Two clubs chasing UEFA Champions League glory will do battle today in a match between Olympiakos and Juventus. The group-stage match scheduled for 2:45 p.m. ET will be held at the Stadio Georgios Karaiskakis in Piraeus and can be live streamed here free. Additional TV coverage can be found on Fox Soccer Plus.
Olympiakos Michel had this to offer ahead of today's European encounter (via UEFA): "We know how to put on a good performance at this level as we have already proved. The match against Atlético [Madrid], and also last season against Malmö, I thought we played very well, but we lost because of our own mistakes. We have to decide tomorrow whether we are going to reach the level we know we can attain."
"[Massimiliano] Allegri's Juve and [Antonio] Conte's Juve are different teams," he added. "But both are powerful. Who knows whether the game will be open or not. No one expected us to score three against Atlético. We don't know if they will play with three or five defenders. We have to deal with either eventuality. We know fairly well how they will play, though, and we have a fair idea of how to play against them."
Tactical Preview
Player to Watch: Still looking to assimilate himself to Italian football, Juventus' Alvaro Morata is projected to make his first start of the 2014 campaign. The 21-year-old has one goal in 77 minutes of league play this season.
Olympiakos' Projected Lineup (4-3-3): Roberto; Elabdellaoui, Botía, Abidal, Masuaku; Maniatis, Milivojević, Kasami; Domínguez, Afellay, Mitroglou
Juventus' Projected Lineup (3-5-2): Buffon; Ogbonna, Bonucci, Chiellini; Asamoah, Pogba, Marchisio, Vidal, Lichsteiner; Morata, Tévez
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