It was supposed to be the first official release of the new "top player", at most it will be the first chapter of Matri's revenge. But regardless of who will play alongside Vucinic, Udinese-Juventus (18 pm) promises goals and entertainment regardless. On paper, Juve are the favourites, partly due to their effective technical superiority (this year we'll need to get used to it), partly because Guidolin's boys are having a terrible time.
Elimination from the Champions League (with the coach's consequent mystical crisis) could weigh heavily, but Carrera doesn't trust him: "We'll find a team with wounded pride, these are the most dangerous challenges and it won't be easy at all, also because they'll be keen to give 110%. The Friulians are a great team: we saw it last year and the fact that they played in the Champions League preliminaries proves it. If we don't face the game with the right mind, we risk getting burned". Conte takes the decisions, there is no doubt about this, but Carrera puts his face into it and, after only two official benches, he has already made some enemies (right Mazzarri?). “I'd rather be an obnoxious winner than a nice loser, all my life. Who doesn't like to win?" replied the coach in the press conference, demonstrating that he knows how to stay in front of the cameras as well as on the bench.
His conferences are interesting, even if there is always the doubt that it is not he speaking, but Antonio Conte. The "real" Juventus coach cannot speak on the eve of the official commitments, but no one can take away the possibility of choosing the formation. According to the latest rumors, in Friuli we will see Matri again from the first minute alongside Vucinic, even if Giovinco's odds are rising. Atomic Ant seems to have recovered from the ankle problem in record time, so he should at least sit on the bench, even if with Conte you never know. Martin Caceres will also meet again in Udine, while for Bendtner's debut we will have to wait after the break. The Dane only trained with his teammates, too little for Conte, who decided to leave him in Turin.
POSSIBLE FORMATIONS
Udinese (3-5-1-1): Brkic; Benatia, Danilo, Domizzi; Basta, Pereyra, Pinzi, Lazzari, Armero; Fabbrini, Di Natale.
On the bench: Padelli, Pawlowski, Herteaux, Coda, Angella, Pasquale, Faraoni, Allan, Willians, Barreto, Muriel, Maicosuel.
Coach: Francesco Guidolin.
Out: Badu.
Disqualified: none.
Juventus (3-5-2): Buffon; Barzagli, Bonucci, Chiellini; Lichtsteiner, Vidal, Pirlo, Marchisio, Asamoah; Vucinic, Matri.
On the bench: Storari, De Ceglie, Caceres, Ziegler, Marrone, Pogba, Giaccarini, Giovinco, Quagliarella.
Coach: Massimo Carrera.
Unavailable: Isla, Lucio, Padoin, Pepe.
Suspended: Conte.
Referee: Paolo Valeri (Rome).
Line assistants: Giallatini – Padovan.
Goalkeeper assistants: Rizzoli – Pinzani.
Fourth man: Cariolato.
