Max Allegri looks forward to the 'final conclusion' to Juventus' season after the game against Hellas Verona.
The Bianconeri conquered the Scudetto several weeks ago and are expected to field a dress-rehearsal formation against Verona ahead of the Champions League final in Berlin, but the 47-year-old wished to open his Press conference on a different note.
Max Allegri looks forward to the 'final conclusion' to Juventus' season after the game against Hellas Verona.
The Bianconeri conquered the Scudetto several weeks ago and are expected to field a dress-rehearsal formation against Verona ahead of the Champions League final in Berlin, but the 47-year-old wished to open his Press conference on a different note.
“Before anything else I'd like to start by remembering what happened 30 years ago, a black page in the history of sports and Juventus,” he said, in reference to the Heysel Stadium disaster, which saw the death of 39 supporters.
“I think today the only thing to be done is to commemorate the victims and be close to their families.
“Tomorrow is an important game because it's our last test before the Champions League final.
“It's not Allegri's Juve, it's just a team that played an extraordinary season. We're short of the final conclusion, the Champions League.
“We have to wait seven days because it can't be played any earlier.
“So tomorrow we have a duty to play a good game, especially to make sure our levels of tension stay high.
“We're in a good physical condition, but tomorrow our minds mustn't go to Berlin. That wouldn't make sense.
“Our minds must go only to Verona, so we can close the championship in the best possible way.
“I'll choose my formation today, though I have a lot of players who picked up yellow cards and may be suspended for the Supercup, so I'll have to think about it.
“The fact that a player doesn't play tomorrow doesn't mean he isn't ready for the final.
“The team is doing well. I have a lot of players who put in a lot of matches, but the final gives you so much drive that it makes no difference whether you've played an extra game or not.
“Andrea Barzagli? We won't know whether he can play until Tuesday or Wednesday.
“He's progressing well. I'm not going to say how likely it is [that we'll see him against Barcelona], because it's an injury, but all the staff is working to bring him back.
“As for [Paul] Pogba, he's doing fine. It's understandable that after the second game in Madrid – I mean the second after his game against Cagliari – he should have picked up his condition again.”