At 4:00 a.m. Beijing time on February 23, the quarter-finals of the 2021-22 Champions League will usher in a focus battle: Juventus away to Villarreal.
Juventus' recent Serie A record has not been ideal. In the winter transfer window, Juventus heavily brought in Vlahovic, the strongest striker in Serie A, and after a 2-0 home win over Verona in the 24th round of Serie A, Atalanta, which had a recently understated record, was pulled down from the fourth place in the Serie A table and replaced. He then advanced to the 2-1 final of the Coppa Italia quarter-finals against Sassuolo. As a result, there are optimistic fans who imagine juve Serie A winning the next 14 rounds.
In the 25th round, Juve drew 1:1 with their direct rivals in the fourth round, and in the 26th round, Juve drew 1:1 at home with the weak team Turin, but at Atalanta's record continued to be sluggish, and Juve's fourth place in the Serie A table was temporarily worry-free.
In the current Serie A table, Juventus is fourth with 47 points from 26 games, fifth with 44 points from 25 games, and juve can prepare for the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals against Villarreal before the next round of Serie A arrives.
Villarreal's recent La Liga record is not bad, la liga 24th round home 0-0 draw with the leader Real Madrid, the 25th round away to Granada 4:1, 25 games with 39 points ranked sixth in the La Liga table, and the fourth Barca (less round 1), the fifth Atletico Madrid is only 3 points away, there is still hope for the fourth place.
This season's Champions League group stage, Villarreal and Manchester United, Atalanta in the same group, the prospect of qualifying was not optimistic, Atalanta two games Manchester United only scored 1 point, away from the group was the weakest youngster 3:3 draw, the final round, Villarreal away 3:2 defeat at Atalanta, a battle is set, to the second place in the group to advance.
In the era of Messi and C Ronaldo's "absolute double pride", Juventus was also a strong team in the Champions League, reaching the Champions League final twice, but unfortunately once lost to Barca led by Messi, and once lost to Real Madrid led by C Ronaldo, and did not win the championship. After spending a lot of money to introduce C Ronaldo from Real Madrid, Juve was Wang Xiao'er in the Champions League - one year is not as good as a year. In the quarter-finals of the 2018-19 season, he was eliminated by Ajax, and the next two consecutive seasons were beaten as "Sixteen Langs" in the Champions League.
After C Ronaldo left the team, Juve's serie A record this season was not ideal, the Champions League was not bad, the group stage home defeated the defending champion Chelsea 1:0, and finally pushed Chelsea to advance to the first place in the group, and the quarter-final against Villarreal was also a relatively easy opponent to deal with.
Villarreal have won 6, drawn 2 and lost 2 of their last 10 matches in all competitions.
Juventus are unbeaten in their last 10 matches in all competitions with 5 wins and 5 draws.
In this game, it can be optimistic that Juventus, who is playing away, is unbeaten, after all, the overall strength is stronger and the experience in the Champions League is also richer.