On the pitch Saturday at 6pm Fiorentina-Juventus LIVE
The impact was five points in three games: a lot but not enough to make a decisive difference to Juve’s season. This is why between now and the end of the year, Spalletti wants to get his engine up to speed in order to be competitive in various fields: “There was a break and many players were unavailable, but we explored the important things and I saw something new” explained the coach ahead of the trip to Florence. Meanwhile, the company is adding capital to support the 2024/2025-2026/2027 strategic plan, which also includes maintaining sports competitiveness as much as possible at the Italian and international level.
Flash capital increase of 97.8 million, with the issuance of 37,912,181 new shares to institutional investors, equivalent to approximately 9.1% of the share capital, at a price of 2.58 euros per share. The new pro rata shares were awarded to Exor and Tether shareholders, who respectively own approximately 65.4% and 11.5% of the share capital (78.9% and 7% of voting rights). Back on the pitch, it’s hard to think that there’s anything new for the back four: “We’ve already mentioned something, we need the members and the time – underlines the coach – but everyone’s availability is great: there are those who have traveled 10 hours and want to take part in the work, there are very organized clubs that will collect the national team players from the dressing room and bring them back here in the shortest possible time”. So Koopmeiners can still play hand in hand with Gatti in the middle and Kalulu on the right, while Kelly and Cabal will be available again but Rugani will be in the box. In attack, everything revolves around Vlahovic’s condition: the Serbian is clearly improving after the muscle problems he suffered in the national team, but he will not be risked given the proximity of Tuesday’s Champions League match against Bodo Glimt in Norway.
Advanced reference positions will be played by David and Openda, with confidence in Yildiz as a midfielder. Regarding the Turkish player there is talk of adaptation and extension of the contract that will expire in 2029: “I will not discuss the merits, it is the club that knows what to do – Spalletti’s response to this topic – for me he is the best and behaves as a leader: whoever starts the dialogue with Yildiz, he is the one who starts it with the team, he is a scheme breaker like a shot in the night”. Born in Certaldo, less than 50 kilometers from Florence, and raised in Fiorentina, with a past in the Viola youth team, for the coach it will be a homecoming to the bench of the Tuscan team’s arch-rivals: “I will accept any situation, but for the love we have for football we must give the best of ourselves and not the worst – the message from the black and white teams – and I am happy to be coach of Juve in the Franchi against Fiorentina: I have no debt From a moral point of view, we will find a team and a city that will give everything.” Spalletti also commented on the Azzurri’s problems less than 24 hours before the draw for the World Cup play-offs: “Juve and I are fully ready to help Gattuso and the national team, we are happy to give them what they need and I am sure we will achieve our goal, because we have a strong national team, none of which has players like Tonali and Donnarumma. My dismissal? I have poured more oil on myself than they gave me, we are still in the running to achieve the goal.”
Possible line-ups
Fiorentina (3-5-2): 43 De Gea; 5 Pongracic, 18 P. Marì, 6 Ranieri; 2 Dodo, 8 Mandragora, 14 Nicolussi Caviglia, 7 Sohm, 65 Parisi; 10 Gudmundsson, 20 Kean. (30 Martinelli, 1 Lezzerini, 15 Comuzzo, 26 Viti, 60 Kouadio, 29 Fortini, 27 Ndour, 24 Richardson, 44 Fagioli, 11 Sabiri, 22 Fazzini, 9 Dzeko, 91 Piccoli). Coach Vanoli Suspended: none Notified of yellow cards: Pongracic, Ranieri Unavailable: Gosens, Kouame, Lamptey
Juventus (3-4-2-1): 16 Di Gregorio, 15 Kalulu, 4 Gatti, 8 Koopmeiners, 27 Cambiaso, 5 Locatelli, 19 Thuram, 22 McKennie, 7 Conceicao, 10 Yildiz, 30 David (1 Perin, 42 Scaglia, 6 Kelly, 9 Vlahovic, 11 Zhegrova, 17 Adzic, 18 Kostic, 20 Openda, 21 Miretti, 25 Joao Mario, 32 Cabal, 40 Rouhi). All Spalletti. Disqualified: none. Beware: Koopmeiners. Not available: Bremer, Milik, Pinsoglio, Rugani. Referee: Rome Task 1
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