First Knock-out Round Second Leg Turin 09 March 2005 JUVENTUS - REAL MADRID CF STADIO DELLE ALPI, TURIN WEDNESDAY 9 MARCH 2005 at 20.45 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FIRST KNOCK-OUT ROUND, SECOND LEG JUVENTUS v REAL MADRID CF Juventus will evoke memories of the season before last as they go into the second leg of an epic tussle between champions of Europe. As they did en route to the Manchester final, the Turin side entertain the Spaniards with a one-goal deficit to overcome but, this time, there are no away goals in their armoury. Fabio Capello faces his former club for the second time in two weeks, while Real Madrid’s new head coach, Vanderlei Luxemburgo, is poised to make his away debut in the UEFA Champions League. Another epic night of European football is in prospect. Considering the two clubs have jointly played a very grand total of 716 European matches, it is surprising that they have crossed paths on only five previous occasions. Curiously, the two teams have never played out a draw. The record reveals six wins for Real Madrid CF and four for Juventus. In only three of the 11 matches have both teams managed to get on the scoresheet, with seven matches ending 1-0. One, of course, was the 1998 UEFA Champions League final in Amsterdam which ended Real Madrid CF’s 32-year wait to regain the European crown. Predrag Mijatovic’s 66th- minute goal decided the final from which, of the players selected by Jupp Heynckes, only Roberto Carlos and Raúl remain at the club – though Zinedine Zidane played against them. Marcello Lippi’s side also included Paolo Montero, Alessio Tacchinardi, Gianluca Pessotto, Antonio Conte and Alessandro Del Piero. However, the 2002/03 semi-final is the freshest memory in the fans’ minds. Juventus had visited the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu on Tuesday 6 May 2003, when Ronaldo gave the home side the lead after 23 minutes. David Trezeguet hit the crucial away goal on the stroke of half-time and Roberto Carlos sealed a 2-1 win in the 73rd minute. Norwegian referee Terje Hauge cautioned five Juventus players and none from Real Madrid. Curiously, Juventus committed 12 fouls and the home team 14. In the return leg, played at the Stadio delle Alpi on Wednesday 14 May, David Trezeguet (12), Alessandro Del Piero (43) and Pavel Nedved (73) were the Juventus scorers, with Gianluigi Buffon saving a 67th-minute penalty taken by Luís Figo. Zinedine Zidane’s 89th- minute goal concluded the 3-1 scoreline. Marcello Lippi’s side had a 50% share of the ball during the first half – when they went 2-0 up – but ended the game with 43% or possession. Real Madrid CF had 16 goal attempts but only four were on target. Eight of Juve’s 14 attempts were on target. The match was punctuated by 43 fouls and the real playing time was 54 minutes. The Juve line-up was: Buffon; Thuram, Montero, Tudor, Birindelli (Pessotto 60); Tacchinardi, Davids (Conte 89), Zambrotta, Nedved, Del Piero and Trézéguet (Camoranesi 77). The unused subs were Chimenti, Fresi, Zalayeta and Di Vaio. Vicente Del Bosque’s team was: Casillas; Salgado, Hierro, Helguera, Roberto Carlos; Flavio Conceição (Ronaldo 52), Cambiasso (McManaman 76); Figo, Zidane, Raúl; and Guti. The unused subs were César, Pavón, Solari, Portillo and Morientes. UEFA Press Information First Knock-out Round Second Leg Turin 09 March 2005 JUVENTUS - REAL MADRID CF Coming back to the present, Real Madrid CF had a 56% share of the ball when the teams met in Madrid two weeks ago. They had 12 goal attempts, of which seven were on target, compared 11 (five on target) by the visitors. The match was punctuated by 48 fouls (and eight yellow cards) and the real playing time was a meagre 48 minutes. The only goal of the game was scored by Iván Helguera in the 31st minute. Vanderlei Luxemburgo fielded: Casillas; Salgado (Raúl Bravo 9), Helguera, Samuel, Roberto Carlos; Beckham, Gravesen; Figo, Zidane, Raúl; and Ronaldo (Owen 76). The unused subs were César, Pavón, Solari, Guti and Portillo. Fabio Capello’s line-up was: Buffon; Zebina, Thuram, Cannavaro, Zambrotta; Camoranesi, Emerson, Blasi (Tacchinardi 69); Nedved (Olivera 37), Del Piero (Zalayeta 81); and Ibrahimovic. Unused subs: Chimenti, Ferrara, Pessotto, Birindelli. This match will bring back special memories for Juventus coach Fabio Capello, who spent the 1996/97 season as head coach of Real Madrid CF. He was in charge of 48 first-team games in his only campaign at the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu: