Allegri spoke to JTV before of tomorrow's encounter against Sampdoria, focusing on the game and his expectations.
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For Tuesday’s encounter against Sampdoria onwards, Massimiliano Allegri wants his Juventus team to “be interested” in the Coppa Italia. The Bianconeri will face the Ligurian side at the Allianz Stadium. In the quarterfinals, the winner of the match will face the winner of the Sassuolo-Cagliari encounter, with the winner of that match facing the winner of the Fiorentina-Napoli and Venezia-Atalanta games in the semi-finals. Allegri spoke to JTV before of tomorrow’s encounter against Sampdoria, focusing on the game and his expectations.
“We have to try to qualify and go to the quarter-finals because it’s an objective of the season. It will be a difficult game. If approached in a certain way it could be easier, otherwise it will be more complicated,” the Juventus manager said.
“It matters a lot because it’s a goal. At the start no one is interested in it, then when you start playing the quarter-finals and semi-finals everyone is interested. We have to be interested from tomorrow. Sampdoria have changed their coach so we have to be even more careful. We’re coming from intense close games, we need to make one last effort because then we’ll have five days to prepare for the San Siro match.”
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Allegri also provided an update regarding his squad. “There will be some rotations because we changed six players against Udinese compared to the game against Inter. Tomorrow morning I’ll make a good assessment,” he said. “We’ll have De Ligt disqualified and Chiellini half-back and Bonucci is out, so I’ll have to decide who to play in the middle.”
The Italian also commented on how Sampdoria have evolved over the course of the season. “More than changing, we will play a game of pride because when there is a change of coach, even if the one who will replace D’Aversa hasn’t arrived, to whom I wish good luck, because when these things happen it is always a disappointment,” he said.
“It’s up to us to play the right game, aggressive and good.”
