Another round, another run. The whirlwind of the championship restarts today with Crotone-Parma (18.30 pm) and, above all, Juventus-Fiorentina (20.45 pm), first advances of this fourteenth day. The match at the Stadium is an important one and not only because it will close the Bianconeri's calendar year: in fact, there are very heavy points up for grabs both in terms of the Scudetto and salvation. All on the day in which the Coni Guarantee College will pronounce itself on the match with Napoli on 4 October, currently assigned to the Lady with a 3-0 win. If the judges confirm the two previous sentences, everything will remain as it is, vice versa we would see a sensational turnaround, with Juve losing 3 points (obviously waiting to play for them on the pitch) and the Azzurri earning one.
It is clear that all this can affect today's match in a rather important way, because it is one thing to take the field within 4 points of Milan, another is to do it 7 points behind. The most serious mistake, however, would be to focus only on the courts and not on Fiorentina: a team in crisis, it is true, but still capable of creating problems.
“They have excellent individuals and many good players, they are going through a somewhat difficult moment but they will come here to play their game, to defend themselves and to try to restart – explained Pirlo on the eve – We will have to be careful, it is the last match of 2020 and we want to close it in the best possible way”. In the light of what happened on Saturday against Parma, all the premises are there, because Juventus have undoubtedly offered proof of quality and quantity. To decree the end of the "draw", however, more victories will be needed, starting with tonight, where the bianconeri will try to repeat the performance of the Tardini.
“We were angry for not having won against Atalanta, and we also knew that the 3 points were mandatory – continued Pirlo -. However, I had already seen the ferocity in the second half against Turin, in Barcelona, even against Atalanta itself: this is the spirit I've been asking for since the beginning of the season and the results are slowly coming".
Compared to Parma there will be some changes, starting with the goalkeeper, who will go back to being Szczesny. In front of him the usual 3-man line with Bonucci, De Ligt and Danilo, with Cuadrado, Bentancur, Rabiot and Chiesa in midfield, McKennie on the trocar and the untouchables, pace of Dybala (who is still available again), Morata and Ronaldo in attack. Prandelli, still without victories since he returned to the Viola bench (3 defeats and 3 draws his score, the last success dates back to October 25), will confirm the 3-5-2 already seen against Sassuolo and Verona, therefore Dragowski between the posts, Milenkovic, Pezzella and Caceres in the back department, Venuti, Bonaventura, Amrabat, Castrovilli and Biraghi in the midfield, Vlahovic and Ribery as an offensive duo.
