From the papers

November 8, 2000
Juventus Official Site

Juventus go into tonight's match knowing that they're drinking in the last chance saloon. Paolo Montero could be back as Tuttosport point out that a draw isn't enough for the Bianconeri if Hamburg beat Deportivo at home. Alex Del Piero will take on the playmaking mantle of the suspended Zinedine Zidane with the club standing to lose somewhere in the region of £17m should they not qualify. Carlo Ancelotti has apparently relegated David Trezeguet to the bench gone with Inzaghi-Kovacevic front combination. The good news is that Uruguayan central defender Paolo Montero may well play a part.

The Gazzetta dello Sport also urges on the Bianconeri as it is a very poignant day for Del Piero having picked up his fateful injury two years ago on this very day against Udinese. Manager Carlo Ancelotti is confident Juve can do it and doesn't feel in danger: "I don't think that my job depends on this one game," he shrugs. The Bianconeri skipper Antonio Conte, himself a big-match player, is also trying to gee up his team-mates: "We have to push forward; it wouldn't be the first time we've qualified at the death," points out the Italian international.

The Corriere dello Sport reminds the club that Athens is where Hamburg defeated them in the 1983 European Cup Final match with a certain Felix Magath doing the damage. The Rome daily reckons that Montero will be on the bench and that Fabian O'Neill will start. The forward pairing of Pippo Inzaghi and Darko Kovecevic is also regarded as very probable given that the two players were rested on Sunday. Antonio Conte has picked out former Bianconero Paulo Sousa and veteran Polish striker Krzysztof Warzycha as the Greeks' main threats, but the man from Lecce is in buoyant mood: "We are in great shape and now it's up to us."
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