Football, France: Nantes live scores, results, fixtures
It sure would be nice. TEAM NEWS Paul Pogba is out injured. Allegri said that Pogba trained partially with the team on Wednesday and will take things day by day with the Frenchman, who has still yet to make his official season debut. Arek Milik is out injured. Fabio Miretti is out injured. Kaio Jorge is out injured. Leonardo Bonucci has returned to training and is expected to be available off the bench against Nantes. Bonucci has not appeared in a game since Juve’s 1-0 win over Hellas Verona on Oct.
Juventus manager Max Allegri drove home the point during Wednesday’s pre-match press conference that his team’s Champions League exit “has left us with a bitter taste in our mouths. ” Little did we know what was going to happen at the club between that day and where we are now, with a season drastically changed by what happened off the field last month. No matter what, though, Juve enter the first leg of this Europa League playoff round tie on Thursday night as the favorite to go through. This is very much a must-win situation — especially with the first leg at home and how Juve’s knockout round history in the Champions League has been over the last four or five years.
Juventus vs. Nantes match preview: Time, TV schedule, and how to watch the Europa LeagueOn our beloved podcast — go ahead and subscribe, rate and review it if you haven’t already, you cowards — playing in the Europa League has been, in a certain way, the butt of a lot of jokes. Has it been the main objective going into the season? Well, of course not seeing as Juventus has been in the Champions League for the last decade-plus. But, because of Juve’s less-than-stellar play in Europe of late, the Europa League has been the carrot that dangles out in front of all of us who want to see a little bit of wackiness take place.
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