Real Madrid vs. Juventus odds 2017: Champions League final betting preview, analysis

Will Real Madrid cement its hegemony in European or will Juventus confirm the ascendancy of Italian calcio? Today I play in NY, so I’ll watch once the game has started, but between keeping an eye on my phone and running home, I won’t miss it. But if there is one team that would be eager to turn things around on their miserable record in Champions League finals, it is this Juventus side.

Welshman Bale, who has not played since April 23, would be playing on home soil at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff.Spanish global Isco shone in Bale’s absence as Real secured their first LaLiga title since 2012, and manager Zidane remained coy on his selection headache at his final pre-match press conference in Cardiff.

History certainly is not on Juventus’ side however. We’re going to try and do everything we can to win the Champions League once again.

Khedira conquered Europe with Real in 2014 but never really cut it at the Bernabeu, while Higuain, despite scoring more than 100 goals for the club, is still looking for a Champions League medal.

Juve and Madrid have met in the Champions final before when Madrid won 1-0 in 1998.

“Similarly, I was not surprised by Juve, even if it’s not easy to win everything, as I knew this season they were targeting the Champions League”.

“You’ve got two of the giants of European football here”, he said. Madrid later defeated Sporting by the same score in Portugal.

On the potential to win the Champions League – and make history in the process – Buffon said: “It would be great joy”.

There are a number of other subplots to Saturday’s game. Pepe (fractured rib) and Dani Carvajal (hamstring) were the last of the players off the treatment table and the duo have been picked by the Real Madrid boss for Saturday’s match-day squad.

“Everyone wants to play in this game and we’re privileged”.

“Real Madrid knows how to feed off this pressure”. However, Juventus have been impressive and made light work of Monaco in the semi-finals to book their place in Cardiff.

No team has ever defended their Champion’s League trophy in its current format.

“It would be great joy”, Buffon said Friday inside the Millennium Stadium.

Ronaldo had mustered two goals from his first eight outings of this continental campaign, and ahead of the quarter-finals he was nine adrift of frontrunner Messi.

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Real Madrid will be gunning to secure their 12 title this year, while Juventus will be striking in full force against Los Blancos, since they haven’t lifted the champions league trophy since 1996. Enhanced winnings paid in free bets.