will be their time in Cardiff on June 3. It will, in all
likelihood, be Juventus against Real Madrid: the finest defence in the
competition against Cristiano Ronaldo, the competition’s greatest-ever
goalscorer, and something will have to give
Juventus beat Monaco 2-1 on Tuesday night (4-1 on aggregate)
to reach the final of the Champions League for the second time in three years.
First-half goals from Mario Mandžukić and Dani Alves secured
victory for the Old Lady though Kylian Mbappe pulled one back for the visitors
in the second half.
Massimiliano Allegri's men will now play either Atletico
Madrid or Real in the final in Cardiff later this month.
Juventus beat Monaco 2-1 on Tuesday night (4-1 on aggregate)
to reach the final of the Champions League for the second time in three years.
First-half goals from Mario Mandžukić and Dani Alves secured
victory for the Old Lady though Kylian Mbappe pulled one back for the visitors
in the second half.
Massimiliano Allegri's men will now play either Atletico
Madrid or Real in the final in Cardiff later this month.
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