MATCH PREVIEW | JUVENTUS - SASSUOLO
It's been a hectic summer.
From long farewells to warm welcomes, including the classic initiation ritual, the playing squad has had a major makeover.
The US Tour fueled by Jeep gave an opportunity to the new players to settle in, for the coach to evaluate new tactics and same difference either way. - have some good times!
Yet, presently it is serious.
Juventus wrap up the Matchday 1 fixtures inviting Sassuolo to the Allianz Stadium. No team has had the preferred of the Neroverdi more over Juve in Serie A with 13 wins from the 18 meetings so far despite succumbing to defeat interestingly at home to the side from Emilia last term.
In the league the Bianconeri have always found the net at home against Sassuolo, the main team Juve have met in excess of six times and scored against each time. And with the newcomers quick to show their talent before the fans interestingly, Massimiliano Allegri will be certain his side make it seven out of seven on the scoring front.
Perhaps it was no surprise that in his pre-match press meeting when asked which Juventus player he would take out of the team Sassuolo coach Alessio Dionisi focused on the players got this summer.
FOR TALENT AND ABILITY I WOULD SAY DI MARIA BUT KOSTIC IS STRONG TOO. BREMER WAS PERHAPS THE MOST CONSISTENT DEFENDER LAST SEASON. JUVE HAVE SIGNED SOME IMPORTANT PLAYERS.
Alessio Dionisi, Sassuolo Coach
For the first trip of the season Allegri already knows he can't depend on Wojciech Szczesny and Paul Pogba, who have joined long-term absentees Kaio Jorge and Federico Chiesa on the treatment table. Weston McKennie anyway is available for selection. Meanwhile, also out because of a one-match ban carried over from last season are Adrien Rabiot and Moise Kean. The striker scored a 88th-minute champ in the most ongoing gathering, in April at the Mapei Stadium. In a strange twist of fate, the match champ from the first clash between the two teams last season, Sassuolo's Maxime Lopez, is also out suspended.
Without these two on the pitch someone else must step sufficient.
As expected, Monday's opponents have also seen players come and go since the transfer market opened.
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In his inaugural pre-match press gathering Allegri revealed that enthusiasm in the camp was sky high especially with the prospect of playing before a full house at the Allianz Stadium on the day Italy traditionally celebrates the level of the summer. According to the coach, this mid-August day the aim can be only one.
WE ARE ALL UNDER SCRUTINY, ME, THE PLAYERS, EVERYONE, BUT WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS TO WIN FOOTBALL MATCHES - THAT'S OUR AIM AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE SETTING OUT TO DO. TOMORROW WE NEED TO PERFORM LIKE JUVENTUS KNOWS HOW.