Borussia Dortmund, before travelling to Turin in February were going through a torrid time, at one point bottom of their league and quite frankly were out of contention for the Bundesliga title. However, shortly before the loss to the Italian giants, they started to rebuild for and started getting results. Unfortunately, they couldn't match the Italians at home but came away with a valuable away goal. Tonight they face Juventus before their fans, hoping to rescue a result and progress at the expense of the Italian Camps
Juve on the other hand must win tonight. Apart from personal laurels, they are currently the last Italian side in the Champions League, and although they are currently doing very well on the domestic front, losiing only one game since the beginning of 2015,the odds are against them as no Italian side reached the Quarter finals last season and no Italian side has reached the semis since Jose Mourinho's triumphant Inter Milan. A whole host of Italian sides may be knocked out of the Europa League tomorrow bar Napoli and a knock out for Juve will underline the slow but steady decline of the Serie A.
Tonight despite his attempts to recover in time for this fixture, Andrea Pirlo might not make it to the game tonight. Caecares, (ankle), Marrone (thigh), Sturaro (ankle) and De Ceglie (knee) will also sit this one out. The Boys in Yellow and Black also have a few men watching from the sidelines, with Grosskreutz (hamstring), Piszczek (ankle), Şahin (adductors) and Ginter (thigh) nursing injuries of their own.
Tonight all sets of fans will be keeping an eye on this one and I hope for an electrifying game. Perhaps not as hard as the Dortmund fans themselves
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