Massimiliano Allegri confirms Juventus could “play with three up-front” in what will be a “beautiful game” with Sevilla.
Gonzalo Higuain and Paulo Dybala are both injured, leaving the Bianconeri with only Mario Mandzukic as a fit out-and-out striker.
The Coach ordinarily prefers a 4-3-1-2 or a 3-5-2, but the injury problems could see a change tomorrow.
“It’s simple,” Allegri noted in his pre-match Press conference.
Massimiliano Allegri confirms Juventus could “play with three up-front” in what will be a “beautiful game” with Sevilla.
Gonzalo Higuain and Paulo Dybala are both injured, leaving the Bianconeri with only Mario Mandzukic as a fit out-and-out striker.
The Coach ordinarily prefers a 4-3-1-2 or a 3-5-2, but the injury problems could see a change tomorrow.
“It’s simple,” Allegri noted in his pre-match Press conference.
“Tomorrow [Juan] Cuadrado will play off the striker or we’ll play with three up-front.
“With the players I have available, Mandzukic will play alone or with Cuadrado alongside him.
“Cuadrado could play on one wing, then on the other [Stefano] Sturaro, Alex Sandro or the kid [Moise] Kean could play.
“Regardless of the formation, we know we’re facing a side which hasn’t conceded so far in the group, so they’re still unbeaten.
“We hope to be the first team to score against them. They’re a team with a very good attacking level and they’re good on set pieces because they have a lot of physicality.
“It’s not a feat [to win without Higuain and Dybala], it’s a football match where we have to do well. The players I have available are capable of putting in a good performance.
“We know that the only result which would guarantee us mathematical qualification is a win, a draw wouldn’t guarantee mathematical qualification.
“We’re facing Sevilla, who are playing good football and are third in the Spanish League, so it will be a beautiful game as they all are in the Champions League.”
Higuain was unable to be called-up after an injury against Pescara, and Allegri confirmed it’s not worth risking him.
“He took a knock which sometimes can get better in a day or sometimes can be worse.
“Yesterday there was a doubt about whether he’d be available or not but this morning he wasn’t able.
“Among other things it’s an area of the thigh where he’d already taken a knock with Argentina, so it would be too risky to chance losing him for a month.
“It’s not like we can go on holiday after tomorrow, we have tomorrow then we have four big games in the League and the final Champions League match.
“We’ve got the players we’ve got for tomorrow, and they can play a great match.”