Serie A | Juventus vs Sassuolo

Vidal will miss it. Gio may start with llorente. Isla in for lich. Barzagli in for caceres.

Should be a routine 2-0 victory for Juve, however I can't shake the feeling that we're going to draw one of our games before we win the Scudetto.

Let us lose any game idc... but most importantly is that we beat benfica on thursday. If we loose 10-0 on monday with our reserve team and win benfica on thurs, I will be more than happy tbh.

Eusebio Di Francesco guarantees Sassuolo will “fight to the death” for points against Juventus tomorrow.

It kicks off on Monday at 19.45 UK time (18.45 GMT), click here for a match preview.

While the Bianconeri are eager to secure the Scudetto as soon as possible, the Neroverdi need a result to escape the relegation zone.

“We want to remain in Serie A,” assured Coach Di Francesco in his Press conference.

“Juve have three times as many points as we do, but we are in a positive period of form. We’ll try to impose our style of play and put in a great performance from start to finish.”

Sassuolo gave their chances of survival a huge boost with a victory over Chievo last week and can be buoyed by other results this weekend.

Bologna, Chievo, Livorno and Catania all lost, so even a draw would take them out of the bottom three.

“The lads want to go out there and give all they’ve got. Playing on Monday night also gives us an extra day of training to prepare.

“We are Sassuolo, there are four games to play and it would be illogical not to give it our all. I think there ought to be more respect for the smaller clubs who fight to the death, just as we will tomorrow against Juventus.

“This is a very important match for us and there is a lot at stake.”

Di Francesco must reshuffle his pack, as Domenico Berardi, Simone Missiroli and Davide Biondini are all suspended.

The Bianconeri stepped up their workload ahead of Monday’s trip to Sassuolo during this morning’s training session conducted at Juventus Center in Vinovo.

Sixty-two points separate the league leaders and survival hopefuls, but there can be no denying the importance of this game for both teams at either ends of the spectrum.

Antonio Conte, therefore, is leaving no stone unturned in his preparations and was able to work with a full group today after yesterday’s traditional post-match session split his squad in two.

Andrea Barzagli sat out the session after reporting pain associated with retrocalcaneal bursitis in his right heel, while Arturo Vidal underwent a positive individual workout in his bid to return to full fitness.

The finishing touches will be applied to the Bianconeri’s battle plan tomorrow morning, with Conte to hold a press conference beforehand at 10.15 CET.

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Juventus.com are staying positive on Vidal's injury. It looks like that the press are only making his injury look big.

Vidal and pepe in the squad.

TURIN. After the enforced rest and differentiated training, Arturo Vidal yesterday reunited with his teammates. And most importantly the Chilean experienced no pain in the knee. A step forward that comforts the Juventus medical staff and conveys optimism to Antonio Conte. "We're recovering from an inflammation of the meniscal area. I could get him to do a piece against Sassuolo. Otherwise it will return against Benfica ' , underlined with confidence the coach of Juventus. The midfielder's situation is monitored by the day. In Juve proceed with caution, but it sure took a risk operation in the post-Lisbon seems a bit 'farther. The decisive factor will be the development of care and discomfort felt by the player in the next 24-48 hours. OPERATION BENFICA Meanwhile, the evidence of yesterday have been positive, so that Conte (as announced himself) could decide tonight to launch Vidal in the final minutes . It would be a sort of audition with a view of Benfica. Yeah, because the semi-final second leg against the Portuguese is the primary objective. If a few days ago the hopes of recovery seemed to be minimal, in the last hours of the Chilean quotations are reported in the upside. MEDICAL CHILEAN Wish shared by the Chilean national. Friday I landed in Turin José Amador and John Carcuro, leading men of the medical staff of Roja. The coach Jorge Sampaoli sent them to Italy to follow the case closely Vidal. They will stay in Turin until next week. The doctor and the physiotherapist of Chile informed the coach of the progress of the warrior and hope to send good news as well for the day. According to federal sources, will be the determining probable specimen of Vidal tonight against Sassuolo. In the absence of new pain, the midfielder will point firmly to Benfica. Otherwise, you will have to undergo new tests and at that point would be to risk the entire season finale. The latter possibility, that Vidal hopes to dribble. Between injuries and suspensions, the former Bayer Leverkusen in April jumped 4 games (Livorno, Udinese, Lyon and Benfica) and the last goal he made ​​45 days ago in Europa League against Fiorentina, an eternity for one workaholic like him (44 appearances and 18 goals in season) used to mark the rhythm of an attacker

Match in 10 minutes

I knew it the moment I saw Zaza.