W 31 D 12 and losing five (all away from home) F 96 A 41. Three of those losses came in his last six matches as coach and all in successive away games at FC Barcelona, Athletic Club de Bilbao and RC Celta de Vigo. None of the above games, however, were in European competition as Real had failed to qualify the previous season. Fabio Capello guided AC Milan to the first three UEFA Champions League finals in 1993, 1994 and 1995. He also lost a Champion Clubs’ Cup final as a Juventus player in 1972/73 (0-1 v AFC Ajax in Belgrade). He made 12 appearances, spread over three competitions, for ‘The Old Lady’ in the Champion Clubs’ Cup during the 1970s. Real Madrid CF began with a 25-game unbeaten run in all competitions before losing to FC Barcelona in a Spanish Cup match at the end of January 1997. They went on to win the league by two points from Sir Bobby Robson’s side and then, under Jupp Heynckes, lifted the UEFA Champions League title the following season, 1997/98, thanks to a 1-0 win over Juventus in Amsterdam. Their final league record in 1996/97 was: P 42 W 27 D 11 L 4 F 85 A 36. Only three members of Capello’s title-winning squad remain: Roberto Carlos, Guti and Raúl. The latter now has 247 goals from 521 games for Madrid, including a record 49 strikes from 94 UEFA Champions League games. He is one goal short of setting a record of goals scored in Champion Clubs’ Cup football, currently held by Alfredo Di Stéfano, who netted 49 goals in 58 games from 1955-64. Raúl is currently in third place in the Madrid all- time goals list behind Alfredo Di Stéfano (216/307) and Carlos Alonso Santillana (186/290). He recently extended his national team record to 41 goals from 82 games following his recent strike v San Marino. Real Madrid CF now have an overall UEFA Champions League record of: P 110 W 63 D 23 L 24 F 220 A 124. The games have produced 344 goals at 3.13 per game and are made up of 78 group games (W 47 D 17 L 14) and 32 knock-out ties (W 16 D 6 L 10). Real Madrid have drawn 0-0 only four times in 109 UEFA Champions League games: v Olympiacos CFP (a) on 05.11.97, BV Borussia Dortmund (a) on 15.04.98, Manchester United FC (h) on 04.04.00 and FK Partizan (a) on 04.11.03. They are easily the most successful club in the short history of the competition with three titles (1998, 2000 and 2002) from eight previous campaigns to their name. Madrid, along with the most titles, also hold the UEFA Champions League records for: most games played; most wins; best overall win percentage; most points; highest points average per game; most goals for and against; the best goal average per game as well as most first place finishes in the group stage. They will become the first side to accumulate 150 points in the UEFA Champions League proper if they avoid defeat - based on two points for a win. UEFA Press Information First Knock-out Round Second Leg Turin 09 March 2005 JUVENTUS - REAL MADRID CF Real Madrid have yet to go out before the quarter-final stage in their eight UEFA Champions League seasons. AC Milan (1992/93); AFC Ajax (1995/96) and Juventus (1996/97 and 2004/05) all hold the record for the fewest goals conceded in a single group with one goal against. Juventus are one goal away from conceding 100 in the UEFA Champions League proper. FC Bayern München also go into this week’s games on 99. The teams that have conceded most goals are: Real Madrid CF (124), Manchester United FC (110), Rosenborg BK (108), FC Barcelona (106) and Galatasaray SK (103). Juve’s UEFA Champions League record: P 93 W 45 D 24 L 24 F 157 A 99 leaves them in fourth place in the all-time list. Juventus, AFC Ajax, FC Bayern München and FC Barcelona are the only clubs, who have won all three major UEFA club competitions. Juve have reached four finals in eight UEFA Champions League campaigns. The Turin side has lost five finals, which means they share the competition record with SL Benfica. By contrast, Real Madrid CF have nine wins from 12 attempts. Juventus last scored more than one goal in a UEFA Champions League game on 10.12.03 when they thrashed Olympiacos CFP, 7-0, in Turin. They went on to lose 0-2 on aggregate to RC Deportivo La Coruña in the first knock-out stage this time last year. Real Madrid – team news Since the winter break, the major novelty is Real Madrid CF’s new head coach Vanderlei Luxemburgo. The Brazilian’s name can also be found as ‘Wanderley’ but his documentation confirms the Vanderlei spelling and this is the version adopted by the club.