Aiming to leave domestic troubles behind and take a step closer to some silverware, Juventus host Bundesliga upstarts Freiburg on Thursday night, in the Europa League's last 16. Already clear favourites to progress coming into their playoff tie with Nantes last month, Juventus may have been stung by a blistering counter-attack to draw the home leg 1-1, but ultimately eased through in France as Angel Di Maria bagged a hat-trick against 10-man opponents. Juventus have not won a European trophy since 1996, and with a point to prove given recent events at the club, they should be clear-minded about their task. While Freiburg are far from pushovers, the Bianconeri possess far more individual quality and experience at this level, so can take a slight lead with them to Germany next week.



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为了把国内的麻烦抛在身后，向奖杯迈进一步，尤文图斯在周四晚上的欧联杯16强比赛中主场迎战德甲新军弗赖堡。上个月与南特的季后赛比赛中，尤文图斯已经很有希望晋级，他们可能被激烈的反击所刺痛，在主场1-1战平，但最终在法国，天使迪马利亚在对阵10人的对手时上演帽子戏法，轻松晋级。尤文图斯自1996年以来就没有赢得过欧洲冠军奖杯，考虑到俱乐部最近发生的事情，他们应该对自己的任务有清醒的认识。虽然弗赖堡的实力不容小觑，但斑马军团在这一级别上拥有更多的个人素质和经验，所以他们可以在下周的德国之战中略微领先。