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Coach Massimiliano Allegri presented the match against Sassuolo , scheduled for Sunday 15 April at 18:00 .
These are his words, directly from the Allianz Stadium conference room.
SASSUOLO « Sassuolo is a technically strong team and is going through an excellent moment of form. They lost in Verona but played a good game. These will be fifteen very important days for us, to determine our future. Tomorrow we will have to win because yesterday (Friday ed) Lazio, with the success against Spezia, overtook us in the ranking linked to results on the pitch. As I've always said, you have to take it one step at a time. This is a beautiful and important moment of the season, but we will have to grit our teeth even more and compact ourselves».
TRAINING CHOICES « Kean shouldn't be available because he suffered a problem with his flexor in Friday's training session. De Sciglio will also hardly be available for the away match against Sassuolo , but we will be able to count on several Next Gen players who will come with us. Paredes is ready to play, Pogba not yet. Paul is training with the group, but he's not in his best shape yet. Surely, however, between now and the end of the season, his contribution will be fundamental. Szczęsny , if he is serene and calm, he will be able to leave with us and he will be on the bench so he will have a rest shift. Perinhe is in excellent condition and has become a goalkeeper of the highest level. Since he's been at Juventus, he's been one of the best in his role, in terms of reliability and presence in matches. Bremer could rest and instead of him one of Rugani and Bonucci could play who are working well. Vlahović played an hour in Rome against Lazio and half an hour against Sporting CP. Tomorrow he could start from the beginning».
FORM AND FUTURE «Overall the players available are doing well, they are going through a good moment of form. We are training well and, therefore, we are satisfied with our daily work. As I have always said, these weeks will be crucial for building our May calendar which we hope will be as busy as April's».
AN IMPORTANT WEEK «Next week will be an important one. Clearly we are attentively awaiting the verdict of 19 April , but our job is to think only of the pitch and the pitch tells us that to return to second place we have to win against Sassuolo. We are focused on individual matches and rightly so. We will have to be good at not letting ourselves be conditioned by external factors».