Juve the old lady will face Barca the CatalansmAlmost two years after they contested the final in Berlin, Juventus and Barcelona will meet in the last eight, with Pavel Nedv'd and Claudio Marchisio playing down any notion of revenge.Juventus have made it to the quarter-finals for the third time in the last five Champions League seasons. In that period, no other Italian club has reached the Last 8 of the competition.Juventus have won their last four games in the Champions League, the current longest run in the competition. They are the only unbeaten team this season alongside Real Madrid.On top of that, Juventus haven't conceded a goal for 351 minutes, also the current longest run in the competition. Sevilla's Nico Pareja was the last player to find the Turin nets, back in November.Juve have conceded fewer goals in the Champions League this season than any of the other seven sides still left in the competition (2 in 8 games). Both of those goals came from set-piece.Juventus are unbeaten in their last 17 Champions League home games (W10 D7), their longest ever run without a defeat in the competition on home soil. Bayern Munich are the last team to beat them, back in April 2013 (2-0).Gonzalo Higuain has scored only two goals in 22 Champions League knockout games. In the group stages, he's netted 13 goals in 38 games.Juventus and Barcelona's last encounter was in the 2015 Champions League final, the latter winning 3-1 in Berlin. However, the Catalans have yet to beat Juventus on their own soil in European competition (D2 L2).Only Barcelona (4) have been awarded more penalties than Juventus (3) in the Champions League this season.Barcelona reached this season's quarter-finals after overturning the biggest ever deficit in European Cup/Champions League history, winning 6-1 against Paris SG after having lost the first-leg 4-0.Barcelona have reached the quarter-finals for the 10th consecutive season, the longest run in the history of the Champions League.Barca are the top scorers in this season's Champions League with 26 goals in eight games. Nine of those have come from set-piece, also the highest tally in this season's competition.Lionel Messi has scored 11 goals in this season's Champions League, already his best tally since the 2011/12 campaign (14).Neymar has delivered eight assists in this season's Champions League, more than any other player. He's also completed the most dribbles (33).
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