On the eve of the San Paolo match he dissolved the last doubts in the Juventus home: but if on the presence of Gonzalo Higuain, a veteran of the left hand operation that had questioned him for Naples, Massimiliano Allegri had already flaunted confidence in the conference, not the Croatian flat rate was absolutely foreseen. Instead, in the last training 'Marione' accused calf problems of the left leg and will not take part in the expedition. Also Howedes was absent from the squad for the advance with the Azzurri, stopped by a problem in the quadriceps of his right thigh.
Only tomorrow evening will we know if Allegri will decide to field the 'Pipita' from the first minute, or perhaps risk a Dybala in the 'Falso nueve' version. Before issuing the squad list, the Juventus coach warned: "It's useless to risk a player for a match when we have another 30 between now and the end of the season". In any case, the match against Maurizio Sarri's team is one that can guide the fate of the championship. Although for Allegri "it is an important step, but not definitive". Against a team that "is doing extraordinary things" for the bianconeri it will be "a good test, especially in view of Olympiacos, the first decisive game of the season, because we have the obligation to go on to the Champions League round of 0", he explained the technician. “It's an important match, we have to face it as a great team like Juventus is. At the moment, Napoli are in front, they are favorites for the Scudetto and we have to be good at staying there, and arrive in March in the best conditions to play the final rush ”. But Allegri made it clear that he would not sign for a 0-XNUMX: "Tomorrow we have the chance to play a great game first and above all to have two results from ours," continued the Juventus coach. “Victory would certainly be a great leap forward and would give a great signal. But in direct confrontations anything can happen. Tomorrow we have to make a good performance from all points of view, technical, tactical, we have to play a physical match. And in these matches the difference is made by the details ”.
A lot of praise for the leaders but also a dig in Sarri. Thus Massimiliano Allegri commented on the recent words of the Napoli coach according to which 'Inter plays another sport because they play once a week': “I am no longer behind Maurizio, because once there is the field, once there is 'is a week less. For me it's his strategy to create confusion. I like that the team plays, not that they train ". Entering the tactical aspect, Allegri did not go out of balance. "I don't know if the defense will be three or four, because I have not yet decided who to play in front". In any case, "the attitude of the team must not absolutely change", he specified. It is inevitable that some reporter would ask him for information on the yellow of the last few hours, the indiscretion on the alleged quarrel between some 'senator' and foreign players relaunched by 'Dagospia' and already denied by the Juventus club. Allegri commented with a joke: “I was hoping they had hit each other, every now and then in the locker room a bit of a mess is needed to raise the tension, but unfortunately nothing happened.