Wednesday, May 13, 2015
The Champions League semi-final between Real Madrid and Juventus is fascinatingly poised after the Italian champions won 2-1 at home in the first leg.
Real produced one of their worst performances of the season in Turin, but they came away still in with a strong chance of reaching the final in Berlin.
Former Real striker Alvaro Morata had put Juventus ahead before Cristiano Ronaldo equalised. However, Ronaldo’s ex-Manchester United team-mate Carlos Tevez scored the winner to give Juve an advantage heading into the second leg at the Santiago Bernabeu.
Read on for live streaming details for the second leg, as well as odds and predictions.
Real Madrid vs. Juventus
If Real want to reach the final for the second year in succession, the first thing they’re going to have to do is win the match. They are 4/7 to do just that, per Odds Shark.
According to UEFA’s official website, Real have previously won five of their seven home meetings with Juventus, and what is interesting is that all of those wins have been by a single-goal margin. That will be enough to send Real through to the final, if it finishes 1-0, which is a 13/2 shot, per Oddschecker.
However, a one-goal winning margin opens the door for Juventus to go through on away goals. A 2-1 win for Real Madrid, which is 8/1, perOddschecker, will send the tie to extra time. Real beat Juventus by that scoreline at home in the group phase last season.
Cristiano Ronaldo is the leading scorer in the Champions League semi-finals, with nine goals, per Real Madrid’s official website:
With the onus on Real to win and set the tempo, full-back Dani Carvajal has warned against the dangers of being too gung-ho in the early stages.
Carvajal said, per Marca (h/t Luke Augustus of the Mail Online): “We must keep a cool head, be patient and not go crazy. We know that a game of football last 90 minutes. We have to make them pay a high price for suffering without possession.”
