Juventus” data-scaytid=”1″>Juventus will face a tough game when they travel to face Genoa on Wednesday, Coach Massimiliano Allegri has warned.
The Bianconeri sit top of Serie A, three points clear of Roma, but Allegri admits he is wary of their midweek trip, seeing danger in the attacking play of the hosts and in the poor state of the Marassi pitch.
Juventus will face a tough game when they travel to face Genoa on Wednesday, Coach Massimiliano Allegri has warned.
The Bianconeri sit top of Serie A, three points clear of Roma, but Allegri admits he is wary of their midweek trip, seeing danger in the attacking play of the hosts and in the poor state of the Marassi pitch.
“Genoa are a team which has lost only once in the last seven games, that was the derby [with Sampdoria],” Allegri warned in his Press conference ahead of the game.
“They’re a team which plays very good football. They have good attacking movement, and they attack at home, playing a totally different style of football to the way they play away from home.
“The thing that worries me most of all – given what happened to the city of Genoa, the flood that took place – is that the pitch isn’t in good condition, and this means it will be more difficult to play well from a technical point of view, but we’ll do our best.
“As for the team, today is the last training session before the game, and I’ll decide after that what is the best team for tomorrow’s game.”
The former Milan Coach also dismissed suggestions that after four games in the last 11 days he would seek to rotate heavily in the matches against Genoa and Empoli, given their lower positions in the table.
“Teams lower in the table? Everyone is below us in the table,” Allegri noted with a smile.
“Genoa are a good team, a very good team. We dropped two points at Sassuolo, so that proves that these games are by no means easy.
“I don’t think Roma will drop many points over the course of the season, so we have to be good at doing the same.
“Tomorrow is a tough game for us, and important for the Scudetto.
“With regard to rotation, I think in the last three games Marchisio has been out of the team twice, and in the last game against Palermo, Pogba sat out.
“In previous games Vidal has been out, so in terms of midfielders I’ve rotated them all slightly.
“In attack, Morata played in Greece [against Olympiacos], while Giovinco has played one game and some little cameos, but everyone will get a chance.
“Just look at the numbers – recently in midfield and up-front everyone has played a little bit.
“I can’t do any more rotation or I’d be a man down!”