Uefa Champions League
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 2019/20 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Estadio Metropolitano - Madrid Wednesday 18 September 2019 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Club Atlético de Madrid Group D - Matchday 1 Juventus Last updated 16/09/2019 02:37CET UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE OFFICIAL SPONSORS Match background 2 Legend 5 1 Club Atlético de Madrid - Juventus Wednesday 18 September 2019 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Estadio Metropolitano, Madrid Match background Atlético Madrid start the new UEFA Champions League season as they ended the old, with a fixture against Juventus – and they will be hoping to avoid a repeat of last season's disappointment at the hands of old nemesis Cristiano Ronaldo. • The teams were paired together in last season's round of 16, and Atlético looked well placed to reach the quarter- finals when they established a 2-0 first-leg advantage thanks to late goals from José María Giménez (78) and Diego Godín (83). Juve and Ronaldo had other ideas, however, the former Real Madrid forward turning the tables with a second-leg hat-trick in Turin to ensure it was the Bianconeri that progressed. • This is Atlético's seventh successive season in the UEFA Champions League; for Juventus, this is an eighth group campaign in a row. Previous meetings • Before last season, the sides were paired together in the 2014/15 UEFA Champions League group stage, when an Arda Turan goal gave Atlético a 1-0 win at their former home, the Vicente Calderón. Koke and Saúl Ñíguez were in the Atlético side, with Jan Oblak and Giménez unused replacements; Gianluigi Buffon, Giorgio Chiellini – who is not in this season's UEFA Champions League squad – and Leonardo Bonucci played for Juventus.
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