Forbidden to make mistakes. Juventus and Roma will face each other in the big match on the 21st day (20.45 pm) with the obligation to achieve a result, otherwise life will be complicated or, worse still, risk compromising one's goals. This is especially true for the Giallorossi, 9 points behind the top and 5 from third place, but even the Bianconeri cannot afford to slow down if they want to try and catch Napoli. In short, the Stadium match will be a real watershed for the continuation of the championship, in one sense or another. “Roma is still a candidate for the Scudetto – thought Allegri. – He has an important squad and then the change of coach will bring a positive reaction. We must continue like this and hope that Napoli slow down a bit”. But around Trigoria there are few who are still talking about the Scudetto and among these, of course, there is no Luciano Spalletti, who arrived 10 days ago and is very busy trying to resolve the crisis. In this sense, the match in Turin doesn't help, but the Certaldo coach knows well that the season is long and the turning point can come at any moment, that's why he absolutely doesn't want to start beaten. “If we have the idea of being able to win we can do it – he explained yesterday in the press conference. – We want to try and play the game, this is the right opportunity to get back in the running for important goals”. Looking at the numbers, there would seem to be no history: Juve comes from 10 consecutive victories in the league, Roma, in the same games, have won only 2. The involution has meant that the initial ranking order has been sensationally reversed and tonight the bianconeri, in case of success, could even send their rivals to minus 10. It would be a sentence on Spalletti's tricolor ambitions, which is why the coach, after the internal "soup" with Verona, has decided to seriously revolutionize the Garcia's creature. For the first time after years of 4-3-3, a completely different formation will be seen, in an attempt to confuse the opponent and regain some polish.
“We worked all week on the 3-man defense – confirmed Spalletti. – Just Juve teaches how fundamental it is to know how to change clothes, even if the most important thing is always the attitude”. And then we will see an unprecedented Roma with a 3-4-1-2, a system which, perhaps, could help Dzeko get out of the tunnel (the last goal from open play dates back to the first leg against the black and whites!) In which he inexplicably slipped. In defence, in front of Szczesny, it will be De Rossi who will strengthen the Manolas-Rudiger axis, up to now decidedly revisable, along the lines of what has already been seen in the past, moreover with excellent results. The 4-man midfield will see Florenzi on the right, Digne on the other side and the Pjanic-Vainqueur duo in the middle, with Nainggolan playing the playmaker just like against Verona behind the attacking duo Dzeko-Salah. No new tactics for Massimiliano Allegri, on the other hand, his team is doing wonderfully and doesn't need to change anything. The Juventus coach recovers Barzagli and, in general, sees the infirmary almost completely empty: now the only players unavailable are Lemina, Rubinho and Pereyra, with the latter ready to return to the squad next week. The 3-5-2 will thus be the ordinance: Buffon in goal, Barzagli, Bonucci and Chiellini in defense, Lichtsteiner, Khedira, Marchisio, Pogba and Evra in midfield, Mandzukic and Dybala in attack. “It will be a complicated, difficult and important match – reiterated Allegri, before forcefully denying the English tabloids, who see him as a candidate for the Chelsea bench for next season. – I only think about the championship, the Italian Cup and the Champions League, the rest doesn't interest me. I have a contract with Juve until 2017 and I'm happy here." However, we will only think about the market from tomorrow (El Shaarawy is expected in Trigoria for medical visits while Gervinho, in talks with the Chinese team from Jiangsu, has not even been called up), because tonight it's Juventus-Roma. And everything else, of course, takes a back seat.
