25 August 2022
PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN
Champions of France, finalists in 19/20, semi-finalists in 20/21 and our strongest opponent in the group, Currently first place in Ligue 1 with nine points out of nine, they conquered the league last year with 86 points, 15 points ahead of second-placed Marseille. Juventus and PSG have met on eight previous occasions, with the Bianconeri winning six, scoring 17 goals and conceding six.
Here are some moments to remember from our last competitive meeting:
UCL draw | 1997: Juve-PSG, the last match
BENFICA
Whilst the previous encounters against the storied Portuguese have gone in their favour, winning won four times out of six, with a draw and a Juventus win, the games have all been memorable, with a total of seven Portuguese goals and five Bianconeri. Currently the Lisbon team is third in the Portuguese league where they ended last season with 74 points, -17 from champions, Porto. Last year in UCL Benfica were eliminated in the Round of 16 by Liverpool.
Let's go and review that one win, in the UEFA Cup:
Classic Match UEFA Cup | Juventus - Benfica 3-0 92/93
MACCABI HAIFA
A double of 1-0 wins in 2009 constitutes the previous games played in the Champions League between Juventus and Maccabi. In Turin, Giorgio Chiellini scored, whilst in Tel Aviv, where the match was played it was Mauro Camoranesi.
The Israeli team are the reigning champions winning the league with 78 points in 36 games +8 on Apoel Be'er Sheva. They will begin their new season on Saturday. In their last UCL season they were eliminated in the preliminaries by Kairat and thus participated in the Conference League, finishing fourth in their group with Feyenoord, Union Berlin and Slavia Prague.
Let's take a look back at that 1-0 win in Turin!
