It's one game after the other: just time to get back to Turin after the trip to Naples, which yielded the Birra Moretti Trophy, and it's already time to prepare for another engagement.
Like every summer, it's time for the traditional exhibition game in Villar Perosa. Ranieri's team travel to the Val Chisone to face Massimiliano Maddaloni's Youth Team, for their last friendly before Tuesday's Champions League return qualifier against Artmedia.
With the Bratislava game being so near, part of the squad will need to rest as a precaution, to recover in the best possible way from their minor physical problems and be at their best for the European engagement. Some of Juve's stars will therefore only be spectators in Villar Perosa, among them Buffon, Del Piero, Nedved, Iaquinta, Zanetti, Giovinco, De Ceglie, Zebina, Marchionni, Salihamidzic, Grygera and Manninger, alongside youngster Esposito and Chiellini.
The Bianconeri's medical staff have released details regarding a few of the above players, i.e. Nedved, Salihamidzic, Marchionni, Zanetti, Chiellini, Manninger and Grygera.
Nedved had to leave the pitch near the end of the game against AC Milan as he was hit hard to his left calf, but should have recovered in time for Sunday morning's training session. The same for Salihamidzic, who came off due to slight pain in his left Achilles tendon.
Marchionni and Zanetti are on the mend. Marchionni is recovering well and will undergo another ultrasound scan next week. If the results are positive, he'll be able to start training again. Zanetti also awaits a positive result from the scan he'll be undergoing on Monday.
Meanwhile, Manninger has been suffering from a pain under his left shoulder-blade after playing with Austria on Wednesday. Grygera also hurt himself playing for his national team, as he was hit hard to his knee during the game against England.
And finally, Chiellini. The defender is recovering a little more quickly than predicted and he'll already be in Turin on Monday to continue therapies for the injury he picked up at the Berlusconi Trophy.
Claudio Ranieri can take comfort in the fact three important players like Camoranesi, Marchisio and Trezeguet are back in the team, though. This is the group of players available tomorrow:
Amauri, Camoranesi, Chimenti, Ekdal, Legrottaglie, Marchisio, Mellberg, Molinaro, Poulsen, Sissoko and Trezeguet.
To these a few Youth Team players will be added, so they'll be facing their team mates while wearing the first team shirt.
They are: Ariaudo, Pasquato, Rossi, Nocchi, Giuseppe Giovinco, Duravia, De Paola, D’Elia and Daud.
On the other side, Massimiliano Maddaloni will have 21 lads at his disposal, some of whom borrowed from the Berretti team. Here is the list in full:
- Goalkeepers: Pinsoglio, Piccolo
- Defenders: Alcibiade, Bamba, Crivello, Ferrero, Mignano, Romano, Serino, Silvestri
- Midfielders: Boniperti, Castiglia, Gerbaudo, Lazzeri, Marrone, Pirrotta, Toukam,
- Forwards: Belcastro, Carta, Curcio, Immobile
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