Juventus, Allegri: “It’s a direct clash with Salernitana. Target 40 points? I feel like laughing, but that’s how it is”

“We have to aim to climb the table and to do so we need to win tomorrow’s direct match: we’re back from three games with one point, we have to get back on track.” Halfway between provocation and stimulus for their players, Max Allegri use a strong but extremely effective expression to present tomorrow’s match with the Salernitana to Arechi: “Direct clash”. It’s hard to agree with him by looking at the squads of the two teams, the corporate ambitions and the tradition of both, less so if you look at the standings after the fifteen penalty points. There Juventus is currently thirteenth with two lengths ahead of Nicola’s grenade and the players have to immerse themselves in the situation, forgetting their past and their pedigree to avoid unpleasant surprises: “It’s a fact, they took 15 points from us and we’re at 23. We have to reach 40 points of safety, it makes me laugh but that’s the way it is. We have to give ourselves goals because by doing this we will win games. It allows us to keep the tension high for the Europa League.”

Still out Bonucci and Pogba, ready Vlahovic and Chiesa

Tomorrow will be missing again Pogbaabsence taken for granted by the coach after the physical problems that emerged in the last few days: besides him, Allegri will not be able to count on Bonuccihit by the flu but getting closer to returning, e Paredes, who has a goose foot discomfort, a hamstring. It’s better to play the part given that Arechi is a difficult field and Salernitana, compared to last year, have a more complete and tested team as shown by the standings and the latest results of the grenades: “It will be complicated, it’s a difficult environment, pushed by the fans. The team is doing well, Nicola is doing a great job, they won the last one in Lecce and tomorrow it will be difficult as they always are in the league. The important thing is to face them with the right attitude, with a team attitude: they have 21 points, us 23, we have to try to stay ahead.”

Allegri will be able to count on Vlahovic and Chiesa, returning from the first match played together in the black and white jersey and ready to repeat against Salernitana, perhaps flanked by Di Maria in what is the trident dreamed of in the summer: “Dusan is also physically fit, he is much more light and dynamic compared to when he arrived, let’s hope he scores in Salerno. The trident? It’s a hypothesis that I haven’t decided yet. We have many players returning from injury and since we then have Fiorentina, I have to put all these assessments together Then it’s normal that the more technical players we have, the better, but we need to make ourselves available. Chiesa is fine, he played a good match against Lazio”.

Kean paws, Fagioli has become a certainty

If the titles are all for the trident of wonders Chiesa-Di Maria-Vlahovic, pawing behind them kean who this season has found the continuity he has always lacked in his career. Allegri is satisfied with the new Kean, who in the summer had left the coach’s plans: only the lack of attractive offers allowed him to stay in Turin. An intersection of fate that rewarded both him and Juventus: “Kean is doing very well too, leaving him out now is very difficult for me. He has become very important, he has grown mentally, he is much more responsible, and from a from a technical point of view. I still don’t know who will play”. In addition to Kean, another young man who grew up in the Juventus youth sector is rapidly climbing positions: Niccolo Fagioli he changed his season in Lecce with a beautiful and very important goal for Juventus. Week after week he gained experience and conviction until he became a point of reference for the coach: “He grew a lot, when some players were missing I brought in young players who gave important answers. They brought enthusiasm and technique. Fagioli played as much as Miretti, Soulé, Iling: we must continue on this path because they can only improve.”

The return of Nicolussi Caviglia and the football reforms

Among them is also Nicolussi Cavigliawho in Salerno will be an opponent of the bianconeri with the hope of showing off and snatching the ticket for the return to Turin: “He was unlucky, he had a problem with his knee, he underwent surgery on his crusader. He is proving his worth and I’m happy. It’s another demonstration of the work in the youth sector: I’m thinking of De Winter, Ranocchia, Rovella, Iling, Fagioli, Miretti, Soulé. There are others like Barranechea, Barbieri, Huijsen who was born in 2005 and is playing with Next Gen. And it is possible that in 5 years these players will be part of Juventus, obviously not all of them. It would be a huge result, the U23 is an old Serie C, where the boys have a different impact on matches. There is too much difference between the U23s and the Primavera. The U23s are close to the first team, a reform of all the leagues would be needed. They must reform from the grassroots to the Primavera, but it is a problem of those who think about reforming given that there is plenty in Italy Enough”.