Juventus heading towards a beautiful but tiring end to the season
April 1, 2023
After a mostly positive international break for Juventus, the club returns to Serie A action this weekend with a game against Hellas Verona. Speaking ahead of the Saturday game, coach Massimiliano Allegri started off with a squad update considering the number of injuries his side is carrying as well as the packed fixture list lying ahead of his side with two games a week for the rest of the month.
“I still have to decide, Alex Sandro has been out for three weeks and on Tuesday we have an important game in the Coppa Italia, so I’ll have to assess the whole line-up tomorrow morning. “Federico Chiesa is very calm because he was not called up, he always has this discomfort. Today he worked well but under the pain threshold, we’re working to have him fully available on Tuesday. “Dusan Vlahovic is back well, Arkadiusz Milik is better, Moise Kean the same. Mattias Soulé did well in Milan, Angel Di Maria is back and will be available. It’s important to have them all, they give me the possibility to change and rotate. “The substitutions will be even more important, we’re heading towards the end of the season where we only have nine games in April and we’ll get to the final goal of playing 58 games.”
Both Angel Di Maria and Filip Kostic appeared to have picked up injuries on national team duty.
“Kostic’s back and he’s fine, he did all the training except the first one, which he did separately. He can play tomorrow. “Di Maria is not likely to start, he came back yesterday. He’s fine because he had a good training session today, but he’ll be an asset in the game.”
Paul Pogba had another setback a few weeks ago and Allegri did not seem optimistic of having him back any time soo.
“At the moment I can’t say when he will be available again. He’s working, at the moment it’s difficult to say. The adductor is fine, let’s see training after training how the knee will react.”
Allegri also spoke about the tremendous strides young midfielder Nicolo Fagioli has taken this season.
“He’s grown a lot, he still has to do it because he’s only at the beginning. I spoke to him because there’s a lot of talk about him at the moment, but this is an important moment for him. “It’s important for him to keep his feet firmly planted on the ground and not go after these rumours of exaltation. We must neither get excited nor depressed, we must have a balance to finish well at the end of the season.”
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