Looking for confirmations. There Juventus he returns to thinking about the championship after the victory over Zenit, in the hope that this was not just a flash in the pan but the beginning of a new path. Yes, because if the Champions League, so far, has proved to be a happy island (4 wins out of 4 and qualification for the round of XNUMX with two rounds to spare), the same cannot be said for the Serie A, where the bianconeri sadly sail in tenth place, in cohabitation with Verona and Bologna and minus 3 from Fiorentina, opponent of the day in advance of the Allianz Stadium (18 pm).
The challenge with the Viola thus becomes fundamental to restore dignity to the standings, but above all to not lose contact from fourth place, to date the only credible goal of the Lady. “With Zenit it's not the turning point, it must be normality – he glossed over Allegri -. Winning a game, putting it aside and thinking about the next one: it's not like a win fixed a season, absolutely not. We need to get rid of that feeling of not being confident in doing the defensive phase, shut up, pedal and work.
La Fiorentina he has three points more than us, he plays well in width and has technical players, he has a good coach who did well last year in La Spezia and is doing well now too.
We will try to do better than the last two games, knowing that our matches in the league are all red flags. The facts say this, you have to be realistic and practical, we conceded 11 goals from teams that are from tenth place down in the Serie A standings and we need to improve on this." The Juventus coach, therefore, is waiting for answers first of all from a mental point of view, also because this week of training has been based precisely on this, with the permanent presence on the sidelines of the psychologist Giuseppe Vercelli.
Of course, today's test is a tough one, given that Fiorentina arrives at the Stadium, refreshed by the success against Spezia and determined to take advantage of Juventus' uncertainties to give themselves the coup. “Juve, for better or for worse, is a team that has quality and that never dies – warned Italiano -.
He comes to this match with a different confidence after the victory in the Champions League, he also has exaggerated quality forwards, with fast and technical players. We'll have to be very careful, as we did in the first 11 races where we've almost always managed to approach well, but this time we'll have to be practically perfect". Special observation will be Dusan Vlahovic, who many indicate as Juventus' first market target, even if for next season.
However, confirmations arrived yesterday on a principle of agreement that Fiorentina would have reached with theArsenal already for January, even if the attacker, at the moment, doesn't seem interested: his will, in fact, is to wait for the summer and who knows if the flattery of the Lady, in this sense, isn't making a difference.
In any case, today Vlahovic will be the number one bogeyman, for a Juve that recovers almost the entire squad (only Kean and Ramsey are missing) and that will seek victory with a 4-4-2 with Szczesny in goal, Danilo, Bonucci, De Ligt and Alex Sandro in defense, Chiesa, McKennie, Locatelli and Bernardeschi in midfield, Dybala and Morata in attack. Classic 4-3-3 also for Fiorentina, who will respond with Terracciano between the posts, Odriozola, Milenkovic, Martinez Quarta and Biraghi in the back department, Bonaventura, Torreira and Castrovilli in the midfield, Callejon, Vlahovic and Saponara in the offensive trident.
In the evening, however, attention will shift to theAtalanta, engaged in the away match in Cagliari (20.45 pm). On paper there would seem to be no history, in the light of a ranking that sees the Nerazzurri in fifth place (on a par with Roma fourth) and the Sardinians sadly last alone, but the field, as we know, is something else, especially after the European competitions. La Dea had a very expensive one against Manchester United, which authorizes us not to take anything for granted, no matter how excellent the performance was, more than the 2-2 final says.
Gasperini, who was silent yesterday, hopes that his team won't have a drop in tension and will give him a very important victory, which would put pressure on Rome and Lazio (engaged tomorrow with Venice and Salernitana) and, why not, also on Inter.
At Unipol Domus will be 3-4-2-1 with Musso in goal, Djimsiti, Demiral and Palomino in defense, Zappacosta, De Roon, Freuler and Maehle in midfield, Pasalic and Malinovskyi (usually run-off with Ilicic) behind Zapata. Mazzarri, last in the standings and back from 3 consecutive defeats, will try to get back up with a 4-4-2 with Cragno in goal, Bellanova, Godin, Carboni and Lykogiannis in the back, Nandez, Marin, Strootman and Deiola in the midfield, Joao Pedro and Pavoletti in attack.
