Jakarta –
Pilar Freiburg Vincenzo Grifo is looking forward to the duel with Juventus. He has the opportunity to reunite with his colleagues in the Italian national team in the match later.
The draw for the last 16 of the Europa League has been completed at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, on Friday (24/2) evening WIB. One of the draw results brought Freiburg to Juventus.
Freiburg advanced to the last 16 after winning in Group G. Meanwhile, Juventus had to undergo a play-off for the last 16 after being knocked out of the Champions League. They beat Nantes at play-off with an aggregate of 4-1.
Juventus will act as the first hosts in the first leg on March 9. A week later it was the turn of the Bianconeri to visit Freiburg in the second leg on March 16.
Pilar Freiburg, Vicenzo Grifo, is looking forward to the duel with Juventus. He called the Bianconeri a big team. He has the opportunity to meet his colleagues in the Italian national team in the match later.
Grifo, who was born in Germany, has Italian blood and chose to defend Gli Azzuri. He already has eight caps for Italy.
At Juventus there are currently the names Federico Gatti, Leonardo Bonucci and Fabio Miretti who were in the Italian squad in the last match against Austria with Grifo. Apart from that there is also Matti De Sciglio, Nicolo Fagioli, Manuel Locatelli to Moise Kean, a Juventus player who has played in the La Nazionale uniform.
“Juventus are a fantastic team, with many talented players and a fantastic stadium,” Grifo said in an interview with Freiburg’s Facebook page.
“One always dreams of facing these teams. What is clear, I am happy to be reunited with some of my team-mates in the national team. We will go there with great motivation,” he said.
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