The reigning Italian champions will look to extend their unbeaten run going into the new season, and Massimo Carrera will be looking to get off to a winning start.
Juventus have been embroiled in yet another controversy, as this time they see their head coach, Antonio Conte, being banned for ten months for his alleged failure to notify the regulatory authorities of matches being fixed in the Serie B.
The allegations made from the Siena-Novara match were overturned for a lack of evidence; however, the sporting authorities have found him guilty in the Albinoleffe-Siena match. There has not been any hard evidence over this matter and there has been uproar
from the Juve camp following the verdict.
However, the club has sought to appoint technical director, Massimo Carrera, as the caretaker manager of the team who would oversee proceedings in Conte’s absence. The match will be interesting as Giovinco will be coming up against his former team and club
mates on the opening day of the season, and he will be motivated to prove his worth to the squad.
Parma are also harbouring dreams of their own as they set to continue their positive end to the season, which ended with seven successive victories.
Juventus
Massimo Carrera will be looking to continue the hard work done by Antonio Conte in the preparations of the match. It is to be noted that the banned coach is not allowed to come on the field during the matches or address his team in the dressing room at half
time.
Giovinco scored in the reverse fixture, but ended up on the losing side, as Parma lost out to Juve by 4-1.
Parma
The Gialloblu were phenomenal at the end of last season as they won eight of their last nine matches of the 2011-12 season. The club has not had the best of lucks against Juventus, as they have lost on 12 occasions in the 20 matches played between the two
sides. The Gialloblu have only won on a total of three occasions against the Bianconeri outfit, and it seems like things will not be changing in the opener as well.
Team News
Juventus
The Bianconeri have been extremely busy in the transfer market and have acquired promising players for the upcoming season, which sees the acquisitions of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Kwadwo-Asamoah-c21502. However, of the two, only Asamoah will be available for selection
as Isla is currently nursing an injury.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Simone-Pepe-c33591.
Expect Giovinco to make a start against his former club, and it will be an extremely competitive side which plays against Gialloblu.
Probable Starting XI: Storari, Bonucci, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lucio-c22597, Barzagli, Marchisio, Asamoah, Pirlo, Vidal, Lichtsteiner, Vucinic, Giovinco.
Parma
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Roberto-c31294 Donadoni’s men do not have much to worry about in the injury’s department as they have Raffaele Palladino and Gianluca Sansone missing through injury. Amauri is also out through a niggling injury and will miss the opportunity to face off against
his former employers.
Probable starting XI: Mirante, Zaccardo, Paletta, Lucarelli, Biabiany, Parolo, Valdes, Morrone, Gobbi, Pabon, Belfodil.
Players to watch:
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sebastian-Giovinco-c32724 (Juventus)
The Azzurri international will be out to prove a point and make a lasting mark on the team, and what better way to make a point than on the first day of the season.
Jaime Valdes (Parma)
The Gialloblu playmaker will be looking to impose himself on the absence, and without the physical threat of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Amauri-c5381, Valdes would have to be creative to connect the midfield with the strikers.
Verdict:
Juventus would have too much in their http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Arsenal-c38429 for Parma, and despite Donadoni’s men performing well in the recent past, the fervour and level of football played at the Turin outfit would be too much for the Gialloblu to handle
(Prediction: 2-0).
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