Atletico Madrid and Juventus are playing live on the Champions League Group Stage schedule on Wednesday, October 1 and the game is live on ESPN2 on TV starting at 2:45 pm ET and streaming from the WatchESPN website at Vicente Calderon as the two powerhouse teams meet in this UCL fixture and it comes ahead of their second matchup in December.
The Group A matchup has the Italian and Spanish championship teams matching up and they are in one of the tougher groups in the tournament. Atletico Madrid lost last year against Real Madrid and now they come into things at third on the La Liga table. Juventus has been playing well early and they are leading Serie A after opening with five straight wins and they have not given up anything this season. Madrid comes in after a loss to Olympiacos in their last Champions League match and now they have Juventus before playing Malmo.
The team comes in after a win against Sevilla and they also won over Almeria and earlier in the season they got a surprising win away against Real Madrid. The team has the return trip against Olympiakos and this time that will be in Madrid and before that the team has Malmo, Real Sociedad and Malaga before playing that matchup. The team has been off to a strong start overall and that loss was their only defeat in competitive games and they are looking to keep that up.
Juventus has been very good to start the season and they are first in the Serie A standings and that means Atletico will have to get ready to bring it. The team next plays against Olympiacos after playing against Madrid and they are coming in looking to get things going well on the group table and they already have won over Malmo and could add more in this top matchup.
Atletico Madrid will be looking to keep things going and they have to rebound after losing to Olympiakos and they come in at third in the La Liga standings. The team lost in the final last season in the battle of Madrid and while they won the La Liga title, they will be looking to get out of this stage and into the next round. Coming up the team has Malmo for the two legs and they also have another matchup with Olympiakos later next month.
Atletico comes in after the loss to the Greek side and they will be looking to get back into the mix in Group A and they do not want to be eliminated here in the group stage. Juventus has played very well and that makes things tougher for Atletico, as they do not want to drop another match, as that would put even more pressure on the team as they try and move along.
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