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UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 2014/15 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS (First leg: 0-1) Stade Louis II - Monaco Wednesday 22 April 2015 AS Monaco FC 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Juventus Quarter-finals, Second leg Last updated 29/05/2015 02:45CET UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE OFFICIAL SPONSORS Match background 2 Legend 5 1 AS Monaco FC - Juventus Wednesday 22 April 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stade Louis II, Monaco Match background AS Monaco FC host Juventus in the second leg of their UEFA Champions League quarter-final needing to overturn a 1-0 first-leg loss in which Arturo Vidal scored the only goal from the penalty spot. • Monaco can take heart from an unbeaten home record against Italian sides at the Stade Louis II, although Juventus will travel with optimism after a resounding 3-0 success at Borussia Dortmund in the last round. Previous meetings • Juventus, the eventual tournament runners-up, prevailed 6-4 on aggregate when the teams met in the 1997/98 UEFA Champions League semi-finals. • In the first leg, Marcello Lippi's Juventus won 4-1 at the Stadio Delle Alpi where Alessandro Del Piero hit a hat-trick (including two penalties) and Zinédine Zidane added a late fourth. • Jean Tigana's Monaco edged the second leg 3-2, their scorers including Thierry Henry, who joined Juventus for an eight-month spell the following year. • The lineups at Stade Louis II on 15 April 1998 were: Monaco: Barthez, Diawara, Djetou, Christanval, Léonard (Sagnol 65), Martin, Benarbia, Collins, Ikpeba (Spehar 69), Trezeguet, Henry. Juventus: Peruzzi, Torricelli, Birindelli, Iuliano, Dimas, Conte, Tacchinardi, Zidane (Pecchia 59), Pessotto, Del Piero, Inzaghi (Amoruso 5; Davids 71). Match background Monaco • Monaco are eyeing their first UEFA Champions League semi-final since 2003/04, the season they went all the way to the final for the first and only time. • Their record at this last-eight stage of the competition is W2 L1. There were no quarter-finals in 1993/94 when they progressed directly from the group stage to the semis. • This is Monaco's first tie against Italian opposition since their 1998 UEFA Champions League semi-final defeat by Juve. • Monaco have won just one of six previous knockout ties against clubs from Serie A – a 1-0 aggregate victory over AS Roma in the 1991/92 European Cup Winners' Cup quarter-finals. • The principality outfit are unbeaten in four previous games with Italian sides in Monaco. Their 'home' loss to FC Internazionale Milano (1-3) in the 1963/64 European Champion Clubs' Cup first round took place in Marseille. • Monaco had gone eight matches unbeaten at home in Europe prior to their 2-0 reverse to Arsenal FC in the round of 16 – a result that did not stop them squeezing through on the away goals rule. • Monaco have won five of the 16 UEFA competition ties in which they have had to recover from a first-leg away defeat. When that first game finished 1-0, however, they have lost four ties and won only two; their last European campaign before this season, in the 2005/06 UEFA Cup, ended against FC Basel 1893 in the round of 32 when a 1-0 away setback preceded a 1-1 home draw. • Their shoot-out record in UEFA competitions reads W1 L0: 3-1 v Real Valladolid CF, 1989/90 European Cup Winners' Cup quarter-final Juventus • Two-time European champions Juventus are seeking a first semi-final appearance since 2002/03, when they beat FC Barcelona in the quarter-finals, following up a 1-1 home draw with a 2-1 away success. • Since then Juventus have fallen at the quarters on three occasions, most recently when crashing 4-0 on aggregate to FC Bayern München in 2012/13. Their overall record in European Cup quarter-finals stands at W10 L5. • Massimiliano Allegri's men are chasing a third successive away victory in the competition after wins at Malmö FF (2- 0) and Dortmund (3-0). • Juve triumphed 1-0 at Olympique Lyonnais on their last visit to France in last term's UEFA Europa League quarter- finals. Their overall away record against French opponents is W4 D2 L5. • Juventus have won all ten of their knockout ties against French teams. •Their record when winning the home first leg in UEFA competition is W31 L8; when the first match has finished 1-0 in their favour, however, Juve have won four and lost four. 2 AS Monaco FC - Juventus Wednesday 22 April 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stade Louis II, Monaco • The Italian side's shoot-out record is W3 L3: 2-3 v AC Milan, 2002/03 UEFA Champions League final 