Juventus 2025/2026 Champions League preview detailing, discussing and analyzing squad, fixtures, best XI, strengths, weaknesses & much more.

How far can Igor Tudor & his Juventus go? How many goals will Jonathan David score? Or will Dusan Vlahovic be the main goal threat? Will Kenan Yildiz breakthrough in Europe?

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How will Napoli, Inter Milan, Atalanta and Juventus perform in the 2025/26 Champions League?

Carlo Garganese and Nima Tavallaey preview and break down the Serie A teams, squads, lineups, group and fixtures. We offer our favourites to win the Champions League with predictions for winners, top scorer, best player and biggest flop.

Will PSG win the title again? What about Liverpool. Man City, Arsenal, Chelsea, Real Madrid, Barcelona and Bayern Munich?

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Italy are on the brink of failing to qualify directly for World Cup 2026 and will likely have to navigate the playoffs once again.

Carlo and Nima break down how the World Cup qualifying playoffs work, the Azzurri’s possible opponents in the draw, when the matches are and whether Italy will actually qualify.

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The Derby d’Italia between Juventus and Inter Milan in Serie A matchday three takes place on Saturday 13 September at 18:00 CET at the Allianz Stadium. Carlo Garganese and Nima Tavallaey preview the big game. We look at the probable XIs, injuries and suspensions, and break down the game tactically before offering our predictions

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Diego Maradona was close to signing for Arsenal as a youngster?

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Federico Chiesa was left out of the Liverpool 2025/2026 Champions League squad.

Did Chiesa make a mistake staying at Liverpool? Do you think Chiesa will play for Liverpool at all this season? Where should he have gone? Is his career over at the top?

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The World Cup 2026 qualifier between Italy and Estonia in UEFA Qualification Group I takes place on Friday 5 September at 20:45 CET at the Stadio di Bergamo. Carlo Garganese and Nima Tavallaey preview the big game. We look at the probable XIs, injuries and suspensions, and break down the game tactically before offering our predictions.

Who do you think will win on Friday? Who will score?

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Who were the winners and losers of the summer transfer market? From Juventus, Inter Milan, AC Milan, AS Roma, Lazio, Fiorentina, Atalanta, Como and Napoli to the relegation candidates, Carlo and Nima look at which clubs performed best and worst as they grade every team and revise their Serie A predictions for the season. They also name their best and worst transfers from the likes of Luka Modric, Jonathan David, Kevin de Bruyne and many more.

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From Inter Milan crash back to earth in Udinese shock loss, Juventus hero Dusan Vlahovic silences haters, Matias Soulé magic for Roma, Atalanta stumble to Parma who look like a Serie B side already just like Lecce who lose to AC Milan, Napoli beat Cagliari at the death, Cremonese win dramatic 5 goal thriller over Sassuolo as Jamie Vardy joins, to winners and losers of the transfer window, rating every clubs mercato, and final Serie A prediction as well as this week's Baggio, Serie ASS and Premface of the week plus much, much more when Nima and Carlo break down all the main talking points from Match Day 2 of the 2025/2026 Serie A season.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro - Match Day 2 Overview
02:45 Inter Milan - Cristian Chivu & Co Crash Down To Earth With Shock Defeat
13:30 Udinese - Keinan Davis Shines As Kosta Runjaic Exposes Tactical Weaknesses
21:10 Juventus - Dusan Vlahovic The Hero Again Against Defensively Tough Genoa
30:50 Napoli - André-Frank Zambo Anguissa Wins It At The Death As Kevin De Bruyne Struggles
40:18 Atalanta - Another Draw As Ivan Juric's Side Fail To Create Much In Attack
46:05 Parma - Sooner Carlos Cuesta Sacked The Better Chance To Avoid Serie B
52:01 AC Milan - Deserved First Win For Max Allegri After Dominant Performance
59:00 Lecce - Salentini Preparing For Serie B & Lose In Front Of Superfan Helen Mirren
01:00:54 Roma - Matias Soulé & Paulo Dybala Link Up As Gasperini Era Off To A Flyer
01:04:00 Best Of The Rest - Davide Nicola's Cremonese Win 5 Goal Thriller, Riccardo Orsolini Bologna Match Winner Again, Valentin Castellanos Magic For Lazio
01:08:47 Deadline Day, Mercato Analysis & Ratings - Winners & Losers
01:41:47 Nima & Carlo Final Serie A 2025/2026 Predictions
01:47:52 Italy Vs Estonia Preview - FIFA World Cup 2026 Qualifier Lineups, Team News, Predictions & Much More
01:57:54 Baggio, Premface & Serie ASS Of The Week

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After Jonathan David scored on his debut and his replacement Dusan Vlahovic doubled Juventus lead, the question must be asked: should the Bianconeri keep both as they compete in both the Serie A & the Champions League?

Should Juve go after Kolo Muani? Or keep Vlahovic? Or try to sign Kolo Muani and play two of the three in most games?

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