The Barcelona ensures the first place of his group of Champions

In spite of the turbulent that comes being the current season that is signing the FC Barcelona of Ronald Koeman in LaLiga of Spain, the exert of the team in the present edition of the Champions League has provided some puffs of air to the Dutch technician and to the players of the plantel. With five victories in five parties and using quite a lot of rotations in the last two meetings, the picture culé is leader of his group.

Further to keep in the first position between the four teams that conform the agrupamiento, the Catalan team has been able to ensure, except a historical disaster in the last party in front of the Juventus of Turín, the classification to eighth of final like head of his group. Although the last match is against the picture turinés, the hardest bone of roer of the three entities that accompany to the Barcelona in this first stage of the contest, the Italians have showed something of unsteadiness from the arrival of Andrea Pirlo like technical director, by what is more than likely that the result of the clash favour to the ones of Koeman.

Of equal way, to remove him the first square to the FC Barcelona, the Juventus will have to win to the Catalans in the Camp Nou, by a difference of two goals, at least. In case that the "Vecchia Signora" attain to mark in three or more opportunities, will have to keep a pair of so many of distance with regard to the damage that can do him the team blaugrana, situation that leaves quite high the vara so that the ones of Pirlo surpass to the ones of Koeman in the table of positions.

The five victories and the 16 goals that has annotated the Barcelona during the phase of groups position it, virtually, like definite leader of the table of his grouping. Incidentally, the victory that the culés achieved in his visit to Turín, by 0-2, leaves them still better stopped in what it will be the next crash in front of the Juventus, the day 08 December.

Historical balance of the Barcelona-Juventus

The FC Barcelona and the Juventus of Turín have seen the faces in several opportunities in the Champions League, especially, in the last decade, in which both clubs confronted in six occasions, with a final incluída, being the party of the next week the seventh time that produces the dispute. According to the portal Transfermarkt, from the year 2003, blaugranas and bianconeros bumped in eight parties, with a favourable balance for the Catalans.

In total, the Barcelona has achieved three victories, in front of two of the Juventus and three ties. The culés achieved to annotate in 10 opportunities, whereas the Italians did it in a total of seven occasions. In spite of the minimum advantage barcelonista in the historical record of this clash, is important that the ones of Koeman achieve a victory in the crash of next week, to ensure definitively the leadership of his group of Champions and to lengthen the quantity of conquests that the club has achieved in front of the at present directed by Andrea Pirlo.