Our prediction for this Europa League match:
Juventus
Match Time & Date:
16/02/2023
03:00 PM
Prediction: 2-0
Nantes
Buoyed by a hard-fought 1-0 win over Fiorentina, Juventus will look to kick-off their Europa League campaign in style when they host Nantes to their Allianz Stadium on Thursday evening. The Bianconeri have been producing fine displays of late, and, as a result, the bookies see them as hot favourites to win the first leg. Leonardo Bonucci is a major doubt, while all Pogba, Milik, Miretti, and Cuadrado miss out with injuries.
Les Canaris, on the other hand, aim to build on back-to-back wins over Ajaccio (2-0) and Lorient (1-0), but Juve will pose a much bigger threat for the Ligue 1 outfit than their previous rivals. In their last meeting in Turin, back in 1996 Juventus defeated Nantes 2-0, and we predict that history is going to repeat itself. To make things even worse for the visiting side, important defender Jean-Charles Castelletto limped off with injury in the last league match.
Highlighted Player (Angel di Maria):
Angel Di Maria is a professional footballer who played for Argentine side Rosario Central at the start of his senior career. The left-footed winger is very quick on the ball and he often makes life difficult for opposition defenders. After playing for Benfica between 2007 and 2010, the Argentine superstar signed for Real Madrid on 28 June, 2010 for a fee of €25 million + €11 million in bonuses.
Despite impressing with los Blancos in the 2013/2014 La Liga campaign, the club chiefs decided to sell him to Manchester United on 26 August, 2014. Di Maria was playing below expectations at Old Trafford and he scored three goals in 27 league games for the Red Devils.
In 2015 he moved to Paris Saint-Germain and he scored 10 goals in 29 league appearances for les Parisiens in the 2015/2016 Ligue 1 campaign. In 2014 he won the Champions League trophy with Real Madrid and that is considered the biggest success of his career. Angel Di Maria was born in Rosario on 14 February, 1988.
Highlighted Team (Nantes):
Founded on April 21, 1943 Nantes is a professional football club that compete in French Ligue 1. Les Canaris are considered one of the most famous French clubs and they had a lot of success during the sixties and the seventies. Nantes won their first Ligue 1 title in the 1964/1965 season and 36 years later (2000/2001) they clinched their eighth (last) domestic trophy.
Speaking of the club’s European success, les Canaris did well to make it to the Champions League semis in 1996, but Italian giants Juventus proved to be a big catch for the French outfit. Nantes welcome their rivals at La Beaujoire-Louis Fonteneau and the capacity of the stadium is 38.004.
The likes of Vahid Halilhodzic, Adel Selimi, Michel Der Zakarian, Viorel Moldovan, Mario Yepes, Marcel Desailly, Didier Deschamps, Claude Makelele, Christian Karembeu and Dimitri Payet are the notable footballers who played for the club in the past. Nantes are well known for their yellow jerseys and that is the reason why they are nicknamed the Canaries (les Canaris).
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