Conte: "Real has a devastating front line"

Posted Tuesday, November 05, 2013 by Marca.com

Conte:

Antonio Conte believes that Juventus will show Real Madrid why it should stay alive and kicking in Europe's elite club competition, much as he believes the Italian side also showed this two weeks ago, despite losing out to 'Los Blancos' 2-1.

He described his coming opponent as "having an extraordinary, devastating front line, especially if Real is allowed to play the type of football it enjoys. There's Cristiano Ronaldo, Bale, Benzema, Di María, and the rest", said the Juventus coach.

"They are extraordinary. They are fantastic when there is open space on the field to attack. We need to pay special attention from a tactical perspective, correcting some mistakes we made in Madrid, whilst also trying to do some damage to Madrid when we have the ball. But we know that we are facing an extraordinarily strong attack", he added.

Conte also expressed his belief that the home stadium would play in his favour this time around, with a set of fans that he hopes will continue to show its Italian "passion". He also underlined how well things are going for Juve at the moment, having put together a run of three consecutive league victories after losing out to Real Madrid on 23rd October.

"We hope to experience a beautiful game, which is also an essential game for us to stay alive in the group. It's out on the pitch that we need to show that we deserve to be where we are, as we did in Madrid, to stay alive in the Champions League", he said.