Saturday April 12, 20:30 Stadio Olimpico, Torino
The last time these two teams met back in December it was one of the most entertaining scoreless draws in recent times, with the goalkeepers getting all the headlines with save after save and keeping the scoreline goalless.
Match's between Juve and Milan are more commonly know for both teams fighting for the Scudetto but this season it's a fight for the remaining Champion League positions. Juve have a six point lead over their opponents with a game in hand, while Milan are four points behind Fiorentina who are in fourth.
Juventus were unfortunate to lose last weekend against Palermo, after coming from two goals down and having numerous chances to win the game a cracking goal gave the victory to the home side and left Juve's faint Scudetto and aim for second position all but over.
Juventus will be with out the services of Cristiano Zanetti, Jorge Andrade, Johnathan Zebina and Pavel Nedved who are all out injured. Nedved who trained with the squad the whole week is still not 100% fit and not be risked after his head injury. Juve have no fewer than seven players who are one yellow card from receiving a suspension―they are: Giorgio Chiellini, Vincenzo Iaquinta, , Zdenek Grygera, Raffaele Palladino, Antonio Nocerino, David Trezeguet, and Hasan Salihamidzic.
Claudio Ranieri has to decided if he's going to play his preferred 4-4-2 formation or be more adventures and go with the 4-3-3 which worked well against Palermo in the second of last week's game.
If Ranieri plays a 4-4-2 formation the biggest question will be who is going to play in the midfield. Mauro Camoranesi and Mohamed Sissoko will be granted first team positions with the remaining two a fight between Tiago, Nocerino, Salihamidzic and Palladino. After their perfromance againest Palermo last game Salihamidzic and Tiago are most likely to start, but the surprise could be in Palladino who could take the place of Nedved on the left wing.
Claudio Ranieri has to decided if he's going to play his preferred 4-4-2 formation or be more adventures and go with the 4-3-3 which worked well against Palermo in the second of last week's game.
If Ranieri plays a 4-4-2 formation the biggest question will be who is going to play in the midfield. Mauro Camoranesi and Mohamed Sissoko will be granted first team positions with the remaining two a fight between Tiago, Nocerino, Salihamidzic and Palladino. After their perfromance againest Palermo last game Salihamidzic and Tiago are most likely to start, but the surprise could be in Palladino who could take the place of Nedved on the left wing.
Buffon
Grygera - Legrottaglie- Chiellini- Molinaro
Camoranesi - Sissoko -Tiago - Salihamidzic
Trezeguet - Del Piero
Camoranesi - Sissoko -Tiago - Salihamidzic
Trezeguet - Del Piero
Claudio Ranieri could surprise everyone and go for a attacking formation and play a 4-3-3 which would put the second string Milan defence under a lot more pressure. This formation would pick itself with the only change from the second half side that played against Palermo would be Grygera for Salihamidzic.
Buffon
Grygera - Legrottaglie- Chiellini- Molinaro
Camoranesi - Sissoko - Tiago
Iaquinta - Trezeguet - Del Piero
Camoranesi - Sissoko - Tiago
Iaquinta - Trezeguet - Del Piero
Against Milan on Saturday night it should be a great game, its hard to split the two teams. A win for the Bianconero would almost make certain of Champions League football next season. Milan who haven't played the best this season will certainly step up and put up a great contest. The match could be decided by a piece of magic from each sides world class players and with Del Piero in great form and Kaka returning from injury anything could happen in this fascinating affair. Lets hope that Juve can get a win on Saturday and get closer to their goal of a Champion League place for next season. FORZA JUVE
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