Juventus vs Dinamo Zagreb Champions League 2016-17 Full Match Sports

Juventus vs Dinamo Zagreb Champions League 2016-17 Full Match Sports HD, Review And Highlights

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As hard as it has been to figure out why Juventus are the way the are sometimes in the Champions League, the scenario for winning the group is about as easy as it gets. Juventus wins the game Wedesday night, Juventus wins the group. No PHD in quantum physics needed. You don’t need to be somebody with the GPA of a Leonard Hofstadter or Sheldon Cooper to identify what Juve need to do to finish the group stage in first place.

Juventus has a one-point lead over Sevilla thanks to what happened the last time the Serie A leaders played on the European stage. That’s it. That’s their room for error. Any kind of slip up and they’re looking at a situation where they could very well drop down to second place if Sevilla get a positive result against Lyon on Wednesday.

What does all of this mean?

If we want to see Juventus finish atop of Group H, then a win is what is going to have to happen at Juventus Stadium on Wednesday night.

The good in all of this? Well, this is a two-part answer.

Juventus actually resembled the dominant team we thought they could be over the weekend. They not only beat Atalanta 3-1, but looked as good as they have looked in weeks — or maybe even months — as they built a three-goal lead against the hottest team Serie A had to offer. It was the kind of performance we wanted to see after what was an absolute clunker against Genoa the weekend prior.
Wednesday’s opposition is about in the exact opposite kind of situation as Atalanta entered with over the weekend. Zagreb have been struggling mightily all season long, especially in the Champions League. They have allowed 13 goals in the five group stage games. They haven’t scored a goal in the five group stage games. There is only one team with a worse off goal differential than Zagreb currently has in the Champions League this season. That’s ... not good.
The bad? Well, Juventus in the Champions League is something that we can’t always seem to figure out. So there’s that. We know that Juventus can look good in a league game over the weekend and then suddenly look completely flat and craptastic when they’ve heard the Champions League anthem just a few minutes earlier. This is how Juventus works in Europe — there’s just as much bad as there is good, sometimes even more.

But if there’s a group of positive signs heading into Wednesday night’s Champions League group stage finale to offer up, let me list them for you below:

• Juventus played like a good team again on Saturday.
• Juventus will be playing a team they’re much better than.
• Juventus will be playing said team they’re much better than at home.

You put all three of those things together and you have the makings for another Juventus win that is in the cards. However, we’ve seen Juventus struggle in games where we’ve expected them to win by a comfortable margin. The hope is that Juve can re-create the kind of performance that they had in Croatia a few months ago and leave absolutely no doubt between them and their opponents.

• Željko Sopić in temporary command as Dinamo seek replacement for Zlatko Kranjčar
• Marko Pjaca, who joined Juve from Dinamo in July, returns to Zagreb
• Juventus's Croatia forward Mario Mandžukić could also face his former club

At 38, Gianluigi Buffon is 20 years older than Dinamo counterpart Adrian Šemper
Elsewhere in Group H: Sevilla v Lyon

Possible line-ups
Dinamo Zagreb: Šemper; Šitum, Sigali, Benković, Pivarić; Soudani, Machado, Jonas, Pavičić, Antolić; Fernandes.
Out: Stojanovič (torn thigh tendon), Mățel (groin), Karimi (lack of fitness)

Juventus: Buffon; Barzagli, Bonucci, Chiellini; Dani Alves, Khedira, Hernanes, Pjanić, Alex Sandro; Higuaín, Dybala.
Out: Marchisio (knee), Rugani (knee), Asamoah (knee), Benatia (thigh)
Doubtful: Sturaro (knee)