Appetite comes with eating. After the Champions League hangover, Juventus will try to reset their emotions and dive back into the championship. Gasperini's Genoa awaits you (15 pm) and a Stadium which, in all likelihood, will roll out red carpets for Dortmund's heroes. The right and inevitable festive atmosphere for a team that is very first in the standings and about to play for the quarter-finals of the Champions League against an opponent that is anything but out of reach. And so that much coveted "top eight" is no longer enough. “I hear that we were lucky, that Monaco are a weak team – thought Allegri. – I, on the other hand, like to shoot it: what if the others were lucky not to meet us? Nothing is easy or taken for granted, but we have the chance to move forward”. Now that the obstacle of the second round has been overcome, the Juventus coach can finally say that he has conquered the environment. Yes, because now the confrontation with Conte is less scary and, in the event of a victory over Monaco, he would even see him in the lead. In short, there's enough to indulge in a few barbs… “Someone said that you can't sit in a 100-euro restaurant with a 10-euro note? I believe that, perhaps, we will not be able to eat the most expensive dishes but that we can sit down at the table”. The reference to the national coach is far from accidental… But now it's time to think again about the championship. Difficult to find ranking ideas for a team that has been first for months, even more than 14 on the second, but Juve will have to succeed.
“I don't like doing math: in my part they say that when you do math, the farmers come out – joked the very inspired Allegri. – Against Genoa it will be a very difficult game, they beat us in the first leg and have already picked up 20 points away. Between this match and those against Empoli and Parma we will play a lot, they will be decisive matches for the championship. Roma can still make up for it: if they score 33 points they would reach 83 in the standings, a share of the Scudetto”. Scenario conceivable only thanks to mathematics: logic, in fact, says that the championship is already over. Thanks to injuries (Pogba and Pirlo) and suspensions (Morata), the Juventus coach will do some turnover. In defense, in front of Buffon, Barzagli will be back in the starting lineup, who will team up with Bonucci in a 4-man line completed by Lichtsteiner and Evra. From the waist up, due to absences, the system of play will change: no attacking midfielder, space for the trident. Vidal, Marchisio and Pereyra will thus act in the midfield, behind Pepe, Llorente and Tevez. Genoa, without victories for over a month (the last time was last February 15 against Verona), will attempt the impossible feat of beating the Lady twice out of two (Antonini decided in the first leg in the 95th minute) with the usual 3-4-3, with Bertolacci and Kucka in midfield and the trident Niang-Borriello-Perotti in attack.
