This Thursday, Sporting will visit Juventus in the Europa League (8:00 p.m.), at the start of the competition’s quarterfinals, which can serve as an alternative to the two emblems in difficult access to the ‘Champions’.
A scenario that only arises in case of victory in the Europa League, given that in the respective championships Sporting is fourth in the I League, five points behind third place, last access, even with playoffs, and Juventus seventh in Serie . TO.
The ‘misleading’ classification of the Turin team reflects a penalty of minus 15 points, due to economic irregularities in the transfer of players, without which the team would be second in the championship.
For today’s first leg, Sporting, who will not have the suspended Ugarte, seeks to keep their qualification to the semifinals alive and when they receive the Italian team a week later, on April 20, again at 8:00 p.m. at the José Alvalade Stadium.
The coach Rúben Amorim, in addition to not having the Uruguayan midfielder Ugarte, will not have the injured striker Paulinho in Turin.
This will be the third game in history between Sporting and Juventus, who met in the 2017/18 Champions League group stage, with an Italian victory at home (2-1) and a draw in Lisbon (1-1). .
In today’s match, at the Juventus Stadium, the referee will be in charge of the Turkish Halil Umut Meler, assisted by the assistants Mustafá Eyisoy and Kerem Ersoy, while the video referee (VAR) will be the French Jérôme Brisard.
In the second UEFA competition, Sporting was a finalist in the so-called UEFA Cup (2004/05), and Juventus won the trophy in the 1976/77, 1989/90 and 1992/93 seasons and were defeated in the final of the 1994/95.
Source: TSF
