It is forbidden to lower the voltage. After a dangerous week, the risk of a relaxation in view of Juventus – Chievo exists, but the bianconeri absolutely cannot afford it. The standings say that Milan are ahead, but Juve still have one game to recover (Bologna, Wednesday 7 March). A victory against Chievo would allow the black and whites to then be able to take advantage of the "Dall'Ara" set point, otherwise a negative result could create some problems.
"Chievo is certainly a wonderful reality, by far, in the Italian league - said Antonio Conte on the subject - Now 14 games are missing and as I always say it will be an opportunity exploited or an opportunity missed, we need to know this. It's an extra responsibility that falls on our shoulders, but it's a great responsibility, because as I say, we wanted the bicycle and now we have to pedal”. In short, the Juventus coach doesn't want his team to underestimate the opponent, also because the first leg ended 0-0 and Juve offered one of the worst performances of the season.
The draw at the "Bentegodi" prompted Antonio Conte to abandon the beloved 4-2-4 in favor of the 4-3-3, which was in turn replaced by the 3-5-2. Tonight however, thanks to Vidal's disqualification, the coach could return to the previous form, even if yesterday he preferred to gloss over: "I repeat and I will never get tired of saying it: the module is an end in itself, the attitude that we will have and that we have had up to now will count”. To replace the Chilean, Conte chose Blazers, while up front, given the unavailability of Pepe (also disqualified), it will finally be Alessandro Del Piero's turn, who will play together with Matri and Vucinic.
But beyond the game, everyone's attention is still directed to the post Milan – Juve, which (as we tell in the presentation of Palermo – Milan) has not yet been archived. Conte has an explanation for all these controversies: “Everything happened because after so many years we have returned to being a competitive team and therefore we had the pleasure and good fortune of playing such a delicate match. Having said that, you still need to get used to playing games with great stress, with great emotional tension, with great importance on the result."
POSSIBLE FORMATIONS
Juventus (4-3-3): Buffon; Lichtsteiner, Barzagli, Chiellini, De Ceglie; Jackets, Pirlo, Marchisio; Del Piero, Matri, Vucinic.
Trainer: Antonio Conte.
On the bench: Storari, Bonucci, Caceres, Padoin, Quagliarella, Borriello, Estigarribia.
Unavailable: no
Disqualified: Pepe (1 day), Vidal (1 day).
Chievo (4-3-2-1): Sorrento; Sardinian, Andreolli, Acerbi, Dramè; Bradley, Rigoni, Hetemaj; Thereau, Sammarco; Paloschi.
Trainer: Dominic DiCarlo.
On the bench: Puggioni, Frey, Cesar, Cruzado, Luciano, Vacek, Moscardelli.
Unavailable: Gulan, Morero.
Disqualified: Pellissier (1 day)
Referee: Andrea Gervasoni (Mantua). Assistants: Viazzi – Liberti. Fourth official: Brigi.
