It will be the Real Madrid by Carlo Ancelotti the rival of Juventus for the fight to the final of Champions League which this year will take place at the Olympiastadion in Berlin on June 6th. The other semi-final of the Champions League will see Barcelona and Bayern Munich face off. Pep Guardiola will therefore find himself face to face with his glorious past.
The first leg semi-finals will be played on 5 and 6 May, the return matches on 12 and 13 May. Juventus will play the first leg in Turin Wednesday 6 May and the return match at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid on Tuesday 12 May.
The last time that Juventus e Real Madrid they faced each other in Champions League semifinal dates back to 2002 / 2003 season. In that circumstance the first leg was played in Madrid and ended 2-1 for the merengues with goals from Ronaldo and Roberto Carlos for the hosts and Trezeguet for the Old Lady. Upon returning to the Delle Alpi in Turin, Juventus played the perfect match. The bianconeri, coached by Marcelo Lippi, overturned the disadvantage of the first leg already in the first half with goals from Trezeguet and Del Piero. In the second half Nedved scored the 3-0 crowning a sumptuous performance but tarnished by the yellow card that cost him the Manchester final against Milan. Ex Zidane's goal from the flag in expired time was useless.
Going back to this year's Champions League, it should be noted that midfield metronome Luka Modric should be absent from Real Madrid, while Ancelotti could perhaps recover already for the first leg, coach Gareth Bale for 100 million. Among the Juventus fans, he dreams of a leading role Alvaro Morata. The Spaniard, bought in the summer from the blancos for 20 million euros, has undermined Llorente in the hierarchy of coach Allegri and is the perfect partner in attack for Tevez.
