Well, we're here with a wonderful sense of anticipation
that's come to us from around the stadium
and indeed from knowing the quality, Alan
of these two teams that we're going to watch again here
in the first leg of this semi-final.
Yeah, bumped into a few of the players down on the pitch
as they were having a look at the surface.
And you can just feel the excitement among them.
And it's just who settles the better
who can produce the best football in this first leg.
It's Monaco playing against Juventus.
Monaco's line-up today:
So Alan, 4-4-2?
Yeah, I think it looks that way, Martin.
Yes, it's the conventional shape. It's the one that the manager prefers.
The Juventus line-up then:
Gigi Buffon plays in goal.
Leonardo Bonucci starts with Giorgio Chiellini as the centre backs.
Miralem Pjanić starts alongside Claudio Marchisio in the middle of the park.
In attack Gonzalo Higuaín starts with Paulo Dybala.
When you look at Juventus these days
you tend to think of it as new Juventus, really.
So much glorious history in the past and
that awful spell in the club's history
and now they've remodelled themselves and
they look worthy of the name.
Yeah, they would've all been relieved to move to that new stadium.
Which I'm sure the players enjoy playing in much more than the old Stadio delle Alpi
which was, let's face it, a bit of a barn. A soulless barn.
