The Uruguayan defender believes that besides the defensive absences in the line-up, the tactician’s absence from the match will be equally detrimental.
Martin Caceres made a dream return to Juventus, scoring a brace on his second debut for the Turin giants against AC Milan in the first-leg of the Coppa Italia semi-final.
The towering defender is in his second loan stint with the Turin giants, and is expected to be included in the back-four to play against Genoa.
Antonio Conte’s first-choice defenders, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Giorgio-Chiellini-c14963, are out for some time due to niggle in their thigh muscle. Chiellini will be out for 10 days, whereas, Barzagli will be absent
from the squad for another 20 days. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Leonardo-Bonucci-c22064 would have deputised in their absence, but the centre-back will be suspended for the match against the Rossoblu.
The dearth of defensive options has led to a change in the Juve back four, and it seems that Martin Caceres and Arturo Vidal will be their defensive pair for the week 27 clash. The only question mark in the
Juve defence will be http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 defender has opined that the absence of their coach
will be equally detrimental.
In his interview to the Juventus Channel, the towering centre-back stated:
“Obviously we are missing two big players in Barzagli and Chiellini. If I have the opportunity to play with Arturo in defence, we will do our best to cover these two heavy absences.”
He also commented:
“It will be difficult without the Coach, because the Coach is everything. You feel it when you play and the Coach is missing. We know he is a major presence, he is very involved from the bench, he lives the
game with the players, giving us a great deal.”
Despite all these setbacks, the defender maintained that the Bianconeri will be giving their 100 percent in the match.
“But, we will try to play in the best possible way to win at Genoa.”
Juventus will travel to Stadio Luigi Ferraris on Sunday, March 11.
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