Champions League Final 2015 – 3 Reasons Juventus Can Win

Football betting tips for the Champions League final and three reasons why Juventus can beat Barcelona this weekend.

 

Luis Enrique’s Barcelona team go into the Champions League Final playing some scintillating football and are the odds on favourites to take home the trophy. But, as we have seen in the past, anything can happen in football, especially in finals. Beating Barcelona is not impossible, and here are three reasons why Juventus can beat the odds and triumph in this Saturday’s showcase final in Berlin.

 

Juventus v Barcelona Tips – How Juventus Can Win:

 

1. They are the underdogs and can play without pressure.

 

Sure, there is always pressure when it comes to playing in the Champions League, especially in the final. But, with everyone expecting Barcelona to carry on their mesmeric form and waltz away with the trophy, the pressure is firmly on Catalan shoulders. The Old Lady are expected to merely play bridesmaid, and as such the can head into the 2015 Champions League final knowing there is nothing to lose and everything to gain.

 

They, like Barcelona, have already wrapped up the domestic double, and would complete a famous treble by winning the Champions League. To do it as massive underdogs against a team who are absolutely on fire would simply be unprecedented. The message from Allegri will be to concentrate, defend aggressively, and most-importantly to play without fear.

 

2. Their counter-attacking style is well suited to playing Barcelona.

 

Malaga turned in a defensive performance of the highest quality to defeat Barcelona in the league. They enjoyed only 27% of the possession, but as their coach Javi Garcia said after the game “[You have to] control the game through good defensive work, not through possession, because you cannot do that against Barcelona.

 

“The player who wins the ball back must play it forward immediately, to bypass their initial press. The forwards must be waiting for that moment, to offer themselves in the spaces we know will be there if their full-backs are pushed forward. If you do not break and hold the ball against Barcelona, you never get out. They have possession, possession, possession, and in the end you are exhausted – and then you are in trouble.”

 

3. Juventus are always a well organised unit and Barca will need to be at their best to break down their defence.

 

With Pogba and Vidal in midfield, Juve certainly have players capable of a scrap, and their defensive abilities will be tested to the limit in Berlin. They must utilise the passing ability of Pirlo to pick out the runs of Tevez and Morata to try and nick a goal on the counter.

 

Juve have already proved that their style is well suited to defeating high pressing attacking units, like they did against Real Madrid in the semis. Assuming they can stay focused in defence, and with Tevez and Morata providing the pace on the counter, Juve have everything in their locker to upset the odds on Saturday. 

They have quality and experience throughout their team.

 

You don’t reach a Champions League Final purely by chance. Juventus have a wonderful mix of youth and experience throughout their team. Buffon, Pirlo, Evra, Chiellini and Andrea Barzagli all have vast experience, and when you mix this experience with the talent and exuberance of players like Paul Pogba, Arturo Vidal, Carlos Tevez and Alvaro Morata, you have a recipe for success.

 

Juve’s legendary goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon has, amazingly, never won the Champions League before, and now that he is approaching an age where retirement is just round the corner, he might never get a better chance to win the competition. He will be as fired up as anyone for this match, and I’m sure he will have his team up for the fight too.

 

Obviously Barcelona also have quality and experience throughout their team too, but as we have seen before, Champions League Finals can surprise us. Juventus may well enter the match as significant underdogs, but stranger things have happened.

 

If Allegri’s men can find a way of containing Barca’s formidable attacking trio, they certainly have the players to hurt Barca on the break. The final is shaping up to be an epic battle, and I for one cannot wait.

 

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