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Hello my friends. Here is the Serie A Week 32 Preview – Thirty-second Round on Saturday 15 April 2017.

A historical round because we have the first Milan Derby under the new management. It’s the new Era after the passing of the old management from Berlusconi to the Chinese.
The Serie A leaders will remain the same. Juventus the absolute leader of the Serie A. We will have a thriller round as far as the relegation zone fighting to remain in the Serie A next season.

The top scorers of the Serie A up to Week 31 : Torino forward Andrea Belotti and AS Roma forward Edin Dzeko with 23 goals each

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Serie A Week 32 / 32a Giornata /

Saturday 15 April 2017

INTER – AC MILAN
Giuseppe Meazza Stadium
Referee: ORSATO
Assistants: DI FIORE – MANGANELLI
Fourth Official: MELI
ADD1: DAMATO
ADD2: RUSSO
12:30

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
AC Milan, 6th position with 57 points and a positive goal difference of +14
Inter, 7th position with 55 points and a positive goal difference of +22

Pos Team P W D L Goals DIFF Points
6 Milan 31 17 6 8 47:33 14 57
7 Inter 31 17 4 10 57:35 22 55

 

The Milan Derby !  It’s the awaited Derby della Madonnina to claim the bragging rights to rule the City of Milan.  A clash not to miss because Inter and Milan are fighting for a spot in the Europa League next season.   Currently, AC Milan in the 6th position with 57 points and Inter in the 7th position with 55 points.

Here is the situation.  Inter can overtake the 6th position if they defeat AC Milan.  A draw will not be enough and the status quo will remain the same.

  • There are a total of 165 precedents between Inter and AC Milan.   Stats showing Inter with 61 wins, 53 draws, and AC Milan with 51 wins.   Out of the 440 goals, Inter scoring 227 goals and AC Milan 213 goals. For games played at the Giuseppe Meazza, we see 86 games, Inter with 31 wins, 29 draws, and 26 wins Milan.

The last time Inter defeated AC Milan in Serie A was on September 13, 2015 with Inter 1 – 0 Milan.  The last match ended AC Milan 2 – 2 Inter.

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer of INTER:  Mauro Icardi with 20 goals

Top scorer of AC MILAN:  Carlos Bacca with 13 goals

Inter Goals Goals AC Milan
Icardi, Mauro 20 13 Bacca, Carlos
Perisic, Ivan 9 7 Suso
Banega, Ever 6 5 Lapadula, Gianluca
Candreva, Antonio 5 4 Pasalic, Mario
Eder 4 3 Niang, Mbaye

Stats.  Here are the last 3 games of INTER:  1 draw, 2 lost

09/04/17 SA Crotone – Inter 2:1 31
03/04/17 SA Inter – Sampdoria 1:2 30
18/03/17 SA Turin – Inter 2:2 29

Stats. Here are the last 3 games of AC MILAN:   2 wins, 1 draw

09/04/17 SA Milan – Palermo 4:0 31
02/04/17 SA Pescara – Milan 1:1 30
18/03/17 SA Milan – Genoa 1:0 29

 

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CAGLIARI – CHIEVO VERONA
Sant’Elia Stadium
Referee: MANGANIELLO
Assistants: COSTANZO – BINDONI
Fourth Official: DEL GIOVANE
ADD1: VALERI
ADD2: ILLUZZI
15:00

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Chievo Verona, 12th position with 38 points and a negative goal difference of -10
Cagliari, 13th position with 35 points and a negative goal difference of -21

Pos Team P W D L Goals DIFF Points
12 Chievo 31 11 5 15 35:45 -10 38
13 Cagliari 31 10 5 16 41:62 -21 35

 

It’s a pressure for Cagliari to win the home game to claim all 3 points.    There are 10 precedents in Serie A between Cagliari vs Chievo Verona at the Sant’Elia Stadium.  Stats showing Cagliari with 3 wins, 2 draws, and Chievo with 5 wins.   Cagliari scoring 14 goals and Chievo 13 goals.

