2021-22 Champions League: head-to-head Juventus - Villarreal (Round of 16, second leg, 16/03/2022)

With a brand value of €565m, Juventus FC (Serie A TIM) are ranked 11^th in the "Football Annual 2020" ranking drawn up by the American company Brand Finance, a specialist in the economic valuation of brands, while Villarreal CF (LaLiga Santander) are 44^th, as the two clubs prepare to face each other in the second leg of their 2021-22 Champions League Round of 16 match (1-1 after the first leg) at the Allianz Stadium (Turin, ITA) on Wednesday 16/03/2022 (kick-off at 21:00 CET).

The Italian club posted a turnover (excluding transfers) of €437.6m for the financial year 2020-21, more than triple that of the 2020-21 Europa League winners who generated €123.9m over the same period. Juventus were also ranked 11^th Top 20 "World's Most Valuable Soccer Teams" (excluding real estate) as established by the American business magazine Forbes in April 2021, with $1.95bn (€1.77bn). Their Spanish rivals were absent from the ranking.

On social media (Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Twitter, as of 16/03/2022), the Turin club (ITA) has more than 108 million followers, 33 times as many as Villarreal, who…