Today at 2:45 p.m. ET, Juventus and FC Copenhagen go head-to-head in UEFA Champions League Group B action live from Juventus Stadium in Italy. The game can be live streamed here.
Juventus coach Antonio Conte hopes that his team returns to form after suffering through three draws and one defeat in their first four Champions League games in Group B that have left the team seven points behind Real Madrid for the group lead.
The team has been doing well in Serie A, having recently notched a 2-0 victory over Livorno on Sunday.
"My team is doing really well in Serie A," Conte said via ESPN. "To have collected 34 points in 13 games is very positive. We hope to continue on this path and achieve something important at the end of the season. We hope we can take a good result on Wednesday."
The team enters play knowing that they have an opportunity to try and control their own destiny.
"We are in an interesting situation in the Champions League as qualification is in our hands and we don't depend on anyone but ourselves," he told ESPN. "I see the team really motivated to do well and we will do all we can to progress to the next round."
The importance of today's match isn't lost on Conte's players.
"These three points are crucial," Juventus striker Fernando Llorente said, according to ESPN. "We will try to give our best and hand a good performance."
Defenders Leonardo Bonucci and Angelo Ogbonna return after suspension and Llorente will partner Carlos Tevez up front.
Copenhagen held Juventus to a 1-1 draw in Denmark and will look for its first win on the road after suffering defeats at Real Madrid and Galatasaray.
Stale Solbakken leads a team that is riding a six-game winning streak into play after a 4-1 victory Saturday over Viborg. Team captain Lars Jacobsen hopes that his team will take some confidence into the game after a surprising victory over Galatasaray that synched their first win of the competition.
"We have improved a lot after a poor start to the season and now we can look forward to the last two matches in the group," Jacobsen said via ESPN. "We need to show the same determination tomorrow as we displayed against Galatasaray."
Both teams are in search of a win when Juventus and Copenhagen meet on the pitch at Juventus Stadium today.
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