Real Madrid is set to play a pressure semi-final clash today against Juventus as they will take Italian champion in the second leg of UEFA Champions League semi-final clash. Juventus won the opening leg of semifinal clash by 2-1 which gives them aggregate lead of 1-0 over Real Madrid. If Carlo Ancelotti side wants to book Champions League final berth they have to earn at least two goals difference over Juventus in today’s clash.
Manager Ancelotti is aware of what Juventus can do and he is well known about their game plans. He believes that visitors are not having much advantage in the contest as they have got only one goal lead over the home team which Real Madrid stars can finish at any moment of the match.
Carlo Ancelotti said, “Juve know how to play football, their gameplan will not change much because they have a small advantage. It will not make a big difference for us if they play with 2 center-backs or 3.”
Cristiano Ronaldo will be again the key player for home side along with Rodriguez, Bale and Karim Benzema. Juve are much Alvaro Morata and Carlos Tavez who scored brilliant winning goal in the first leg match at Juventus Stadium last week. Arturo Vidal can also be the trump card for Juventus tonight. Let’s have a look at the probable starting XI for Real Madrid vs Juventus clash tonight.
Expected Playing line-ups
| Real Madrid | Juventus |
| Iker Casillas (Goalkeeper) | Gianluigi Buffon (Goalkeeper) |
| James Rodriguez | Andrea Pirlo |
| Cristiano Ronaldo | Arturo Vidal |
| Marcelo | Stephan Lichtsteiner |
| Toni Kroos | Claudio Marchisio |
| Raphael Varane | Leonardo Bonucci |
| Isco | Paul Pogba |
| Sergio Ramos | Alvaro Morata |
| Karim Benzema | Giorgio Chiellini |
| Daniel Carvajal | Carlos Tevez |
| Gareth Bale | Patrice Evra |
Prediction
Real Madrid are favorites to win today and as per Sports Mirchi predictions they have got 70 percent win chances.
Real Madrid 4:1 Juventus
Live TV and Online Coverage
United States viewers can tune to Fox Sports 1 and ESPN Deportes to watch live broadcast of this match from 2:30 PM. FOX Sports Go will be streaming live in USA.
Canal+ Liga de Campeones will be telecasting live second leg of Real Madrid vs Juventus match in Spain from 7:30 PM. Spanish viewers can watch live stream of this knockout on Yomvi.
Italian viewers will be able to watch tonight’s semi-final match live on Sky Sport 1 Italia.
United Kingdom viewers can tune Sky Sports 5 to watch live broadcast of Juventus vs Real Madrid match on television. Sky Go will be streaming live in UK.
Indian-Sub Continent (India, Pakistan, Maldives, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal) viewers can watch this match live on TEN Sports and TEN Action.
If you don’t belong to these regions then you can go here to see international broadcasting.
