Conte: 'Juve eyes on Napoli and Milan'

Juventus Coach Antonio Conte hopes Milan will “shoot themselves in the foot” and could start Marco Borriello against hometown club Napoli tomorrow.

“After this game there will be another eight and I have to say this is going to be a probing test for us,” said Conte ahead of the Sunday evening showdown.

“Napoli have done well to reach the Coppa Italia Final and went so close to the Champions League quarter-finals. In fact, seeing how Chelsea beat Benfica, I believe the Partenopei could’ve reached the semi.

“This club has grown so much and it is thanks to President Aurelio De Laurentiis, who constructed a long-term project that improved year by year. Walter Mazzarri and his players also did something extraordinary and only paid a price for not having that much strength in depth. The Champions League takes a lot out of you, as I know from when I played in it.

“Their strikers can be decisive when given space and are so dangerous. Mazzarri is a great Coach and I respect him. I believe that I am too and will be in years to come.”

Juventus changed their system to mirror that of Napoli in their spectacular 3-3 draw at the San Paolo on November 6, an approach many sides have since taken.

“Strangely, since we played with the 3-5-2 in Naples, everyone has adopted this system. Napoli are an atypical side, as they often over-run you. We will evaluate all options, as we can also play with a 4-3-3.

“Borriello and Fabio Quagliarella could both start tomorrow and are highly motivated to play against their hometown club. Fabio is going through a difficult year, while Marco perhaps would’ve had a different season if he had arrived in June.”

Juventus are in second place and hope to close the four-point gap from leaders Milan.

“If we win tomorrow, then we put second place under lock and key. It would be extraordinary to reach the Champions League without a preliminary round, but we are also keeping an eye open to take advantage of any slip-ups...

“The Scudetto is in Milan’s hands and only they can lose it. Our fixture list is tougher than theirs in the run-in, but if they were to shoot themselves in the foot...”

lol conte nice quote "if they want to shoot themselves in the foot".

And please dont start borriello if anyone. If your not starting matri or ADP, just play Quaq daddy

juveman17 wrote:lol conte nice quote "if they want to shoot themselves in the foot".

And please dont start borriello if anyone. If your not starting matri or ADP, just play Quaq daddy

Actually I support starting Borriello for this game he always creates space for the other whne he is in attack he is like pivot that's why he is used to outmuscle the defenders

DeviAngel wrote:

juveman17 wrote:lol conte nice quote "if they want to shoot themselves in the foot".

And please dont start borriello if anyone. If your not starting matri or ADP, just play Quaq daddy

Actually I support starting Borriello for this game he always creates space for the other whne he is in attack he is like pivot that's why he is used to outmuscle the defenders

yea when he plays decent he acts like a target man and is able to break up the opponents defence with his strength. Hopefully he does good

Sigh....Borriello gets too many chances
This man has to be spectacular in training...
I think Conte is just a fan of the man for some reason & I fear if he start scoring we will not see the end of him this summer

Vucinic should start...he plays really good in big matches
Matri should start also....seeing that he was able to score in Naples
Quags should start instead of Pepe
Pepe is out of form & Quags can play on the wing

Vucinic........Matri......Quags <--- should be our attacking line in a 4-3-3 formation