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Juventus projected lineup for Champions League match vs Young Boys: Dybala and Mandzukic lead the attack

By John Vaccaro

TURIN, ITALY - SEPTEMBER 29: Mario Mandzukic of Juventus scores the goal of 1-1 during the Serie A match between Juventus and SSC Napoli at Allianz Stadium on September 29, 2018 in Turin, Italy. (Photo by Tullio Puglia - Juventus/Juventus FC via Getty Images)
TURIN, ITALY - SEPTEMBER 29: Mario Mandzukic of Juventus scores the goal of 1-1 during the Serie A match between Juventus and SSC Napoli at Allianz Stadium on September 29, 2018 in Turin, Italy. (Photo by Tullio Puglia - Juventus/Juventus FC via Getty Images) /
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ALLIANZ STADIUM, TURIN, ITALY – 2018/09/26: Paulo Dybala of Juventus FC celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the Serie A football match between Juventus FC and Bologna FC. Juventus FC won 2-0 over Bologna FC. (Photo by Nicolò Campo/LightRocket via Getty Images)
ALLIANZ STADIUM, TURIN, ITALY – 2018/09/26: Paulo Dybala of Juventus FC celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the Serie A football match between Juventus FC and Bologna FC. Juventus FC won 2-0 over Bologna FC. (Photo by Nicolò Campo/LightRocket via Getty Images) /

Juventus is riding high after claiming their 8th straight win to open the year, but will need to get creative with their lineup to keep the hot start alive.

Juve is 8 for 8 to start the season for the first time in over 80 years and has a chance at their first 9 for 9 start in team history. This early season run culminated in Saturday’s win over second place Napoli.

Young Boys is off to a similarly hot start in their league. They’ve won all 9 of their matches including a 7-1 destruction of Basel. However, they did have a hiccup in their first Champions League match. They were dominated by Manchester United en route to a 3-0 loss.

Juve will be starting an unfamiliar lineup as their list of unavailable players seems to be getting longer by the match. We already knew that Cristiano Ronaldo would be missing because of his suspension and Douglas Costa would be out because of his injury. Now Massimiliano Allegri has said that Giorgio Chiellini and Joao Cancelo won’t be available on Tuesday either.

Juve will probably need to start this match in a 3-5-2. Allegri showed last week that he is willing to use the formation that started Juve’s return to the top of the league. Even with all of these changes Juve will be expected to come away with another win. Another short of their perfect start continuing will be considered a disappointment.

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