Champions League ambassador Karl-Heinz Riedle believes each team has a 50% chance as Dortmund face Juventus in the next round.

Riedle was a striker with Borussia Dortmund in the late 1980s and a World Cup winner with the German international team in 1990.

Asked for his thoughts on the Champions League draw that sees Juventus pitted against his old club team for the last sixteen, he said it was impossible to predict.

Champions League ambassador Karl-Heinz Riedle believes each team has a 50% chance as Dortmund face Juventus in the next round.

Riedle was a striker with Borussia Dortmund in the late 1980s and a World Cup winner with the German international team in 1990.

Asked for his thoughts on the Champions League draw that sees Juventus pitted against his old club team for the last sixteen, he said it was impossible to predict.

“It is a match that is open to every result,” Riedle told Sky Sports. “If they played the way they did last year I'd say Borussia Dortmund, but today they both have a 50% probability of qualifying.

“Dortmund have speed, good organisation and strength. Going forward, though, they're feeling the absence of Robert Lewandowski.”

In spite of their progress in the Champions League, Borussia Dortmund are only joint-fifteenth in the Bundesliga standings, a fact that Riedle himself cannot account for.

“I don't have an explanation for the difference between their performances in the Bundesliga and in the Champions League.

“In the league there are difficulties that nobody can explain, whereas in the Champions League they always play well.

“The injuries cannot be used as an excuse. It is a two-faced team."

Dortmund's squad includes Ciro Immobile, touted by many as an important prospect for the Azzurri.

“In the Champions League he always does well,” Riedle said of the Italian. “He runs a lot for himself and for the team.

“He is a different player from Lewandowski and perhaps the team has not adapted to his qualities yet.

“It will take a bit longer to see him at his top.”

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