"It would be a good opportunity to send a message out to everyone, including ourselves," sports magazine Football Italia quoted Cordoba as saying on Friday.

Serie A leaders Juventus beat third-place Inter 2-1 in the Serie A earlier in February to widen the gap between them to 12 points and end Cordoba's side title dreams.

The match and result were a carbon-copy of the two giants clash in the Stadio Delle Alpi in the first round of the Scudetto.

"We could show that we didn’t deserve what happened to us. There is not such a big difference between us and Juve," the Colombian international added.

Inter will play Ajax Amsterdam in the round of 16 of the Champions League while Juventus will take on Werder Bremen.