Juventus Coach Max Allegri sees Real Madrid as “number one favourites” for this year’s Champions League.

The Bianconeri were beaten 4-1 by the Spanish champions in last year’s final, and the Italian believes they can win a third title in a row.

“Real are the number one favourites,” Allegri said, speaking to Tuttosport.

“They’d slipped a bit, they’ve dropped some points but now they’re starting to do the right things: they played at 70 per cent away to Dortmund and won.

Juventus Coach Max Allegri sees Real Madrid as “number one favourites” for this year’s Champions League.

The Bianconeri were beaten 4-1 by the Spanish champions in last year’s final, and the Italian believes they can win a third title in a row.

“Real are the number one favourites,” Allegri said, speaking to Tuttosport.

“They’d slipped a bit, they’ve dropped some points but now they’re starting to do the right things: they played at 70 per cent away to Dortmund and won.

“Barcelona have [Lionel] Messi, who makes the difference. Paris Saint-Germain aren’t decipherable at the moment, but they have guys like Neymar, [Kylian] Mbappé, [Edinson] Cavani, Dani Alves… We’ll see what kind of team they are in March.

“Do I miss Dani Alves? He’s an important player, a technical one, who did very well for us in the second half of last season.”

Leonardo Bonucci also left in the summer, joining Milan after a row with Allegri and the club.

“Leo was an important player, but the history of Juve is clear: a lot of important players have left.

“After Berlin, with the departures of [Andrea] Pirlo, [Arturo] Vidal and [Carlos] Tevez it seemed like Juve were finished, but instead we restarted.

“The same goes for the departures of [Paul] Pogba and [Alvaro] Morata. The club has done a good job.”

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