There are reports Stefano Sturaro will be a surprise Juventus starter against Real Madrid, with Arturo Vidal behind the strikers.

The first leg of the Champions League semi-final kicks off in Turin at 19.45 UK time (18.45 GMT).

Italian and Spanish media are scrambling to find clues for the starting line-ups in tonight’s big game.

According to the latest rumours emerging, Max Allegri will pick Sturaro instead of Roberto Pereyra in his squad.

There are reports Stefano Sturaro will be a surprise Juventus starter against Real Madrid, with Arturo Vidal behind the strikers.

The first leg of the Champions League semi-final kicks off in Turin at 19.45 UK time (18.45 GMT).

Italian and Spanish media are scrambling to find clues for the starting line-ups in tonight’s big game.

According to the latest rumours emerging, Max Allegri will pick Sturaro instead of Roberto Pereyra in his squad.

Playing the ex-Genoa man in a deeper role would push Vidal further forward as trequartista behind strikers Carlos Tevez and Alvaro Morata.

It’s going to be a four-man defence with Patrice Evra and Stephan Lichtsteiner as full-backs around Leonardo Bonucci and Giorgio Chiellini.

The midfield is completed by Andrea Pirlo and Claudio Marchisio.

Sturaro joined in the January transfer window from Genoa and recently turned 22. He has played only four previous minutes of Champions League football in one appearance.

Juventus (probable): Buffon; Lichtsteiner, Bonucci, Chiellini, Evra; Sturaro, Pirlo, Marchisio; Vidal; Tevez, Morata

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