Massimiliano Allegri has announced his squad list for Juventus’ Champions League clash against Villarreal tomorrow, with Paulo Dybala absent due to injury.
The 28-year-old Argentinian forward suffered a thigh injury in the second half of the 1-1 draw with Torino last week. Medical tests later showed no major issue, but the Bianconeri have decided not to risk the former Palermo man for tomorrow’s match.
In Dybala’s place, Allegri has called up Moise Kean. The 21-year-old Italian has scored one goal so far this season in the Champions League, netting in the 1-0 win over Malmo. Giorgio Chiellini is also still unavailable due to a calf issue and he’s expected to return some time next week.
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Juventus travel to Estadio de la Cerámica for the first leg of the Champions League Round of 16 tie against Villarreal, who won the Europa League last season. The match kicks off at 20.00 UK time.
Below is a video of the Juventus squad arriving at the airport in Turin ahead of their flight to Spain:
✈️ #Juve in partenza per la Spagna: decollo alle 16.30 per la squadra di #Allegri
📹 @SimoneDinoi pic.twitter.com/pm0atayEG6— TUTTOmercatoWEB (@TuttoMercatoWeb) February 21, 2022
Villarreal currently sit 6th in La Liga, three points behind 5th place Atletico Madrid. They beat Granada on the weekend 4-1, and before that they drew with Real Madrid 0-0.
Champions, si (ri)parte!
Ecco i convocati per #VillarrealJuve! #JuveUCL pic.twitter.com/npMjHe7hFP— JuventusFC (@juventusfc) February 21, 2022
Starting 11 should be: Scezsny, De Sciglio, De Ligt, Bonucci, Danilo, Locatelli, Arthur, Zakaria, Cuadrado, Vlahovic, Morata.
Marco, 100% correct! That is the formation which should play every week, actually. Not Rabiot and McKennie, the brainless midfielders…..
anything without Alex FAIL Sandro is good