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer of CAGLIARI:  Marco Borriello with 14 goals

Top scorer of CHIEVO VERONA:  Roberto Inglese and Sergio Pellissier with 7 goals each

Cagliari Goals Goals Chievo Verona
Borriello, Marco 14 7 Inglese, Roberto
Sau, Marco 4 7 Pellissier, Sergio
Farias, Diego 4 6 Birsa, Valter
Pedro, Joao 3 4 Castro, Lucas
Melchiorri, Federico 3 3 Meggiorini, Riccardo

Stats.  Here are the last 3 games of CAGLIARI:  1 win, 1 draw, 1lost

09/04/17 SA Cagliari – Turin 2:3 31
02/04/17 SA Palermo – Cagliari 1:3 30
19/03/17 SA Cagliari – Lazio 0:0 29

Stats.  Here are the last 3 games of CHIEVO VERONA:   3 lost

08/04/17 SA Juventus – Chievo 2:0 31
02/04/17 SA Chievo – Crotone 1:2 30
19/03/17 SA Bologna – Chievo 4:1 29

 

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FIORENTINA – EMPOLI
Artemio Franchi Stadium
Referee: MAZZOLENI
Assistants: DI VUOLO – SCHENONE
Fourth Official: TOLFO
ADD1: CALVARESE
ADD2: LA PENNA
15:00

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Fiorentina, 8th position with 52points and a positive goal difference of +10
Empoli, 17th position with 23 points and a negative goal difference of -31

Pos Team P W D L Goals DIFF Points
8 Fiorentina 31 14 10 7 49:39 10 52
17 Empoli 31 5 8 18 18:49 -31 23

 

The derby!  Empoli with the pressure to win the away game to avoid falling down in the relegation zone while Fiorentina with the dream to pursue a spot in the Europa League next season.   Empoli winning only 5 games compared to Fiorentina winning 14 games.

There are 9 precedents in Serie A between Fiorentina and Empoli at the Artemio Franchi Stadium.  Stats showing Fiorentina with 4 wins, 3 draws, and Empoli with 1 win.

Stats BEFORE the game.   Top scorer of FIORENTINA:  Nikola Kalinic with 14 goals

Top scorer of EMPOLI: Levan Mchedlidze with 5 goals

Fiorentina Goals Goals Empoli
Kalinic, Nikola 14 5 Mchedlidze, Levan
Bernardeschi, Federico 10 4 Maccarone, Massimo
Babacar, Khouma 7 2 El Kaddouri, Omar
Ilicic, Josip 4 2 Pucciarelli, Manuel
Tello, Cristian 3 1 Krunic, Rade

Stats.  Here are the last 3 games of FIORENTINA:  2 wins, 1 draw

09/04/17 SA Sampdoria – Fiorentina 2:2 31
02/04/17 SA Fiorentina – Bologna 1:0 30
19/03/17 SA Crotone – Fiorentina 0:1 29

Stats.  Here are the last 3 games of EMPOLI:  1 draw, 2 lost

08/04/17 SA Empoli – Pescara 1:1 31
01/04/17 SA Roma – Empoli 2:0 30
19/03/17 SA Empoli – Napoli 2:3 29

 

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GENOA – LAZIO
Luigi Ferraris Stadium
Referee: MARESCA
Assistants: CARBONE – LONGO
Fourth Official: ALASSIO
ADD1: CELI
ADD2: MINELLI
15:000

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Lazio, 4th position with 60 points and a positive goal difference of +18
Genoa, 16th position with 29 points and a negative goal difference of -21

Pos Team P W D L Goals DIFF Points
4 Lazio 31 18 6 7 52:34 18 60
16 Genoa 31 7 8 16 30:51 -21 29

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer of GENOA:   Giovanni Simeone with 10 goals

Top scorer of LAZIO:  Ciro Immobile with 18 goals

Genoa Goals Goals Lazio
Simeone, Giovanni 10 18 Immobile, Ciro
Pavoletti, Leonardo 3 8 Keita, Balde
Ntcham, Olivier 3 5 Parolo, Marco
Ocampos, Lucas 3 4 Milinkovic-Savic, Sergej
Ninkovic, Nikola 2 3 Felipe Anderson

Stats.  Here are the last 3 games of GENOA: 3 lost

09/04/17 SA Udinese – Genoa 3:0 31
02/04/17 SA Genoa – Atalanta 0:5 30
18/03/17 SA Milan – Genoa 1:0 29

Stats.  Here are the last 3 games of LAZIO:   1 win, 2 lost

09/04/17 SA Lazio – Napoli 0:3 31
04/04/17 CI Roma – Lazio 3:2 S
01/04/17 SA Sassuolo – Lazio 1:2 30

