Juventus defender Giorgio Chiellini believes his side have a chance to make history when they face Real Madrid in the Champions League semi-finals.
The two teams were drawn against each other in Friday morning’s draw to set up a repeat of the epic clash in 2003, which the Old Lady win 4-3 over two legs.
“We have a unique opportunity and we must meet it with great enthusiasm – ourselves and our fans,” Chiellini said to Juventus TV.
Juventus defender Giorgio Chiellini believes his side have a chance to make history when they face Real Madrid in the Champions League semi-finals.
The two teams were drawn against each other in Friday morning’s draw to set up a repeat of the epic clash in 2003, which the Old Lady win 4-3 over two legs.
“We have a unique opportunity and we must meet it with great enthusiasm – ourselves and our fans,” Chiellini said to Juventus TV.
“Of course it will be difficult, we’re facing the defending champions and a team full of superstars, but we can pose them problems.
“We will have to give two great performances. We’ve improved as a team, individually and in terms of our awareness.
“There is a great level of trust and we will give our all in these matches. I think that the games we played last year in the Europa League and this year in the knockout stages have given us bags of important experience that we will use against Madrid.”
Despite the excitement of the forthcoming Champions League clash, the Italian international remains focused on Sunday’s Derby della Mole.
“We must block out the euphoria of the Champions League and only think about the derby, a passionate and difficult match which we will have to be mentally prepared for,” he said.
“Physically, I’m sure that we’re ready but we must strengthen ourselves to give our best on Sunday afternoon, because we will need to play a great all-round game to win.”