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The Champions League clash kicks off at 19.45 UK time (18.45 GMT) at the Vicente Calderon.
Carlos Tevez and Fernando Llorente start as Juventus take on Diego Simeone’s Atletico Madrid.
The Champions League clash kicks off at 19.45 UK time (18.45 GMT) at the Vicente Calderon.
The pressure is on the Spaniards, as they surprisingly lost their opening match 3-2 away to Olympiacos, whereas Juve beat Malmo 2-0.
Max Allegri confessed he had two doubts going into this game based on whether Martin Caceres or Angelo Ogbonna would start in defence, while Llorente got the nod ahead of ex-Real Madrid striker Alvaro Morata.
There’s no budging Tevez from the line-up, as Apache has scored six goals in five games between Serie A and the Champions League.
Andrea Pirlo, Andrea Barzagli and Romulo missed out on the trip to Spain due to injury.
Atleti were one minute away from winning the Champions League in May, losing the Final to Real Madrid in extra time.
Gabi Fernandez failed a fitness test this morning and is left out due to a bruised ankle, while ex-Torino star Alessio Cerci is on the bench.
Mario Mandzukic shook off an injury to play with 19-year-old Saul and Raul Garcia in support rather than Antoine Griezmann.
Tiago Mendes will relish this opportunity to face his former club, while Coach Simeone battled Juventus for the Scudetto wearing the jerseys of Lazio and Inter.
Diego Godin has pointed out with some glee that he is the last man to have put a goal past Gigi Buffon, when playing for Uruguay against Italy in the World Cup.
Juve have won all six of their competitive games this season with clean sheets.
Earlier today, Atletico Madrid’s youth team beat their Juventus counterparts 1-0.
Atletico Madrid: Moya; Juanfran, Miranda, Godin, Ansaldi; Koke, Tiago, Arda Turan; Saul; Raul Garcia; Mandzukic
Atletico Madrid bench: Oblak, Siqueira, Gimenez, Mario Suarez, Cerci, Griezmann, Raul Jimenez
Juventus: Buffon; Caceres, Bonucci, Chiellini; Lichtsteiner, Vidal, Marchisio, Pogba, Evra; Llorente, Tevez
Juventus bench: Storari, Ogbonna, Padoin, Asamoah, Pereyra, Morata, Giovinco