Mehgbonna 15m what a sh*t defender and a fkn waste of money..... to consider we have to now fight to get Immobile back which we stupidly traded in the deal....

seriously Conte should move to a 4 backline and we need to sell Ogbonna and Bonucci asap

Tevez goal.....

Nothing new.... principino impressing us  in MF, pirlo half asleep or hes too old...

Megbonna... zaza outperforming

And yes, where the "ogbonna > bonnuci" fans?

salmano9 wrote:And yes, where the "ogbonna > bonnuci" fans?

both are sh*t tbf..... Ogbonna just makes Mehnucci look like a god that's the only difference, both are sh*t, we'd be lucky to get 7m for both tbh....

lol

Pogba needs the bench ASAP he can't receive 1 ball, calm the ball or dribble. He made 8 wrong Passes and lost all of his duels its like watching Balotelli v2.0. Ogbonna needs time he hasn't played like forever.

Marchisio    What a player

Where are the ' Isla is revived, he deserves more chances' fans?? They bombard us from that right side. What a shitty player

DeviAngel wrote:lol

Pogba needs the bench ASAP he can't receive 1 ball, calm the ball or dribble. He made 8 wrong Passes and lost all of his duels its like watching Balotelli v2.0. Ogbonna needs time he hasn't played like forever.

Marchisio    What a player

when u are suffering against one of the worst teams in the league, it doesn't matter whether you played all games or 1 you are very sh*t.....

Torino must be laughing their minds out for giving a scrub for a legit talent.....

Like Devi said, give Ogbonna some time, he's still relatively young and was chased by many teams, I think he'll pay of sooner or later. Soon he'll start pushing for a spot, just give him time. Is Vidal on the bench? And how come we started so many players?

Lol, you guys didn't even like Immobile until he exploded, calm down. I bet you were even excited about Ogbonna joining.

Yep, said it from before, isla is a total sh*t player. He got too many chances, and only impressed vs the worst team in europa league, trabzanspor. Bonnuci is waay better than ogbonna. Look at how easily zaza outperforms him... more than once.

Pogba? The team is tired. Pogba is exhausted. Most of the team disappeared, and sassuolo really need to win to secure their place in serie a, while us we have mpre than one chance to win serie a and I guess that our players are mostly busy thinking about the EL match.

Nobody commented on asamoah... he really played poorly as well. Most of our chances are coming from marchisio.

What a club we became. We have unwanted players like Quagliarella, Unmotivated like Osvaldo and Vucinic and one 'forever' talent like Zaza. Our best young players rot in clubs like Sassuolo and Torino ( Zaza, Gabbiadini,Berrardi) just for us to play those scrubs.


Poba is getting on my nerves, what a shitty player he is in the last 6 months. He hasn't given 1 good game. He lost all of his duels, he made all wrong passes and even dares to yell at the ref, he thinks he is somekind of star. Conte needs to slap him 9-10 times and bench him until the end of the season

salmano9 wrote:Yep, said it from before, isla is a total sh*t player. He got too many chances, and only impressed vs the worst team in europa league, trabzanspor. Bonnuci is waay better than ogbonna. Look at how easily zaza outperforms him... more than once.

Pogba? The team is tired. Pogba is exhausted. Most of the team disappeared, and sassuolo really need to win to secure their place in serie a, while us we have mpre than one chance to win serie a and I guess that our players are mostly busy thinking about the EL match.

Nobody commented on asamoah... he really played poorly as well. Most of our chances are coming from marchisio.

Most? All of them came from Marchisio, Pirlo is holding his ....... out thereon the field

GIGItheBest wrote:Lol, you guys didn't even like Immobile until he exploded, calm down. I bet you were even excited about Ogbonna joining.

if Salmano and Tom will be my witnesses I have called Ogbonna mehgbonna since his first game..... and I have not changed my mind...... he is overrated......

Also I gave Zaza standing ovation not only for his goal but the respect he showed, he didn't even celebrate the goal he scored and he never wore the Juventus jersey. That's respect