Juventus has been eagerly awaiting the return of Pierre Kalulu to fitness after he sustained an injury during a match against Benfica.

The UEFA Champions League playoff continues on Wednesday, Feb. 19 with a second leg matchup between PSV Eindhoven and Juventus.

The defender moved to Tyneside on a free last summer but, with only a handful of games to his name, will end the season at the Turin giants

USMNT international Weston McKennie is the Juventus captain in a key game against Inter this evening. It kicks off at 20:45 CET (19:45 GMT) at the Allianz Stadium in Turin. You can follow all the build-up and action as it happens from today’s five Serie A games on the Liveblog. Football Italia is among the accredited media in Turin.

In this case, Kalulu would miss another three Juventus fixtures: Wednesday’s decisive second leg against PSV Eindhoven in the Champions League play-off round, next weekend’s Serie A game versus Cagliari and the Coppa Italia quarter-final against Empoli on February 26th.

Benfica and Monaco will clash at the Estádio da Luz in the return leg of their Champions League playoff on Tuesday. Liverpool or Barcelona await the winner in the Round of 16.  SL Benfica vs