The UEFA Champions League

Today evening is an important time for us. At 20:45 in Juventus Stadium is taking place a very significant event for every single fan of football. In 9th of December  a city of Turin is becoming the capital of European football. More than 40 thousand of people is participating in presumably one of the most attractive sport event this year.  

The two opponents of the evening do not have to be presented for the wide audience because of very famous mark the clubs have been earning for years.

The first sport team is Juventus Turin which is also well-known as 'Vecchia Signora' or players from 'Vecchia Signora'. Juventus Football Club S.p.A. was founded in 1897 and from that time remains one of the most titled football club in Italy. Due to many years of success, full of victories on the national and international pitches, this club has started to be epitome of 'Italianness' which can be definied as a simbol of the Italian national pride. The numbers cannot speak but it is essential to emphasize that Juventus Turin was the gold medalist of Italian Serie A 30 times, the silver 21 times and the third 12 times. It triumphed in the mentioned UEFA Champions League 2 times, the last time in 1996.

In the history of Juve there were also bad moments related with a corrupion, relegation and  repossession of all the titles won in the years 2004-2006.

The most talented players who played or are playing in 'Vecchia Signora' are Gianluigi Buffon, Fabio Cannavaro, Alessandro Del Piero, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Liliam Thuram and Patrick Vieria.

The Juventus Turin is famous as a club which employs many native players who are also squad members of Italian national team.  

The second team which is pretending to win this match is Atletico Madrid. The Spanish football club founded in 1903 also remains a team with long-term traditions and success, though its budget is 2.5 times lower than the funds of Juve. 'Los Colchoneros'  play their matches in  Vicente Calderón Stadium, a capacity of which is just a bit bigger than this of Juventus Stadium. Atletico Madrid rapresents an attractive kind of football which is full of fast counterattacks, pressing and characterised by a great precision during set pieces. Although Atletico is not the most titled Spanish football club, it was able to win 10 times a gold medal in 'La Liga' and in 'Copa del Rei', taking also the first place in 'Supercopa Espania' 4 times. 

Atletico Madrid is considerated as a club which scoutmaster can find a nearly unknown player, making him a football star by hard-working and promoting self-confidence. The players of Atletico form a close family based on trust and cooperation. Year by year this team is making a progress both in the national games and in international.        

The most talented player of Atletico Madrid was Luis Aragones who scored 173 goals during his career. Other notable players are Sergio Agüero, Diego Costa, Diego Forlan, Radamel Falcao, Fernando Torres and Jorge Resurrección. 

Who will be winner this evening? I do not know but hope to see a good match with many impressive goals.