Juventus Coach Massimiliano Allegri admits “it’s difficult” for Marko Pjaca to start tomorrow, and Claudio Marchisio is out.

The Bianconeri face Milan in the Coppa Italia tomorrow and, while there will be changes, the Croatian winger will have to make an impact off the bench.

“We’ll change some players, because we played a very tense and physical game on Sunday,” Allegri confirmed in his pre-match Press conference.

Juventus Coach Massimiliano Allegri admits “it’s difficult” for Marko Pjaca to start tomorrow, and Claudio Marchisio is out.

The Bianconeri face Milan in the Coppa Italia tomorrow and, while there will be changes, the Croatian winger will have to make an impact off the bench.

“We’ll change some players, because we played a very tense and physical game on Sunday,” Allegri confirmed in his pre-match Press conference.

“Tomorrow night will be a final, and then we have a game with Sassuolo on Sunday. Everyone else is fine, so there will definitely be changes.

“Marchisio is unlikely to be available for the game because he didn’t train with the team as of yesterday, he did separate work.

“It’s normal though, since he came back he’s been getting better but it was expected the there would be a period where he’d have a bit more difficulty, not so much with his knee but with his muscles.

“He worked well yesterday, not with the team. We’ll see today, but it’s unlikely that he’ll be available for the game.

“As for Pjaca, it’s difficult for him to play from the start. He’s a lad – a player – who is destined for greatness, because he’s always made important chances when he’s appeared.

“That goes for Empoli when he came on, it was the same on Sunday and in the Champions League when he came on at the end.

“When he makes these cameos he’s always available, he always has chances to score and he always does something important.

“It’s normal that he’s destined to grow and have a good career.

"He's a lad who needs to grow, I've said it and I'll repeat it.

"He's a young player with great qualities, and he's destined for greatness, but he needs to grow because he's a lad who has arrived from Dinamo Zagreb in what is a much easier League where he was the star and he could afford to take a break.

"When you get to Juventus it's different. It's normal that he has to accelerate his journey, but he's a player who will do great things.

"The defence? I have to see how [Giorgio] Chiellini is after Sunday's game. [Leonardo] Bonucci needs to play because he's been out for two months.

"I'll have to look at [Stephan] Lichtsteiner, but whoever takes to the pitch will be in top condition because the game could last 120 minutes."

Gianluigi Buffon embraced referee Paolo Tagliavento after the Lazio win, creating a controversy which made its way to the front of this morning’s Tuttosport.

“It’s stupidity, don’t make me say another [ruder] word. We also need to diffuse this tension against the referees.

“In Italy instead of talking about the great piece of skill from [Paulo] Dybala when he scored his goal, the finish from [Gonzalo] Higuain or the shot – which didn’t go in – that [Lorenzo] Insigne took from 40 yards against Milan on Saturday, in Italy you go looking for other things, never what the players do on the pitch.

“We never just enjoy football for what happens on the pitch, it’s always about wasting time looking for these things.”

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