Barcelona midfielder Sergio Busquets says that Juventus have reached the Champions League final through sound organisation rather than good football.
The Bianconeri were unfancied in Europe at the start of the season and were struggling in the group stage before making it to the round of 16.
They have since overcome Borussia Dortmund, Monaco and Real Madrid, but Busquets remains less than impressed with their gameplan.
"Juventus have not reached the final by playing well or scoring a lot," he told La Gazzetta dello Sport.
"But they deserve to be here, they're a compact team and very difficult to beat. Until December, they were in trouble in the group. Then over time they showed they were prepared to go all the way.
"It's always like that with Italian teams, they're competitive, they know what they want and they know how to get it.
"In a final, it's winning that counts, it's not the style of play that people remember. We know how difficult it is and it would be nice to win, which is what counts."
Busquets went on to hail coach Luis Enrique's effect on the team since taking over from Tata Martino last summer.
"Under Luis Enrique we’ve worked a lot, and we’ve improved defensively. The addition of Luis Suarez has helped us a lot, and with Ivan Rakitic and Andres Iniesta we move well and keep it tight.
"Then we have a good defence and two great goalkeepers. In general, compared to a year ago the difference is physical, we’re much better in that respect and you can see it.
"The impact of Luis Enrique has been very positive. He has very clear ideas about football and we’ve absorbed them. We’ve had more variation and it’s helped us so much with Lionel Messi being on the wing.
"He’s even more devastating when he drifts into the centre, pulls people out of position and makes combinations. Then Suarez is there as a point of reference, which is good for us."
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