Giorgio Chiellini assures his injury is “not serious” so Juventus should have him available for the Milan game.
The centre-back went off injured after 56 minutes of the draw with Udinese, sparking fears of a muscular injury, but expects to be back to face the Rossoneri on Friday night.
“I’ll have tests tomorrow but I’m pretty good,” Chiellini assured in an interview with Sky.
Giorgio Chiellini assures his injury is “not serious” so Juventus should have him available for the Milan game.
The centre-back went off injured after 56 minutes of the draw with Udinese, sparking fears of a muscular injury, but expects to be back to face the Rossoneri on Friday night.
“I’ll have tests tomorrow but I’m pretty good,” Chiellini assured in an interview with Sky.
“It’s nothing in particular, every now and then I have a few aches and pains from previous battles, but it’s nothing serious.
“Now we’ll see how I recover in the next few days but it’s nothing serious.
“There are always few days, so it’ll need to be evaluated, tomorrow or the day after tomorrow we’ll definitely know something more.
“But it’s not something that will be long-term.”
Chiellini then looked ahead to the clash with the Diavolo, as well as reflecting on the draw with the Zebrette.
“Udinese? I think you have to be calm and analyse the game. You can’t always be at 100 per cent, and we definitely didn’t play a great match yesterday.
“From that point of view it’s a good point. It would have been better to win, but you can’t always win and it was an important game in terms of testing our maturity. Picking up a point on a bad day is a good sign.
“Juventus-Milan is a classic of the Italian League, even if it was definitely worth more in years gone by.
“Milan are in a reconstruction phase, they’re having a great season and giving a platform to a lot of young players who will be the flagship of the Italian national team and for many years in the future.
“The first game doesn’t bother me that much, honestly, what hurts more is the defeat in Doha [in the Supercoppa Italiana].
“For all the compliments which should rightly go to them, I think it was also our demerits. We lost an important opportunity to bring home another trophy.
“But what matters now is just this match and getting to the end of the season ahead of everyone. It will be a difficult game.
“They have quality, and they’re especially fast on the break. That’s something we’ll have to particularly pay attention to.
“I scored in the Supercoppa, so that could be a good sign that this is a team which brings me luck. We’ll see in the coming days.
“The most important thing is that we score one more goal than the opposition and win the game. [Gianluigi] Buffon could score, it’s all the same.”