 

PALERMO – BOLOGNA
Renzo Barbera Stadium
Referee: BANTI
Assistants: LIBERTI – GIALLATINI
Fourth Official: MARRAZZO
ADD1: MARIANI
ADD2: DI MARTINO
15:00

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Bologna, 14th position with 34 points and a negative goal difference of -17
Palermo, 19th position with 15 points and a negative goal difference of -42

Pos Team P W D L Goals DIFF Points
14 Bologna 31 9 7 15 29:46 -17 34
19 Palermo 31 3 6 22 25:67 -42 15

 

Stats BEFORE the  game.   Top scorer of PALERMO:   Ilija Nestorovski with 10 goals

Top scorer of BOLOGNA:  Blerim Dzemaili with 8 goals

Palermo Goals Goals Bologna
Nestorovski, Ilija 10 8 Dzemaili, Blerim
Quaison, Robin 4 6 Destro, Mattia
Rispoli, Andrea 3 5 Verdi, Simone
Chochev, Ivaylo 3 2 Viviani, Federico
Sallai, Roland 1 2 Di Francesco, Federico

Stats.   Here are the last 3 games of PALERMO:    3 lost

09/04/17 SA Milan – Palermo 4:0 31
02/04/17 SA Palermo – Cagliari 1:3 30
19/03/17 SA Udinese – Palermo 4:1 29

Stats.  Here are the last 3 games of BOLOGNA:   1 win, 2 lost

09/04/17 SA Bologna – Roma 0:3 31
02/04/17 SA Fiorentina – Bologna 1:0 30
19/03/17 SA Bologna – Chievo 4:1 29

 

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PESCARA – JUVENTUS
Adriatico Stadium
Referee: DI BELLO
Assistants: PRETI – PAGANESSI
Fourth Official: FIORITO
ADD1: IRRATI
ADD2: PASQUA
15:00

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Juventus, 1st position with 77 points and a positive goal difference of +42
Pescara, 20th position with 14 points and a negative goal difference of -37

Pos Team P W D L Goals DIFF Points
1 Juventus 31 25 2 4 62:20 42 77
20 Pescara 31 2 8 21 31:68 -37 14

Stats BEFORE the game.   Top scorer of PESCARA:  Gianluca Caprari with 8 goals

Top scorer of JUVENTUS:   Gonzalo Higuain with 21 goals

Pescara Goals Goals Juventus
Caprari, Gianluca 8 21 Higuain, Gonzalo
Benali, Ahmad 5 8 Dybala, Paulo
Bahebeck, Jean Christophe 2 5 Mandzukic, Mario
Cerri, Alberto 2 5 Pjanic, Miralem
Campagnaro, Hugo 2 5 Khedira, Sami

Stats.  Here are the last 3 games of PESCARA:  2 draws, 1 lost

08/04/17 SA Empoli – Pescara 1:1 31
02/04/17 SA Pescara – Milan 1:1 30
19/03/17 SA Atalanta – Pescara 3:0 29

Stats.  Here are the last 3 games of JUVENTUS:  2 wins, 1 lost

11/04/17 UCLK Juventus – Barcelona 3:0 Q
08/04/17 SA Juventus – Chievo 2:0 31
05/04/17 CI Napoli – Juventus 3:2 S

 

AS ROMA – ATALANTA
Olimpico di Roma Stadium
Referee: GIACOMELLI
Assistants: VALERIANI – PERETTI
Fourth Official: BARBIRATI
ADD1: ROCCHI
ADD2: CHIFFI
15:00

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
AS Roma, 2nd position with 71 points and a positive goal difference of +43
Atalanta, 5th position with 59 points and a positive goal difference of +18

Pos Team P W D L Goals DIFF Points
2 Roma 31 23 2 6 69:26 43 71
5 Atalanta 31 18 5 8 52:34 18 59

 

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer of AS ROMA:  Edin Dzeko with 24 goals

Top scorer of ATALANTA:   Alejandro Gomez with 14 goals

AS Roma Goals Goals Atalanta
Dzeko, Edin 24 14 Gomez, Alejandro
Salah, Mohamed 11 6 Caldara, Mattia
Nainggolan, Radja 9 6 Kessie, Franck
Perotti, Diego 7 5 Conti, Andrea
El Shaarawy, Stephan 4 5 Petagna, Andrea

