With 11 points in the Champions League table, Motta’s team can qualify for the playoffs. But the Belgians have not lost since October 22nd
Last away match of the Champions League championship phase for Thiago Motta’s Juve, who visit Bruges at the “Jan Breydel Stadium” in the match of the 7th matchday. With a victory, the Bianconeri would be certain of qualifying for the playoffs with a day to spare and, probably, they could also play for direct access to the round of 16 in the last match against Benfica. The referee of the match will be the French Benoit Bastien, assistants Hicham Zakrani and Aurelien Berthomieu, the fourth official will be Thomas Leonard. The VAR will be Willy Delajod, the Avar Jerome Brisard.
how does bruges get there
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Second in the standings in the Jupiler League, one point behind leaders Genk, Brugge have not lost an official match (league, Champions League and Belgian Cup) since 22 October, when they were defeated by Milan at San Siro in the Champions League. Since then, Hayen’s team has achieved 15 wins and 3 draws. In the Champions League, with 10 points, one less than the Bianconeri, the Belgians are in a position to depend only on themselves to qualify for the playoffs: certainly the calendar (Juve and then Manchester City) doesn’t help them.
how Juventus gets there
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The victory against Milan may have been the turning point for Thiago Motta’s team, who found success in the league after more than a month. If Juve have truly found continuity, the trip to Belgium will probably tell. The injury emergency seems to have given the Italian-Brazilian coach a reprieve: the tired Conceiçao, McKennie and Yildiz have also been called up, only the long-term patients Milik, Bremer and Cabal remain in the pits. However, the new signing Alberto Costa is unusable and will only be available in Europe from the direct elimination phase.
bruges-juve, where to see it
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The match on the 7th day of the Champions League championship phase between Bruges and Juventus will be broadcast exclusively by Sky, on the Sky Sport Uno (201) and Sky Sport (252) channels, in streaming on Sky GO (free app for subscribers available on PC, smartphone and tablet) and on the NOW website and app (portal with the best of Sky sports programming accessible through the purchase of specific packages). Text live on Gazzetta.it.
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