“Rabiot is doing differentiated training, but should be ready, ” Allegri said. JUVENTUS PLAYER TO WATCH A lot of Juve players had a bad game against Napoli. But there is one that had the worst game of anybody wearing bianconero last Friday night. Photo by Giuseppe Maffia/NurPhoto via Getty Images Ah, yes. Our big Brazilian boy who had a rough go of things in Naples. That’s the guy we need to talk about right now. If Juve was playing one of the mid- or lower-table teams that don’t exactly light up the scoreboard or even have the potential to do so, then Bremer probably wouldn’t be the focus of my attention in this here section. But because Atalanta went out and dropped about 100 goals on Salernitana this past weekend and then followed that up with five more goals in the Coppa Italia Round of 16 midweek, you’ve got a Gian Piero Gasperini team coming in with all the offensive momentum in the world.
Two days later, Juve’s season has been flipped on its head. It has nothing to do with what is going on with the on-field product at the moment no matter how frustrating that might be to many of us. Instead, it has everything to do with the punishment that was handed down a little over 24 hours ago — the one that saw Juventus docked 15 points and suddenly tumble from a not-so comfortable third-place standing all the way down to a three-way tie on 22 points with Bologna and Empoli. Juve are no longer in a race for the Champions League or maybe even Europe as a whole. The scope of the 2022-23 campaign has changed drastically because of what happened on Friday.
TEAM NEWS Paul Pogba is back in full training but is still out of the squad. Dusan Vlahovic is back in full training but is still out of the squad. Both Pogba and Vlahovic are expected to return to the matchday squad around the end of the month of January or early February. Juan Cuadrado, Mattia De Sciglio and Leonardo Bonucci have all returned to partial training but none of them will be called up to face Atalanta. After not being called up midweek due to rest, Adrien Rabiot is expected to return to the squad for Sunday night’s game.
But I keep coming back to this: We didn’t even have the chance to enjoy Federico Chiesa’s goal against Monza, something that will end up being one of the single best individual efforts of the 2022-23 season, for more than 24 hours before the next shoe dropped. That’s on top of the disastrous start to the season that saw Juve have to run off an eight-game winning streak just to get into the top four. That’s on top of how Allegri has this team playing for much of the season.
So, yeah, Bremer bouncing back and trying to slow this red-hot Atalanta attack down is pretty dang important if Juve want any chance of coming away with a point or three. Juve’s all-Brazilian backline showed its cracks for the first time in a long time last week against Napoli, with the eight-game shutout streak going right out the window with the eight-game winning streak. The defense was a mess in Naples, and Bremer was the guy who was leading the way in the kind of way you never want to see happen from one of your best players. If Juve want any chance of beating a team that has scored 13 (!!! ) goals in its last two games, then it’s pretty easy to see that another off night from Bremer simply can’t happen.
Juventus vs. Atalanta match preview: Time, TV schedule, and how to watch the Serie AAs I sat down to write this post Thursday night, there was a very different tone attached to it than what is about to be mentioned time and time again on this site over the next few days (at minimum). It was one that involved Juventus trying to bounce back and get back on track domestically following a potentially demoralizing loss to a title rival.
That’s on top of all the injuries. That’s on top of the World Cup break turning into a sudden mess with the entire board of directors resigning. It’s been a season full of drama, full of frustration, full of something different from week to week. And now, with a sudden 15-point penalty slapped onto Juve’s record, Allegri has the task of trying to keep this team afloat if they want any sniff of a Europa Conference League spot. For the highest-paid manager in the league, safe to say his biggest task is now ahead of him.
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