Juventus vs Dortmund: 5 Players To Watch

Aug 3, 2013; Los Angeles, CA, USA; uventus starters pose for a group photo before their semi-final game against the Los Angeles Galaxy before the Guiness International Champions Cup at Dodger Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Robert Hanashiro-USA TODAY Sports

The clash between Juventus and Borussia Dortmund on Tuesday at the Juventus Stadium in Torino, Italy will be one of the most memorable matches of the opening Round of 16.  This undoubtedly will provide spectators live and on broadcast around the world with the “oh” and “ah” moments we all crave as football lovers.  The question on everybody’s mind going into this 50-50 bout is who will make the difference?

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I’ll save the grunt work for you so you can enjoy the game while I will probably be found sprawled out on all floors tightly gripping my Alessandro Del Piero 12-inch statue.

This will be an important match to watch to see which side can get an advantage in the first leg of the Round of 16 matchup. Check out five players to watch in the Juventus and Borussia Dortmund Champions League match.

How often pundits and even fans love to look at the past for answers when really the past very rarely has any connection to the present.  Sure, we all learn from past mistakes and there are even those members of society that love to repeat the same mistakes.  These two teams taking the field will be grinding their teeth not looking at 1997, but instead looking at the clock, which will read 8:45 or as the rest of the world will read it 20:45 pm local time February 24, 2015.  On paper it’s tit-for-tat and in my previous article we broke each position down including a breakdown of Juve’s Allegri and BVB’s Klopp.

This article won’t be so much of an overview as it is a detailed analysis of the players that will have the biggest impact on the game for factors that go beyond the average understanding.  A few names that we all would expect and that’s only fair because they deserve it.  There are also a few omissions that will turn some heads, but the goal is to look at a player’s detailed influence.

Without further ado I present to you the Five Key Players to Watch in Juventus vs Dortmund First Leg of the Champions League Round of 16.

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