The Bianconeri President has backed Beppe Marotta’s stance that the Old Lady will be playing second fiddle to the Rossoneri in the upcoming clash.
Juventus chief-executive, Andrea Agnelli, feels that his team will not be the favourites for matchday 25 encounter of the ongoing season, suggesting that the Diavolo are the stronger for the two teams.
Agnelli is the second person from Juve camp to have branded the Rossoneri as likely winners of the match.
Juventus come into the match with their unbeaten record to the season. The Turin giants recently got the better off the Italian Champions in the first-leg of the Coppa Italia semi-final at San Siro, as they
defeated them by 2-1.
On the other hand, Milan are riding high from their UEFA Champions League annihilation of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Arsenal-c38429. The Rossoneri won 4-0 in the first-leg of the round of 16 tie played out last week.
The confidence is sky high in the Milanese camp, something which the Juventus Director General and the Chief Executive seem to have taken into account. Juventus, on the other hand, have been drawing too
many matches of late, but the Turin outfit recently broke their streak of draws in the 3-1 win against Catania last weekend.
The Old Lady President, did not downplay his team’s chances, and stated one area in which the Juve players hold the upper hand against their Scudetto rivals going into the week 25 match.
Agnelli reflected on the tie, saying:
“I realise that there will be a bit of nervousness, that many people [in the League] at this time are trying to protect their interests. We have the rare honour - we are very relaxed.”
Citing Milan’s imminent qualification into the quarter-finals of the Champions League, the 36-year old stated:
“We approach Saturday’s game knowing that Milan are favourites because they are the current champions of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Italy-c2926 and they are already in the quarter-finals of the Champions League, so surely the Rossoneri are favourites. We’re going
to make it a great game, it’s been so long they truly competed.”
Milan atop the Serie A table with a one point lead over Juventus, who have a game in hand.
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