Paul Pogba could be rested for Juventus’ Coppa Italia tie at Parma tomorrow night, Coach Max Allegri reveals.
The Bianconeri travel to Tardini for a quarter-final tie, as they seek to progress in a competition they haven’t won since 1994, but Allegri admits some players could be rested.
“I don’t like to talk about rotation,” the Coach told assembled media in his pre-match Press conference.
Paul Pogba could be rested for Juventus’ Coppa Italia tie at Parma tomorrow night, Coach Max Allegri reveals.
The Bianconeri travel to Tardini for a quarter-final tie, as they seek to progress in a competition they haven’t won since 1994, but Allegri admits some players could be rested.
“I don’t like to talk about rotation,” the Coach told assembled media in his pre-match Press conference.
“Let’s just say that tomorrow I’ll put the best team on the field to win this game. Right now all the players I have available are physically fit, and I think that’s important.
“During games, for substitutions, those who are on the bench are crucial. On Sunday the three who came on did very well.
“I think that’s very important that players who come off the bench can help, because if someone comes off the bench and doesn’t do well they don’t help their teammates.
“[Marco] Storari will be in goal tomorrow. Andrea [Pirlo] trained well yesterday, so he’s available, as are all the other players.
“Pogba has played a lot of games. He’s a young guy, and also a guy who doesn’t get tired playing games. I’ll see tomorrow whether to play him or put him on the bench.
"Coman? He's a young lad, who I hold in high regard but he needs to stay calm and keep working. He got some opportunities in the first half of the campaign and he'll get them again [in the second half]."
"The game is tomorrow, so I'll assess him today. But I think he has all the qualities to become a great player."
Allegri was also asked about Sebastian Giovinco, and whether the fact he has agreed a move to Toronto could affect his commitment, with the Italian international not wanting to risk injury.
“He’s training well, he’s a professional.
“He’s made the decision to leave at the end of the season, but that doesn’t mean he’s not ready to play if we need him to.
“Tomorrow he’ll be one of the four strikers I have available, and I’ll decide whether to play him from the start or bring him on during the game.
“If Giovinco is called up to play, and he has to get stuck in, then he’ll get stuck and do things properly because that’s the right thing to do, as a professional and as a man.
“If he wasn’t psychologically able to play a football match he’d raise his hand and calmly say so.”