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Juventus name 23-man Champions League squad for Tottenham tie

Juventus head coach Massimiliano Allegri looks on during the Serie A match between Genoa CFC and Juventus at Stadio Luigi Ferraris on August 26, 20...
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Tottenham Hotspur travel to Juventus on February 13th for the first leg of their Champions League tie.

Tottenham Hotspur's Argentinian head coach Mauricio Pochettino shouts instructions to his players from the touchline during the English Premier League football match between Arsenal and...

Spurs will travel to Turin in 11 days time to take on Juventus in the first leg of their Champions League tie, with both sides confident in their chances of making it through to the quarter-finals of the competition.

It had been widely reported that the Old Lady would be without some of their key men for the tie against Tottenham, but that does not seem to be the case, after Massimiliano Allegri named his squad for the knock-out tie.

According to Calcio Mercato, the Italian has included two major doubts – Paulo Dybala and Juan Cuadrado, in his squad, although it is unclear whether they will be fit enough to play.

Paulo Dybala (L) of Juventus  during the serie A match between Hellas Verona FC and Juventus at Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi on December 30, 2017 in Verona, Italy.

Allegri has also named Stephan Lichtsteiner, who was a doubt for the clash following surgery.

Spurs have been in fine form of late, and will be fairly confident of their chances of progressing through to the quarter-finals of the Champions League, but Juve will represent a fiercely competitive challenge for the Lilywhites, what with their experience and nouse of playing in the latter stages of the competition.

Tottenham Hotspur's Danish midfielder Christian Eriksen (C) celebrates with  Tottenham Hotspur's English midfielder Dele Alli (R) and Tottenham Hotspur's English striker Harry Kane,...

Tottenham have nothing to fear, though. They dismantled an experienced Manchester United side at Wembley on Wednesday night, and if they can just remain in the tie after the first leg, they have every chance of progressing through to the next round against the Italian giants.