Former Juventus defender Pietro Vierchowod warns Monaco are ‘not easy’ but backs the Bianconeri to progress.
The 56-year-old won the Champions League with the Old Lady in 1996, and has discussed their chances in this year’s competition with Calciomercato.
“Playing Monaco is not easy,” Vierchowod told the website.
“If a team makes it to the Champions League quarter-finals it means they’ve got something. Also, they did a lot of good things in the first half-hour in Turin.
Former Juventus defender Pietro Vierchowod warns Monaco are ‘not easy’ but backs the Bianconeri to progress.
The 56-year-old won the Champions League with the Old Lady in 1996, and has discussed their chances in this year’s competition with Calciomercato.
“Playing Monaco is not easy,” Vierchowod told the website.
“If a team makes it to the Champions League quarter-finals it means they’ve got something. Also, they did a lot of good things in the first half-hour in Turin.
“Juventus have the advantage though, because they won the first leg, so they’d have to concede two goals, and it’s not easy to score twice against [Coach Massimiliano] Allegri’s team.
“However, they must have the mentality of fighting until the end to make it to the semi-finals, and they have everything at their disposal to do that.
“The important thing is to go out onto the pitch with the right attitude, then they can achieve the result.
“I don’t know if they can win it, but they have a very good chance to make the semi-final tonight. To get to the final and win is a bit more difficult, because now the strongest best-equipped teams come into play.
“The important thing is to get through tonight, there’s not point saying things like ‘if’ and ‘then’, just think about tonight.
“Let’s concentrate on tonight. I’m confident though, if – as I said – they have the right attitude and [Arturo] Vidal plays like Vidal.
“After that we’ll see, things can change in many ways.”