Sassuolo Coach Eusebio Di Francesco warns “we’ll face a different Juve compared to the beginning of the season.”
The Bianconeri have started the Serie A season poorly, and currently sit eight points off the top of the League, but the Neroverdi boss sees signs of recovery.
“I liked this Juve in the last two games [against Inter and Atalanta],” Di Francesco said in his pre-match Press conference.
Sassuolo Coach Eusebio Di Francesco warns “we’ll face a different Juve compared to the beginning of the season.”
The Bianconeri have started the Serie A season poorly, and currently sit eight points off the top of the League, but the Neroverdi boss sees signs of recovery.
“I liked this Juve in the last two games [against Inter and Atalanta],” Di Francesco said in his pre-match Press conference.
“They had great desire to dictate the play, physicality… we’ll face a different Juve compared to the beginning of the season, one in great condition.
“Quite rightly, Juve must try to win every game, they did it last season, never mind now when they need points to climb the table.”
Sassuolo have scored twice against the Old Lady at Mapei Stadium, with both coming from Simone Zaza, now plying his trade in Turin.
“Simone can score an own-goal at best, right?” Di Francesco laughed.
“I must say, he’s done well in recent games, in Milan he impressed me with his physicality. Maybe he didn’t score, but he had a great game.
“That said, we’ll play a great game tomorrow. We’ll think about the performance, and someone will score the goals.”
Di Francesco’s men were defeated by Milan at the weekend, but the Coach saw positive signs from his team.
“I’m sorry that we didn’t bring home a positive result, but we’re aware that we played really well even though we had 10-men.
“At times it seemed like we had equal numbers, we went down at the end, but that can happen as we had given so much.
“Rotation? The Bianconeri are growing, as are we. Compared to the games against Empoli and Chievo we’ve had very positive results.
“The game against Milan was very draining, so we’ll have to evaluate if changes are needed, although we can cope well with two matches so close together, it’s the third we might struggle in.”