Stats.  Here are the last 3 games of AS ROMA: 3 wins

09/04/17 SA Bologna – Roma 0:3 31
04/04/17 CI Roma – Lazio 3:2 S
01/04/17 SA Roma – Empoli 2:0 30

Stats.  Here are the lst 3 games of ATALANTA:  2 wins, 1 draw

08/04/17 SA Atalanta – Sassuolo 1:1 31
02/04/17 SA Genoa – Atalanta 0:5 30
19/03/17 SA Atalanta – Pescara 3:0 29

 

TORINO – CROTONE
Olimpico di Torino Stadium
Referee: DOVERI
Assistants: PASSERI – LA ROCCA
Fourth Official: TASSO
ADD1: TAGLIAVENTO
ADD2: MARINELLI
15:00

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Torino, 10th position with 44 points and a positive goal difference of +7
Crotone, 18th position with 20 points and a negative goal difference of -26

Pos Team P W D L Goals DIFF Points
10 Turin 31 11 11 9 59:52 7 44
18 Crotone 31 5 5 21 25:51 -26 20

 

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer of  TORINO:   Andrea Belotti with 24 goals

Top scorer of CROTONE:   Diego Falcinelli with 11 goals

Torino Goals Goals Crotone
Belotti, Andrea 24 11 Falcinelli, Diego
Falque, Iago 10 3 Stoian, Adrian
Ljajic, Adem 7 3 Ferrari, Gianmarco
Baselli, Daniele 5 2 Trotta, Marcello
Benassi, Marco 5 2 Palladino, Raffaele

Stats.  Here are the last 3 games of TORINO:  1 win, 2 draws

09/04/17 SA   Cagliari -Turin 2:3 31
02/04/17 SA Turin – Udinese 2:2 30
18/03/17 SA Turin – Inter 2:2 29

Stats.  Here are the last 3 games of CROTONE:   2 wins, 1 lost

09/04/17 SA Crotone – Inter 2:1 31
02/04/17 SA Chievo – Crotone 1:2 30
19/03/17 SA Crotone – Fiorentina 0:1 29

 

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SASSUOLO – SAMPDORIA
Mapei Stadium
Referee: PAIRETTO
Assistants:MONDIN – DI IORIO
Fourth Official: DE MEO
ADD1: FABBRI
ADD2: BARONI
18:00

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Sampdoria, 9th position with 45 points and a positive goal difference of +2
Sassuolo, 15th position with 32 points and a negative goal difference of -11

Pos Team P W D L Goals DIFF Points
9 Sampdoria 31 12 9 10 39:37 2 45
15 Sassuolo 31 9 5 17 38:49 -11 32

Stats BEFORE the game.   Top scorer of SASSUOLO:   Gregoire Defrel with 9 goals

Top scorer of SAMPDORIA:   Luis Muriel  with 10 goals

Sassuolo Goals Goals Sampdoria
Defrel, Gregoire 9 10 Muriel, Luis
Matri, Alessandro 6 8 Quagliarella, Fabio
Pellegrini, Lorenzo 6 8 Schick, Patrik
Acerbi, Francesco 3 5 Fernandes, Bruno
Berardi, Domenico 3 2 Barreto, Edgar

Stats.  Here are the last 3 games of SASSUOLO:   1 draw, 2 lost

08/04/17 SA  Atalanta – Sassuolo 1:1 31
01/04/17 SA Sassuolo – Lazio 1:2 30
19/03/17 SA Roma – Sassuolo 3:1 29

Stats.  Here are the last 3 games of SAMPDORIA:   1 draw, 1 win, 1 lost

09/04/17 SA  Sampdoria – Fiorentina 2:2 31
03/04/17 SA Inter – Sampdoria 1:2 30
19/03/17 SA Sampdoria – Juventus 0:1 29

 

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NAPOLI – UDINESE
San Paolo Stadium
Referee: MASSA
Assistants: TONOLINI – VUOTO
Fourth Official: POSADO
ADD1: RIZZOLI
ADD2: SERRA
20:45

Pos Team P W D L Goals DIFF Points
3 Napoli 31 20 7 4 72:33 39 67
11 Udinese 31 11 7 13 41:40 1 40

There are 19 precedents between Napoli and Udinese in Naples including in Serie A , Serie B, and Copa Italia.   Stats showing: Napoli with 22 wins, 12 draws, and Udinese with 5 wins.  Napoli scoring 65 goals and Udinese 43 goals.

