Sevilla’s Grzegorz Krychowiak (top) heads the ball during his team’s 3-0 victory over Borussia M’gladbach earlier this month.Sevilla’s Grzegorz Krychowiak (top) heads the ball during his team’s 3-0 victory over Borussia M’gladbach earlier this month.

Sevilla forward Fernando Llorente fears a Juventus backlash in the Champions League tonight.

Llorente misses the game against his former club due to injury, but has delivered a warning to his team-mates that the Bianconeri’s current league form only makes them even more dangerous at Juventus Stadium.

Juve are currently 15th in Serie A, with only five points from their first six games of the season.

They did, however, beat Manchester City 2-1 in their opening Champions League fixture and Llorente, who played the final five minutes of last June’s ill-fated final for Juve, is expecting them to show their true colours on Wednesday.

“It’s going to be really difficult,” he told La Gazzetta dello Sport.

“This is a great Juve side who are going to want to tear the world to shreds.

“I’m afraid we might be the ones to pay for the difficulties they have had recently.

“I know they only drew their last game against Frosinone, but that was just a slip-up.”

Sevilla started their Champions League campaign with a 3-0 win over Borussia Monchengladbach and they are aware of how big a step towards the knockout stages they can take with a win in Turin.

“We’ve started well and we really want to gain respect in Europe,” added the 30-year-old.

“That is something you can only earn by playing games like these, in stadiums like this one.”

Llorente is not the only former Bianconeri player to pay his ex-club a visit tonight with Ciro Immobile returning to Juventus Stadium for the second year running, having played against them in a Dortmund shirt last season.

Immobile told Tuttosport that he if does score against the Italians he “would go crazy, not just because it’s Juve but because it’s been too long since I last scored”.

He added: “I’ve not scored since March, in the German Cup. Getting back into the limelight in the Champions League would be the ultimate.”

Giorgio Chiellini and Leonardo Bonucci are likely to be the defenders he will have to beat, but not Martin Caceres.

The Uruguayan has been suspended by the Serie A club after being involved in a road accident in the early hours of yesterday.

Caceres crashed his Ferrari in the centre of Turin while reportedly under the influence of alcohol and Juve confirmed yesterday that “disciplinary proceedings including a fine and temporary suspension from first-team duty” had been applied for “damaging the image of our club”.

Coach Massimiliano Allegri will therefore have to reorganise his defence and possibly play with a back four, rather than a back three.

The Juve coach may be able to count on Sami Khedira, however, who trained yesterday and could make his competitive debut for the club he joined from Real Madrid in the summer.

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