Looking for victory to get out of the crisis. The 15th day opens with a crackling Tuesday, in which 4 matches will be staged, two at 18.30 (Atalanta-Venezia and Fiorentina-Sampdoria), two at 20.45 (Verona-Cagliari and Salernitana-Juventus). The spotlights are primarily on Arechi, the scene of a challenge that was supposed to be a spin and which instead will not be because of the bianconeri, detached from the top by 14 points and minus 7 even from the Champions League zone. Winning in Salerno thus becomes essential to try to get back in the race, even if at the moment, perhaps, it would be better to think match by match, postponing the focus on goals to better moments.
“It will be a complicated race also for environmental issues, their fans know how to make themselves heard – the thought of Allegri – You have to have a good approach, not like in Verona, otherwise we risk getting slapped and then everything becomes more complicated. Right now we need order, concreteness and serenity, we are facing a run-up that can also be fun, even if I don't know where we can go".
Even the coach, therefore, navigates on sight, because promising qualification for the Champions League, standings in hand, would risk turning out to be even counterproductive. Juve seen so far, moreover, has never managed to find the continuity necessary for a top championship, but reducing this bad start to the season to ups and downs would be wrong: the problems, in fact, are also of a technical nature, such as demonstrate i only 18 goals scored in 14 days. The attackers in particular ended up in the crosshairs Morata, caught by the critics and by the Juventus fans themselves, who booed him loudly on Saturday, provoking the reaction of Allegri.
"I'm not a journalist, but there are preconceptions that need to be evaluated - the coach retorted - I'd like to understand on what basis you make the assessments, I think there is an obstinacy about Alvaro and this is not good, I don't like it".
In short, the climate is tense also because judicial problems have been added to the field problems, in the light of theinvestigation opened by the Turin prosecutor's office for false accounting and issuing invoices for non-existent transactions. The investigators are also allegedly working on the "services rendered by some agents involved in the respective intermediations": the prosecution essentially believes that some prosecutors have been paid for fictitious market operations and that Juve has made recurrent use of trusted intermediaries. We'll see what happens, meanwhile Codacons, in order to protect millions of fans, raises its voice and announces a complaint to the Antitrust and the Federal Prosecutor in which it will ask for the lady's relegation to Serie B and the revocation of the last championships: a scenario that , to date, finds no foundation, even if the story will be monitored carefully.
Returning to the field, the game of Salerno it is certainly not the most prohibitive that could happen, provided however that you do not underestimate it. The grenades, returning from the good draw in Cagliari, have already shown in the derby against Napoli that they can create problems, even if this time, barring sensational twists, they will not be able to count on Ribery, still struggling with a knee problem (today we will make one last attempt, but hopes are low).
It must be said that Allegri also has his problems: in addition to the usual De Sciglio, Ramsey and Danilo, in fact, McKennie and Chiesa will be missing, the latter until January. The Juventus coach seems oriented to switch to a 4-3-3 with Szczesny in goal, Cuadrado, Bonucci, Chiellini and Alex Sandro in defense, Bentancur, Locatelli and Rabiot in midfield, Dybala, Kean and Bernardeschi in attack. Colantuono will respond with a 3-5-2 that will see Belec in goal, Veseli, Gyomber and Gagliolo in the back, Zortea, Coulibaly, Di Tacchio, Obi and Ranieri in the midfield, Bonazzoli and Djuric as an offensive couple.
Juve hope that theAtalanta, currently fourth in the standings, could lose some shots in the challenge with Venezia at 18.30 pm, but the Nerazzurri have other plans: a success at the Gewiss Stadium, in fact, would send them even within 1 of Milan, even if they are waiting for the Rossoneri to make their move tomorrow against Genoa. Gasperini thus goes on the hunt for the fourth consecutive victory, the fifth in six games, which would give further impetus to an environment that has returned to daydreaming.
The coach, just as usual, will rotate his men, for a 3-4-1-2 with Musso in goal, Djimsiti, Demiral and Palomino in defense, Hateboer, Koopmeiners, Freuler and Maehle in midfield, Pasalic on the frontline, Ilicic and Muriel up front. 4-3-3 also for Zanetti, who after the head-on defeat against Inter will try again with Romero in goal, Mazzocchi, Caldara, Ceccaroni and Haps in the back, Tessmann, Ampadu and Busio in the midfield, Aramu, Okereke and Kiyine in the offensive trident.
