Football: UCL, Monaco Vs Juventus

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Monaco have lost twice to Juventus in the Uefa Champions League, and will look to take a significant step towards improving that record when they welcome opponents who have never lost a two-legged tie to French opposition in 11 attempts.

One of Monaco's three previous Uefa Champions League semifinals ended in defeat against Juventus, although the Ligue 1 side did win the home second leg.
Monaco are aiming to reach the final for the second time, having got that far in 2003/04, following their last semifinal appearance. Juventus were last at this stage two seasons ago, when they went on to make the final – they are targeting a ninth European Cup final.

Previous Meetings

Monaco and Juventus have previous in Uefa Champions League semifinals, the Bianconeri winning 6-4 on aggregate in 1997/98, en route to losing to Real Madrid CF in the final. In the first leg, Marcello Lippi's Juventus triumphed 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 next year.


The line-ups 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).
Massimiliano Allegri's Juve also beat Monaco, coached then as now by Leonardo Jardim, in the 2014/15 quarterfinals, Arturo Vidal's 57th-minute spot kick in the first leg in Turin the only goal of the tie.

The teams for the goalless draw at the Stade Louis II on 22 April 2015 were:

Monaco: Subašic, Raggi, Fabinho, Abdennour, Kurzawa, João Moutinho, Bernardo Silva, Kondogbia, Toulalan (Berbatov 46), Carrasco (Carvalho 87), Martial (Germain 76).

Juventus: Buffon, Lichtsteiner, Barzagli, Bonucci, Chiellini, Evra (Padoin 89), Marchisio, Pirlo, Vidal (Pereyra 77), Morata (Llorente 69), Tévez.