Juventus Coach Massimiliano Allegri says it’s “very important” to win their Champions League group.
The Bianconeri will secure top spot in Groud D with a draw against Sevilla tomorrow, meaning that they would avoid the other group winners.
For that reason, the former Milan Coach insists he will not have one eye on the weekend clash with Fiorentina.
“I will absolutely not base my team on the Fiorentina game for a simple reason,” Allegri explained in his pre-match Press conference.
Juventus Coach Massimiliano Allegri says it’s “very important” to win their Champions League group.
The Bianconeri will secure top spot in Groud D with a draw against Sevilla tomorrow, meaning that they would avoid the other group winners.
For that reason, the former Milan Coach insists he will not have one eye on the weekend clash with Fiorentina.
“I will absolutely not base my team on the Fiorentina game for a simple reason,” Allegri explained in his pre-match Press conference.
“First things first we have to secure first place, because first place is very important, above all in the draw.
“Barcelona, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich will definitely finish first, and at this moment they’re the strongest teams in Europe, so it would mean we couldn’t get them.
“Then we have another important goal, which is to finish the first round unbeaten. That would allow us to finish first. So I think we’ll approach tomorrow in the best way.
“There’s absolutely no thought about Fiorentina, we’ll have four days to prepare for the Fiorentina game, and we have players who will come back.
“At the moment we have to think game-by-game, because we have to continue the the positive results the team is getting.
“Tomorrow I have four [central] defenders: [Andrea] Barzagli, [Leonardo] Bonucci, [Giorgio] Chillini and [Daniele] Rugani.
“Three of those four will play. They’re all fine, so tomorrow I’ll decide whether or not Rugani will play.”
Mario Mandzukic was left out of the squad with illness, but Allegri is confident he’ll have a strong squad to face Fiorentina.
“I’m not worried. Mandzukic came in this morning and was feverish, so it seemed to me that there was a risk, for him but also of infecting the team.
“[Patrice] Evra took a knock to his knee on Friday, he didn’t train with the team for two days and this morning he had tests and wasn’t available.
“So I decided to leave him at home to work toward the Fiorentina match. [Sami] Khedira had tests this morning, everything is taking a turn for the better.
“[Kwadwo] Asamoah and [Simone] Padoin are not on the Champions League list, so obviously they stayed at home.
“I’ve left [Martin] Caceres at home to work, because he needs to work at the moment. [Mario] Lemina has the same problem with his patellar tendon which unfortunately has slowed him down in recent weeks.”