Bonucci: ‘Juventus must reach Champions League quarter-finals’

Leonardo Bonucci maintains ‘the minimum target for Juventus is reaching the last eight of the Champions League’ after topping their group.

The Bianconeri were able to secure top spot thanks to a 1-0 win over Malmo, but also Zenit St Petersburg equalising in stoppages to hold Chelsea in a 3-3 thriller.

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“It would be hypocritical for us to say that Bayern Munich, Chelsea, Real Madrid and Liverpool don’t have something more than Juve right now,” said Bonucci in his press conference.

“We can only call upon our best physical and mental shape in the Round of 16 to go forward. The minimum target for Juventus is reaching the last eight of the Champions League.

“Whatever the draw holds for us, and it could be Paris Saint-Germain, Atletico Madrid, we need to reach those fixtures in the best possible shape. We need to at least reach the quarter-finals.”