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Juventus vs. Celtic: Lineups

Celtic will attempt to pull off the amazing comeback with several changes from their first leg lineup. Scott Brown and Mikael Lusting are out injured and have been replaced by Adam Matthews and Beram Kayal. Joe Ledley replaced Efe Ambrose on the back line as well. As expected, Georgios Samaras returns and will team up with Gary Hooper in the attack.

Antonio Conte is reseting several starters, showing a deserve confidence in the ultimate result of this match. Stephan Lichtsteiner, Claudio Marchisio and Mirko Vucinic all get a break, with Simone Padoin, Paul Pogba and Fabio Quagliarella all getting starts instead.

Juventus starting lineup (3-5-2): Gianluigi Buffon; Andrea Barzagli, Federico Peluso; Luca Marrone, Leonardo Bonucci, Simone Padoin, Arturo Vidal, Andrea Pirlo, Paul Pogba; Alessandro Matri, Fabio Quagliarella.

Celtic starting lineup (4-4-2): Fraser Forster; Adam Matthews, Joe Ledley, Joe Ledley, Emilio Izaguirre; Beram Kayal, Victor Wanyama, Charlie Mulgrew, Kris Commons; Georgios Samaras, Gary Hooper.

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