4-2 v AFC Ajax, 1995/96 UEFA Champions League final 1-3 v Real Madrid CF, 1986/87 European Cup second round 4-2 v Argentinos Juniors, 1985 European/South American Cup final 1-4 v Widzew Łódź, 1980/81 UEFA Cup second round 3-0 v Ajax, 1977/78 European Cup quarter-final Coach and player links • Allegri's first game as a coach in UEFA competition was against Ligue 1 opposition – a 2-0 home success against AJ Auxerre with Milan in the 2010/11 UEFA Champions League group stage. Milan also won 2-0 in France. • As a Monaco player from 2002–06, Patrice Evra made 120 league outings and represented the club in the 2003/04 UEFA Champions League final against an FC Porto team including Ricardo Carvalho. • Carvalho was a late substitute for Chelsea FC in the 2-2 draw at Juventus that sealed the Italian side's elimination from the 2008/09 UEFA Champions League round of 16 (2-3 aggregate). With Porto, Carvalho had previously faced Juve in the 2001/02 first group stage (0-0 h, 1-3 a), lining up against Gianluigi Buffon. • Dimitar Berbatov played with Evra at Manchester United FC, where the Bulgarian was also a team-mate of Carlos Tévez (2007–09) and Paul Pogba (2010–12). • Layvin Kurzawa played alongside Pogba when making his France debut against Albania in November. • Álvaro Morata was a colleague of Fabinho and Carvalho at Real Madrid in 2012/13. • Claudio Marchisio and Andrea Raggi were team-mates at Empoli FC in 2007/08. • Jérémy Toulalan, together with Evra, was in the France side that suffered UEFA EURO 2008 elimination with a 2-0 loss to the Italy of Buffon, Giorgio Chiellini and Andrea Pirlo. • Maarten Stekelenburg plied his trade with Roma between 2011 and 2013. His record against Juventus in league and cup was W1 D1 L3, with 12 goals conceded. • Stephan Lichtsteiner represented LOSC Lille from 2005–08. His record in Ligue 1 action against Monaco was W1 D2 L2. Last summer he was in the Switzerland team beaten 5-2 by France at the FIFA World Cup in Brazil. • France's 1998 World Cup winners David Trezeguet, Lilian Thuram and Henry each played for both clubs. Match facts Monaco • Carvalho, Yannick Ferreira-Carrasco, João Moutinho and Kurzawa will all incur a suspension with their next bookings. • The 1-0 first-leg loss to Juventus ended Monaco's four-game unbeaten run. • Toulalan missed the Juventus fixture because of the hamstring injury he sustained in Monaco's 3-0 win at SM Caen on 10 April. He also sat out Saturday's 1-1 home draw against Stade Rennais FC. • Tiémoué Bakayoko (out since 14 January, hamstring) has resumed training, as has Nabil Dirar, who was substituted six minutes into the second half in Turin with a sprained left ankle. • Monaco have not won in four home games, losing one and drawing the last three since a 3-0 defeat of SC Bastia on 13 March. Juventus • Lichtsteiner, Morata, Pogba, Roberto Pereyra and Vidal are all a booking away from a ban. • On Saturday Juventus defeated second-placed SS Lazio 2-0 to close in a fourth successive Serie A title. Carlos Tévez scored his 18th league goal of the season, one fewer than his total for 2013/14, with Leonardo Bonucci scoring his second in three games in all competitions. • Pirlo's appearance in the home leg against Monaco was his first outing since suffering a calf injury during the 2-1 defeat of Dortmund on 24 February. • Vidal's spot kick versus Monaco was his first successful penalty of the season in the competition, having had an effort saved by Olympiacos FC's Roberto on matchday five. • Buffon has kept a clean sheet in each of his last six appearances for Juventus. Marco Storari deputised for the Italy No1 in the 1-0 defeat by Parma FC on 11 April. José Mauri's strike in that game is the only goal the Bianconeri have conceded in their past eight matches. 3 AS Monaco FC - Juventus Wednesday 22 April 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stade Louis II, Monaco • Martín Cáceres (ankle) and Pogba (thigh) are still sidelined. 4 AS Monaco FC - Juventus Wednesday 22 April 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stade Louis II, Monaco Legend ALL-TIME STATISTICS The all-time record of the competing clubs in UEFA club competition. UEFA club competition: These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records in UEFA club competition defined as European Champion Clubs' Cup, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, UEFA Cup Winner's Cup UEFA Super Cup, UEFA Intertoto Cup and European/South American Cup. Matches in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and the 1972 Super Cup are not included as they were not held under UEFA auspices, while the FIFA Club World Cup is excluded.