Stats BEFORE the game.   Top scorer of NAPOLI:  Dries Mertens with 20 goals

Top scorer of UDINESE:  Cyril Thereau with 1 1 goals

Napoli Goals Goals Udinese
Mertens, Dries 20 11 Thereau, Cyril
Insigne, Lorenzo 14 9 Zapata, Duvan
Hamsik, Marek 11 5 Jankto, Jakub
Callejon, Jose 9 5 Fofana, Seko
Milik, Arek 4 4 Perica, Stipe

Stats.  Here are the last 3 games of NAPOLI:   2 wins, 1 draw

09/04/17 SA Lazio – Napoli 0:3 31
05/04/17 CI Napoli – Juventus 3:2 S
02/04/17 SA Napoli – Juventus 1:1 30

Stats.  Here are the last 3 games of UDINESE:  2 wins, 1 draw

09/04/17 SA Udinese – Genoa 3:0 31
02/04/17 SA Turin – Udinese 2:2 30
19/03/17 SA Udinese – Palermo 4:1 29

 

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Pescara vs Juventus: Official called up players, Saturday 15 April 2017, Serie A Week 32

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Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Juventus, 1st position with 77 points and a positive goal difference of +42
Pescara, 20th position with 14 points and a negative goal difference of -37

Pos Team P W D L Goals DIFF Points
1 Juventus 31 25 2 4 62:20 42 77
20 Pescara 31 2 8 21 31:68 -37 14

 

Here are PESCARA 24 official called up players by coach Zdenek Zeman for the Serie A Week 32 game Pescara vs Juventus on Saturday 15 April 2017 at the Adriatico Stadium in Pescara, Italy at 15:00.

Goalkeepers: Fiorillo, Bizzarri, Aldegani

Defenders: Biraghi, Campagnaro, Coda, Crescenzi, Fornasier, Zampano

Midfielders: Coulibaly, Cubas, Benali, Brugman, Bruno, Memushaj, Muntari, Verre, Milicevic, Kastanos

Forwards: Bahebeck, Caprari, Cerri, Muric, Mitrita

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Here are JUVENTUS 22 official called up players by coach Massimiliano Allegri for the game against Pescara:

Goalkeepers: Audero, Del Favero, Neto

Defenders: Alex Sandro, Barzagli, Benatia, Chiellini, Dani Alves, Lichtsteiner, Rugani

Midfielders: Asamoah, Lemina, Mandragora, Marchisio, Mattiello, Pjanic, Rincon, Sturaro

Forwards: Cuadrado, Dybala, Higuain, Mandzukic

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Pescara – Juventus
Saturday 15 April 2017
Adriatico Stadium
Pescara, Italy

15:00

Referee: DI BELLO
Assistants: PRETI – PAGANESSI
Fourth Official: FIORITO
ADD1: IRRATI
ADD2: PASQUA

 

Serie A: #Pescara-Juve: key names and numbers

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Past meetings, the story this season and the players to keep an eye on: Juventus.com covers all the bases in this preview of Saturday’s match away to Pescara
Previous from Pescara

As only the seventh season in which Juventus and Pescara are both in Serie A, the history books on this fixture are pretty thin.

While Juve have dominated their seven previous meetings in Turin with six wins and a draw, Pescara hold their own in the home games, having beaten the Bianconeri twice and forced a draw. Nonetheless, the Old Lady holds the slight edge with three away victories going into tomorrow’s match.

Despite the fact there have been few fixtures between the two teams, there’s been no shortage of striking scorelines along the way.

Just to give a couple of examples, in May 1993, the ‘Dolphins’ inflicted a 5-1 defeat on Giovanni Trapattoni’s Juve side, who would even take a second-minute lead through Fabrizio Ravanelli, before conceding a quintet of goals to the hosts. A certain Massimiliano Allegri also got on the scoresheet that afternoon from the penalty spot.

Kwadwo Asamoah scores away to Pescara in 2012.

