- Real Madrid are favourites to win this year's Champions League title says Juventus boss, Massimiliano Allegri
- He claims their focus on the competition will give them competitive advantage over others with intention to win other titles
- The 50-year-old manager led his side to a 4-3 aggregate win over Tottenham Hotspur in the round of 16
Juventus manager Massimiliano Allegri is hoping his side avoid either of Real Madrid or Barcelona in the quarterfinals of this year UEFA Champions League clash early next month.
The Old Lady defeated Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 at the Wembley Stadium on Wednesday, March 7 to reach the last eight of the championship.
With the draws for the next round of the competition due to be made on Friday, March 16, the Italian born tactician is hoping they will get any other opposition other than the teams mentioned above.
Allegri claims Real Madrid claims Los Blancos believes Zinedine Zidane’s men are the favourites to win the title for the third straight time, having won the last two editions back to back.
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Juve suffered a 4-1 defeat to the Spanish League giants in the final of the 2017 edition at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff last June, and the 50-year-old manager is wary of meeting the Spanish side early in the tourney.
Zidane’s men are edging closer to their third consecutive Champions League title after ousting Paris Saint-Germain in the last 16 5-2 on aggregate.
Juve meanwhile came from behind in dramatic circumstances to beat Tottenham 4-3 on aggregate.
"I hope to avoid both Barcelona and Real Madrid," said Allegri after a 2-0 home win against Udinese on Sunday sent Juve top of Serie A.
"I think Madrid are the favourites to win the competition. They're focusing solely on the Champions League and there's nobody else that deals with games in this competition like they do."
Four more teams are expected to join Liverpool, Manchester City, Real Madrid and Juventus for the last eight stage this week.
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Barcelona welcome Chelsea to the Camp Nou on Wednesday, March 14 in the second leg of their last-16 clash having been held to a 1-1 draw at Stamford Bridge.
Manchester United host Sevilla at Old Trafford following the barren draw the two sides played in Spain three weeks ago.
Bayern Munich travel to Besiktas to finalise their victory over the Turkish side, while Roma and Shakhtar Donetsk complete the UCL fixtures for this week.
Juventus are currently at the summit of the Italian Serie A table with 71 points and a game at hand, after Napoli failed to beat Inter Milan in their Sunday topflight game at the Giuseppe Meazza Stadium.
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Source: Sports.naija.ng