Juventus continues preparations for the match against Lecce. Yesterday, the Bianconeri met again at Continassa after the day of rest granted on Thursday by Thiago Motta: “After the UEFA Champions League match played away in Birmingham against Aston Villa, the first Juventus men’s team returned to train at the Juventus Training Center in view of the next scheduled match – still away from home – against Lecce scheduled for Sunday 1 December at 8.45pm at the “Via del Mare” stadium, valid for the 14th matchday of Serie A. The team carried out, after the usual initial warm-up phase, exercises on the pitch with a focus on ball possession.”
Total emergency in Lecce.
Juventus, for the match against Lecce, will show up at Via del Mare with only 13 outfield players. In fact, there is pessimism about the recovery of injured people. Yesterday, Vlahovic, McKennie and Douglas Luiz worked separately and in particular DV9 didn’t really take the field. The Serbian striker underwent therapies and massages. Now it is still too early to say whether any injured players will return for the match on 7 December against Bologna. What is certain is that against Lecce the emergency will be total, as there will be 9 absentees. For this reason there will be no major changes in the lineup and the only change in the starting eleven will be Danilo who will take Savona’s place. The Juventus captain, through There is resilience, work and dedication, which are values that we learn at Juventus.”
5 youngsters joined the first team and the fans rallied around the team.
In yesterday’s session, Thiago Motta decided to add 5 young players to the first team and they are Montero, Owusu, Pagnucco, Papadopoulos, Pugno. These players will also train with the team today, but it is not certain that the Italian-Brazilian coach will call them up for the trip to Lecce. A final decision on these young people will only be made in the next few hours. In the meantime, however, the Juventus fans have decided to make their affection felt for the team. In fact, for the matches against Bologna and Manchester City the Allianz Stadium will be sold out. So the Juventus fans want to push the team to move beyond the bad luck that seems to be affecting the Juventus players at the moment, effectively decimating the squad.