Pellegrini can ill afford to have injuries or tiredness affecting his game plan in the Manchester derby and will rotate his squad during the week accordingly. However, two games in four days could be asking too much of a player who has only just returned to action.
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Buffon is one of the world’s best and still holds the record of being the most expensive goalkeeper of all time having moved from Parma to Juventus for £37million. We had a very young attack with little global experience.
The club are yet to issue an update on Iniesta, but with an apparent hamstring problem forcing him off on Tuesday, it seems unlikely that he will be ready to play on Saturday.
Juventus should have taken the lead in the 35th following a great cut-back from the byline by Sami Khedira to Dybala but the Argentinian slipped.
Sevilla were awarded three penalties on the opening matchday of this season’s Champions League (they converted two of them).
“Yesterday morning I had predicted that the Old Lady would win“, said Orsi to Radio Radio. Which isn’t exactly the look of a Mourinho team.
This is the first ever competitive game between Juventus and Sevilla.
The 28-year-old offered composure and the kind of stability that has been lacking in the team’s disappointing performances in Serie A so far this season.
“The big difference is we have six points from the Champions League and five from Serie A”, joked Juve coach Massimiliano Allegri when asked to explained his side’s ability to rise to the occasion in Europe. “The first season we beat Bayern Munich and lost against Real Madrid in the group stages and qualified with 15 points”, Pellegrini said.
If fans thought it was a flash in the pan, they would be soon mistaken. Until then, it’s all doom and gloom, and lots of stuff for newspapers to fill pages.
Manchester City already have their backs to the wall when they travel to Borussia Mönchengladbach on Wednesday.
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But should the rot continue for too long, both Chelsea and Juve might well bid goodbye to their title challenges, as the fallen champions.
