Facing the most important teams in the world will always help you improve your performance and identify your areas of opportunity, which is why Chivas will try and make the most of their friendly match against Juventus looking to improve their progress in the Apertura 2022. Would you like to know a little more about the Vecchia Signora's current and past achievements? We'll tell you about them here.
It is worth remembering that Chivas had already faced Juventus on another occasion, in 2011 they met in North Carolina and the victory was for the Italian side by the minimum difference.
Miguel Ponce, Jesús Sánchez and Leonardo Bonucci are the players from the current squads who participated in that friendly match.
How did Juve fare in the 21/22 season?
The team coached by Massimiliano Allegri finished fourth in Serie A with 70 points.
In the Champions League, the Italians lost in round of 16 to Villarreal 1-4.
They were also unsuccessful in the Italian Cup, losing the final to Inter de Milan 2-4.
What is their historical record?
Juventus can boast that they are the top winners of the Italian League and Italian Cup, having won 36 and 14 titles respectively.
In addition, the team from Turin has lifted 2 Champions League titles (84-85 and 95-96).
A curious and not so positive fact is that the Bianconeri are the team that has lost the most European finals, having accumulated 7 defeats. Although, reaching the final has a lot of merit, right?
What formation does Allegri usually use?
The Italian tactician used a 3-5-2 formation as a base throughout the previous season, although with the new additions and departures during the transfer market, he could surprise us with some adjustments against El Rebaño.
Who arrived and who left?
Juve suffered heavy departures in this market, as Paulo Dybala, Álvaro Morata, Matthijs de Ligt, Federico Bernardeschi and Merih Demiral all left the team.
However, the players who joined the project of the most winning team in Italy are also very important, such is the case of Paul Pogba, Angel Di Maria, Andres Cambiaso and Gleison Bremer. They also made valid the option to buy Federico Chiesa.
Curious facts about Juventus:
- Their squad is valued at just over 500 million euros.
- Their 3 most expensive players are Dusan Vlahovic, Federico Chiesa and Paul Pogba, who are valued at 85, 65 and 48 million Euros respectively.
- Dusan Vlahovic is the seventh most expensive player on the planet.
