Juventus arrived to face Bayern Munich and a confidence smile the faces of his players, but they left the pitch Mkfihri face after outweigh them Bayern in the first leg of the quarter-finals of the Champions League match on Tuesday.
Did not find coach Antonio Conte, who led the great revival of the Italian club seemed to admit that the opponent was better after a defeat by two goals without reply to waiting for a big job to compensate in the return leg in Turin on Wednesday.
Before the game Conti pledged that enters Juventus confrontation with a confidence smile the faces of his players, saying he will play without fear in the biggest challenge waged for nearly two seasons at the head of the technical staff in the Italian team.
But soon the smile disappeared and changed to feelings of real fear of Bayern who enjoys a great march at home, including winning the Hamburg nine goals last Saturday.
Although he was curious to hear the coach of a team in the size of Juventus talking about the decline of the nominations in front of his opponent, but he was already describes reality.
Juventus confirmed the performance of the new Italian clubs experiencing financial problems are no longer able to compete with the best European teams after falling Udinese in the final round of qualifying for the group stage and lost Milan Qualifiers without reply against Barcelona in the first knockout round.
Although the twice European champions Juventus and Italian champions 28 times is the only club in Serie who owns a home and enjoy a more stable financial position of other clubs, he can not spend money on players such as rich European clubs.
Conte told reporters, "Bayern among the favorites for the title and I think he has determined certain to win the tournament after losing the final on home turf last season."
"This defeat was of course a big impact on them and I think they are determined to compensation."
"I must be frank and Hats off to a much stronger competitor of our team. Bayern the best team we have faced this season."
Juventus returned to appearing in the quarter-finals after an absence of seven years during which an inventory of the domestic league titles scandal rig matches. But the team has dominated the Italian league under the leadership of Conte and won the title without losing a match last year and outperform now nine points clear of closest rival on the forefront.
But he did not face a team strongly Bayern this season. German team scored 78 goals in 27 league appearances this Elmo
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