Massimiliano Allegri admits Juventus have to “take home three points” from Dinamo Zagreb tomorrow.
The Bianconeri drew their first match in this season’s Champions League, meaning they can’t afford any slip-ups in Croatia.
“Let’s take three points, then we’ll see [for the rest of the group],” Allegri said in his pre-match Press conference.
Massimiliano Allegri admits Juventus have to “take home three points” from Dinamo Zagreb tomorrow.
The Bianconeri drew their first match in this season’s Champions League, meaning they can’t afford any slip-ups in Croatia.
“Let’s take three points, then we’ll see [for the rest of the group],” Allegri said in his pre-match Press conference.
“We take it a game at a time. At the moment we don’t know how many points it’ll take to finish first and second, we just know we have a difficult match tomorrow because it’s always difficult to play in Europe, winning games away from home is never easy.
“We have to deal with tomorrow in the right way, and above all take home three points with our performance.
“Could Mario Mandzukic and Marko Pjaca start? I haven’t decided on the formation yet, but it’s not just the two players who played for Dinamo who could start tomorrow.
“Tomorrow’s choices will be made on conditioning first and foremost, as well as according to the match and those that will be on the bench will need to help out, because I’m sure they’ll be needed tomorrow as in all other games.
“Tomorrow is also the sixth game that we’ll have played in quick succession, and it’s normal that right now some might be a little bit tired, because a cycle like this usually happens once a year.
“It happened last year, where we were playing three or four games with two days between them.
“So tomorrow is match we have to face with great care and concentration, especially given the fact we have 95 minutes to take the win home.”
It has been suggested that Patrice Evra could come off the bench to slot into a back-three as the game progresses, but Allegri wouldn’t confirm the Frenchman’s role.
“Evra could be an alternative, but he could also play from the start, because Alex Sandro has played five of the last six games.
“It’s normal that Evra could play in the three at the back, in Giorgio [Chiellini]’s position because they’re both left-footed, or at least he could be one of two centre-backs.
“As for the midfield three, tomorrow we have Hernanes, [Sami] Khedira and [Miralem] Pjanic. Three midfielders, three names.”