Ten seasons later, in November 2012, the Bianconeri went one better, seeing off Pescara 6-1 at the Stadio Adriatico, featuring a hat-trick by Fabio Quagliarella.

Since then, the reigning Serie A champions have triumphed twice in two matches at Juventus Stadium against the league’s bottom club, including a 3-0 victory last November with goals scored by Sami Khedira, Mario Mandzukic and Hernanes.

Current form

With only two wins this season, Pescara prop up the Serie A table on just 14 points, currently nine from safety with only seven matches remaining.

Their solitary home victory came on 19 February – a 5-0 thrashing of Genoa. Indeed, scoring has not been such a problem – the Dolphins have found the net in all of their last six games at the Stadio Adriatico – but at the other end of the pitch, they’ve conceded the most goals of any Serie A side this season (70).

Pescara are unbeaten in their last two matches.

That’s 50 more than Juve have shipped so far in 2016/17, meaning Saturday sees the division’s worst defence take on the division’s best. The Bianconeri have managed eight clean sheets in their last 12 league outings.

Meanwhile, they’ve consistently produced the goods up front too, netting in 33 successive matches (in all competitions) – their longest scoring streak since March 2006.

The main men

As many as thirty-four players have featured for Pescara this season – more than any other Serie A side – but a couple of names stand out from the crowd.

Experienced Ghanaian midfielder, Sulley Muntari, has scored more goals against Juventus than any other – three during his days at Milan.

Sulley Muntari

Alberto Cerri (left)

Up front, meanwhile, there’s a familiar face in the form of Alberto Cerri, on loan from the Bianconeri, who this season has netted his first two strikes in Italy’s top tier.

Two goals against Barcelona on Tuesday and a contract extension Thursday: it’s been quite a week for Paulo Dybala!

La Joya, set to start against Pescara alongside fellow forwards Gonzalo Higuain and Mario Mandzukic, has had a hand in seven of Juve’s last 14 league goals, scoring three and providing four assists in the process.

 

 

Source:  juventus.com

Serie A: Allegri, “Next match always most important”

Juventus
Massimiliano Allegri calls for clear minds and full focus ahead of Saturday’s Serie A match away to Pescara
Pescara potential banana skin

“In football, the next match is always the most important. These are the kinds of fixtures where you can easily slip up if you don’t approach them in the right manner.

“Looking at Pescara, they’re a team that love to attack. They’ll come out fighting tomorrow and it won’t be easy.

“Moreover, playing at 15.00 is a different proposition to the evening. Due to the heat, you can’t be racing after every ball and you need to play very well technically.”

Team news for tomorrow

“Neto starts in goal. Barzagli plays in defence alongside either Benatia or Rugani. Khedira will be rested in midfield, but Higuain, Dybala and Mandzukic all line up in attack.

“I’m not sure yet whether to start Cuadrado or go with Lemina down the right. Meanwhile, Kean is working well in Vinovo, but he’s not yet training with the first-team.”

Balance after Barcelona match

“We must not get carried away after beating Barcelona. We played well on Tuesday night, but we’ll need to perform even better at the Camp Nou.

“It’s OK to be enthusiastic after that first leg, but we can’t afford to lose our heads. The strength of any team is to stay level-headed and focused on the next game.”

Dybala destined for greatness

“Paulo deserves plenty of credit for the way he has taken his game to the next level and I’m sure that, over the coming years, he can become one of world football’s star names alongside the likes of Neymar.”

Source: juventus.com

Serie A: Juve announce squad for Pescara, 15 April 2017

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Massimiliano Allegri announces his matchday squad for Saturday’s Serie A meeting with Pescara at the Stadio Adriatico

Massimiliano Allegri has named a 22-man squad for Saturday afternoon’s Serie A encounter with Pescara at the Stadio Adriatico (15.00 CEST kick-off).

The Tuscan’s matchday selection is as follows:

3 Chiellini
4 Benatia
5 Pjanic
7 Cuadrado
8 Marchisio
9 Higuain
12 Alex Sandro
14 Mattiello
15 Barzagli
17 Mandzukic
18 Lemina
21 Dybala
22 Asamoah
23 Dani Alves
24 Rugani
25 Neto
26 Lichtsteiner
27 Sturaro
28 Rincon
32 Audero
38 Mandragora
42 Del Favero

 

Source: juventus.com