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Alessandro Del Piero believes Atletico Madrid are favourites ahead of Juventus tomorrow, as he reflects on his former team’s chances in Europe.

The Bianconeri’s search for improved performance in the Champions League continues at the Vicente Calderon against last season’s beaten finalists, in a game that their former No 10 believes they are underdogs for.

“It will be a great game – Atletico are one of the best teams in Europe, a great side actually, and this will be one of the best games of this phase,” Del Piero has enthused to Marca today.

“Atletico are the favourites, as the numbers will say, and whilst both are champions of their respective countries, Atletico played in last year’s Champions League Final.

“But, everything could happen [in the return match] at Juventus Stadium.

“Diego Simeone is a very intelligent person, a professional who has great confidence in his own ideas and is able to motivate an entire group. He has great intelligence.

“I do not want to talk about the players, but Koke has great quality and can grow a lot. Cerci really wants to play in the Champions League, he has quality, speed, is good one-on-one, he will work his own space.”

Del Piero also discussed recent events in Turin, including the change of Coach, from Antonio Conte to Max Allegri.

“He has his game well defined and has not wanted to alter the mechanisms of a squad that has a style of play that clearly works.

“Conte has given so much to Juventus, and has great merit in the three Scudetti. His merits are indisputable, but Juventus are a great team, and sometimes change can allow you to find a new energy.

“Can Juve win the Champions League? It’s only a matter of time, Juventus have to demonstrate that the squad has grown, that they can win in Italy and compete in Europe.”

Speaking to a Spanish publication, the Delhi Dynamos’ new signing was inevitably asked about Fernando Llorente and Alvaro Morata.

“Llorente has proven to be a great player, he has a great physique and great tactical intelligence. It is not easy to adapt to Italian football as he has done, and he is important to the team.

“I do not know Morata to judge him, but I know that he is a young talent who did not find space in Madrid, and Juventus is the right place in which to develop.”

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