There Juventus and played and won a friendly against Arsenal 2-0 thanks to two own goals by the Gunners (Xhaka and Hoding). It was just a resumption test of the championship – scheduled for January 4th – that didn’t bring any particular idea in view of the number of players absent from both teams due to commitments in the World Cup.
At the end of the meeting the technician, Massimiliano Allegri, did not immediately want to talk about the team’s impressions and the future from a Serie A point of view. There was one thing that was particularly close to his heart and he expressed it immediately, before the conversation moved on to something else. The news of the last few hours shocked him.
“First of all I have two thoughts – he admitted to Sky Sport -, one for Sinisa Mihjalovic and the other for Mario Scocerti. At this moment there are no words, I send a sweet thought to both families”.
After offering his condolences, the coach returns to the current situation and defines the balance of the game against the Londoners as “good”: although the team was full of young players, it showed a good defensive phase and some flaws in the attack. However, the considerations that Allegri makes when talking about the players expected after the break, those who will return from the World Cup and those injured, make us think. And what does he say about pogba it’s alarming.
“Chiesa suffered from fatigue, but it’s normal because after an injury of this type it can happen when you increase the pace. And I didn’t want to risk it. Paul still hasn’t run a meter in training… so I can’t say how and when he will come back. This is the situation, otherwise every day we do a little theater about a player who has not yet fully recovered.
As for the rest, he suggests that a large part will actually be available after the Cremonese match. “Bonucci won’t take long, Cuadrado will be back on the 27th, but we won’t have him available until after Cremonese. De Sciglio should be available from the 27th”.
A reflection also dedicated to the difficult moment that Juventus is experiencing at a corporate level due to the implications of the Prisma investigation carried out by the Public Ministry of Turin. “The sporting part has never changed or been touched – added Allegri -. We only have to think about training and winning games. The club will deal with something else, as it always has. Juventus has 120 years of history and will continue to go on.” ahead. We regret that the president is no longer here because I am attached to him on an emotional level”.
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