Juventus At In-Form Roma With Champions League In The Balance
Juventus' bid to salvage Champions League football from their deeply disappointing Serie A campaign will be seriously tested on Sunday night at red-hot Roma as the battle for a top-four spot hots up. Igor Tudor's fifth-placed side are one point outside the Champions League positions ahead of their trip to Rome after a shaky, if winning, start against Genoa last weekend. And with six teams still in the hunt for two places with eight matches remaining, Juve head to Rome at real risk of not reaching Europe's elite club competition. Juve cannot afford to miss out on the Champions League given the club's recent negative financial history and the over 200 million euros ($217 million) invested in renewing the squad for Tudor's sacked predecessor Thiago Motta.